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Anindita Basu
Anindita Basu

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Dictionaries and learning

Python 🐍 people, I need help 😊

If you have the time to spare, help me make Mercury better. Mercury πŸŒ‘ is a customisable translation app, meant for English learners.

The issues (all #hacktoberfest eligible) are in this repo πŸ‘‡πŸ½

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Customisable web app to translate words to English. Uses the Oxford Dictionaries API.

Mercury

Mercury is a customisable web app that uses the Oxford Dictionaries API to translate words to English. You enter a word in your language, and are shown a list of their English counterparts and how to pronounce them, together with examples to show how to use the words in English sentences.

πŸ‘‰ A customised version of the app, which translates Urdu words to English, is live at Tarjuma. πŸ‘ˆ

Customisation instructions are in the Mercury documentation, which also contains a demo.

Disclaimer: This app is neither developed nor endorsed by Oxford Dictionaries. The code is available as-is, on an MIT license.

How to use Mercury

The app runs on Python, but you don't need to know Python to use the app or to customise it.

Prerequisites

You need a paid API key from Oxford Dictionaries API. The free plan is adequate for testing purposes but only…

(sits back and waits for #community magic to float in πŸ§šπŸ½β€β™€οΈπŸ§šπŸ½β€β™‚οΈβœ¨)

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