Does the Rosetta Stone language program really work?
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YES!!!\n\nI tried Pimsleur and some of the other software options before using the Rosetta Stone software and was amazed at the higher level of learning that I achieved with the Rosetta Stone’s software.  I've used it for Spanish and Latin (Latin was more of a refresher) and was incredibly pleased. They get an A+ in my book!
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Definitely depends on the kinds of stuff you are doing.\n\nHave a look at a decent spreadsheet - there is a very good chance that they can do everything you need without having to learn a whole language.
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I'm not sure about what the CIA uses, but I have heard nothing but great things about the Rosetta Stone language learning programs.
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Consider Rosetta Stone.
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This website has a program that is supposed to translate Latin.  I've never used it so I don't know it really works.  \nhttp://www.levity.com/alchemy/latin/latintrans.html
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Not brilliant. They are great for vocab. and pronunciation and if you are learning a language with a different alphabet, it helps with that too and it's good for comprehension but unless you are some kind of linguistic genius, you will never pick up the grammar and be able to use it properly because it's never explained. It's also pretty monotonous after a while. Rosetta Stone in conjunction with other learning aids is fine but alone, it's not great.
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Depending on the age of the child in question I reccomend either rosetta stone or Learnables. Rosetta stone is best for older children and teens. Learnables is great for elementary school students because there is no reading involved. It is all picture/audio based.\nwww.rosettastone.com\nwww.learnables.com
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My girlfriend uses it. Its a simple program which she downloaded from the net. If you are asking how to use it, Well its simple, If you want to type a chinese word then you have to know how it sounds like, for example you want to type Wa(means I in chinese) then you type WA and the program will show you a list of chinese words to choose from, if you know which it is, you just pick it and then type the next word and so on...
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Systran, the company behind the "Babelfish" translation for AltaVista, make a "SYSTRAN Personal" product that can be used for translating simple Web pages or text that is cut and paste within the clipboard.\n\nI purchased a copy, with the intention of creating a mIRC add-in to allow a person to join channels where others use different languages and choose their source and destination language; I never finished the project, but it would have been interesting to see the results as these "translation engines" aren't perfect by any means.\n\nI've included a link to the SYSTRAN product below.
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Greek isn't quite so hard as it's made out to be--it has fairly simple grammatical and pronunciation rules that are quite reliable. If the listen to the CD and repeat method doesn't work for you (it doesn't at all for me--I need the grammar first), a company called Living Language puts out some very nice textbook-type books that you could probably slam through in five months. They have more in-depth structure and such--nice if you're going to be there for more than a short trip, especially.
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Learn from your friends...\n\nOr,\nCheck with your local library system, some offer free use of the Rosetta Stone and other language materials either on their computers or online on their website...
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rosetta stone, I did the one italian once\n\ngood luck
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I'm not going to write any code for you, but I've got some ideas.\n\nIf you don't care whether the program uses real words, then implementation should be pretty easy.\n\nFirst, for each sentence, have the program decide how many words should be in the sentence. Then, for each word, have the program decide how many letters should be in the word. The program should alternate between consonants and vowels in order to ensure that the gibberish is still pronouncable. The program could also have a set probability for inserting parenthesis or commas, perhaps 1 in 7 for a comma and 1 in 40 for parenthesis. Be sure that the first word in the sentence begins with a capital letter. At the end of the sentence, the program should decide whether to end with a period, question mark, or exclamation point. You can then repeat for however many random sentences you would like.\n\nNow, if you want the program to use REAL words, you'll have to do a bit more work. First, you'll need a list of words, a "dictionary" so to speak. This will need to contain a lot of information if you want to make sentences using real words. You'll need information about its part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, interjection, etc.), gender (masculine, feminine, neuter), if the word is a verb whether it has any irregular forms or whether the verb is transitive or intransitive, if the word is a noun whether it has irregular plurals (e.g. "datum" and "data", or "goose" and "geese") or whether it's a proper noun none, some, or all of the time, if the word is an adjective whether it can be made into an adverb by adding -ly, and basically information for any other question that might come up when making a sentence. That's probably more than enough work right there. BUT, once that's taken care of, the program can use the random number generator along with the rules of grammer to make a sentence "framework", then simply select random words of the right part of speech to "fill in the blanks". For example:\n\n(?article?) (?adjective?) (noun) (?adverb?) (verb) (?article?) (?adjective?) (?noun?)\n\nThe question marks indicate optional parts of speech for such a framework sentence. The program might make sentences like the following:\n\nA blue apricot graciously impregnates the tall monkeys.\nThe car likes reality.\nBarns reluctently hold a safe hose.\nA baby vomits.\n\nIf you get really advanced, you can create other "sentence frameworks":\n\n(?article?) (?adjective?) (noun) was (?adverb?) (verb-past_participle) ?by? (?article?) (?adjective?) (?noun-posessive?) (?article?) (?adjective?) (?noun?)\n\nA velvet god was almost smashed by the delicious boss's happy dollars.\nMatthew was totally x-rayed by butter.\nA red vending machine was inflated by pride.\nThe rediculous baseballs were swallowed.\n\nIn conclusion, you'll have to apply all of your linguistic knowledge and problem solving skills -- not to mention a lot of time -- on this one. Actually it sounds like something I'd like to try. E-mail me if you're interested.
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The answers that most are giving are accurate in terms of what the Rosetta Stone was historically.  I believe that you are referring to the Rosetta Stone Company.  They create software to help you learn other languages, and have programs for dozens of different languages.  Generally, you will be provided with two discs.  One disc is the program disc that will assist you in learning the language; the other is a data disc that stores the definitions and translations.  They help you both visually and phonetically, and have tests along the way to ensure that you are learning.
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There's a program called Rosetta Stone that does some quick introductions to languages in a free download.  There's a Hindi tutorial if that's what you meant by Indy:P\nhttp://www.rosettastone.com
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No, but you could try the following link as you can learn loads of languages with them. \n\nhttp://www.transparent.com/languagepages/languages.htm
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Try german.about.com for some beginning lessons.\nI've heard nothihg but good about Rosetta Stone software from Transparent language (but its expensive)\nLook for AATG (AATG.org), the website of the American Association of Teachers of German; they have links.\nTry Goethe.de (look for the translation link to get it in English.) There will be some materials, but more advanced.\n\nViel Glück!