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Cool idea, but definitely needs some more content - the "explore" page shows 103 pages with 20 entries each = ~2060 entries, which is a good start, but not really comprehensive I would say. Seems to have had a flurry of activity in 2020, then nothing, then a single new expression added this month?


Furthermore they don't seem to do any sort of checks to make sure the same entry isn't added multiple times. Didn't take me long to spot three entries for the same phrase: https://untranslatable.co/pages/explore/?q%5Btitle_or_langua...


This is because I don't think the same thing being added multiple times is a huge issue. The same word can have multiple meanings, slightly altering meanings, or some people are more extensive in their description than others. I think that is a feature of a crowd-sourced dictionary - you get to see how people describe it instead of one curated description. At the end of the day, it's up to the user to see which description they find most compelling, helpful or useful.


You are right, the website needs way more entries. I work on this project while also working full-time, but one of my biggest wishes has been to invest more time into getting people to add more entries.

That being said - entries are not organized by the latest addition, so there are more entries from the past few years.




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