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Congrats. Anytime I see someone work on something they truly love, it feels good. It is my dream too.

Is it okay to ask, do you pay for the dictionaries you use? The homepage says "translate words and phrases" - do you use some kind of translation API, like Google?

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Yeah I use the Google Translate API for the translations.

You can also embed a custom dictionary of your choosing in an iframe in the sidebar: https://blog.readlang.com/2013/11/07/custom-dictionaries.htm...

And recently I've added a feature to get context-aware definitions from the ChatGPT API, but this is just for premium users in English, Spanish and French for now.

I have so many ideas for word games etc, but they all would require dictionary usage. How does one get free or affordable access to dictionaries?

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