Hide automatic translations in sentence reader mode

[dasconnor]

I noticed a change today where translations are automatically shown for linqs when I read a lesson in sentence mode. How can I turn this off?

[zoran]

Yes, it shows the translations by default now. We’ll see if we can add an option to disable it.

[Ediz]

Yes, If you could please add a option to disable it from the browser as I like to try to guess what the word means before I see the meaning. The browser doesn’t have a way to disable it at the moment, but the app has this option, if you go to settings and disable vocabulary. Thank you!

[dasconnor]

Thanks, this feature really ruins sentence mode for me. I want to be able to really look at and analyze the sentence before looking up words I don’t know. Frequently I see the English before I can even process the target language.

[realqbok3]

Please do.
Apart from the reasons given by other commenters, it clutters the display AND it breaks vertical scrolling - at least at larger page zoom levels/smaller resolutions: not only I am unable to see the (unwanted) translations under the text when the sentence fills the entire “screen”, but I am also unable to reach the “show translation” button, AND the “review sentence” button

[Fer.weh]

Please do. If the translations and vocab are shown like that, I won’t use the sentence mode ever again, because with every meaning shown from the start my brain doesn’t need to work and I won’t learn anything. I’d rather stay in page view and forgo the “listening to each sentence”-experience.

[EricRe]

Yes, please let’s leave it as an option to disable it. I want to try to remember the words, not have them fed to me before I have tried.

[davideroccato]

Well, maybe in new lessons, I actually like this feature but on my computer and I don’t see any translations by default. In fact, I don’t see any.

But I’m on iPad in this period so it doesn’t bother me, I just wanted to say that it’s not by default for everyone.

[Gigusek]

Did you check it on an old lesson? The translations show up only for LingQs (levels 1-3).

[davideroccato]

I checked on my imported lessons. I usually only do my imported articles or books. I have no problems on iOS.

[jljorgenson18]

This was also frustrating me since I really am trying to not think in my native language.

To get around this (on the web version, at least), I used the extension “Stylus” (Stylus - Chrome Web Store) and added some custom CSS for Lingq to hide the saved meaning unless you hover over it.

.reference-hint {
    position: relative;
}

.reference-hint:not(.reference-hint--new)::after {
    display: block;
    content: ' ';
    position: absolute;
    inset: 0;
    backdrop-filter: blur(4px);
}

.reference-hint:hover::after {
   display: none;
}

And then in the style settings, you need to add https://www.lingq.com/**/reader/** as the option for included sites.

Now it will blur out the saved meaning unless you hover over the saved meaning.

Hope that helps for the time being!