Ever find yourself forgetting the stuff you’ve looked up online or in google translate? Me, too.
Here’s the easiest way I’ve found to go from Google Translate to Anki for long-term retention.
Step 1: open Google translate, export saved translations to Google Sheets
Step 2: open quizlet, create account, create deck, scroll down to import from various sources (excel, google docs, etc)
Step 3: Highlight the Japanese and english words from Google Sheets you want to put in your deck, copy paste them into quizlet (2000 card max, so do 2000 at a time per Quizlet Deck)
Step 4: add title to deck, declare front as japanese, back as english (usually), hit Create
Step 5: download Quizlet to Anki add-on; I believe it’s this one: [https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/538351043](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/538351043)
Step 6: Tools > Quizlet to Anki > copy paste the link of your quizlet deck and import! Done!
I have found no easier way to do this. Also, I use google translate because you can draw kanji. I find that searching by radical is much slower.
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Google Translate isn’t a good Japanese tutor.
Get a Japanese keyboard layout (Japanese IME), I’d be surprised if there wasn’t one for MacOS that has a way to draw characters. And then please stop using Google Translate and get used to an actual dictionary.