How to add words from Lingualeo in Anki and create beautiful flash cards

Forming Web Services / by admin / December 19, 2019

Quickly learn English to help Anki cards that can be created on the basis of the words of Lingualeo.

Alexander Trutanov

Independent software developer, an analyst in the company of "scientific development". Profile of "VKontakte".

Why Anki and Lingualeo

Anki - a program that allows to learn any information (foreign words, traffic signs, sign language, guitar chords) in accordance with the forgetting curve. You repeat the words are not arbitrary, but when your memory is most receptive to them and assess whether it was easy for them to remember. Based on your answer, the program will offer a card with a word at the right time.

Lingualeo service allows reading of the original text immediately send unfamiliar words to study, keeping them in own dictionary with pronunciation, image, transcription of speech and the context in which it is used.

But what happens if we take advantage of the two platforms? After all, you can take the word of Lingualeo together with all your media files and information, and to use resources Anki to remember them.

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For this task, already there are several ready-made solutions, but they require a lot of extra steps. User to have to create a recording pattern, card templates, add CSS-styles, upload media files separately.

In addition, they are either in a separate program, such as LinguaGet, or as add-ons to the browser, which is not very convenient.

How to create a flash-card Anki, using Lingualeo base

In an ideal situation, we would like to help you get a new card right out of Anki, takes no action other than a login and password.

For this purpose, we have created a supplement for Anki Import from Lingualeo. It has two advantages:

Cross-platform. Your operating system is not important. Addition will run wherever Anki works, directly from the program menu.
Simplicity. All that is needed - is to login. Cards, sounds, images, context and transcription of the addition will download and create your own.
Cards are created in two copies: "English - Russian" and "Russian - English" to exercise direct and reverse translation.

In addition, the addition is absolutely free and contains no advertising.

How to Install

Installation is carried out in a few mouse clicks:

go to plug-in page Offline Anki additions.
Copy the code from the blue window in the section Download.
Open Anki on the computer. In the menu "Tools» (Tools) → «Extras» (Add-ons) → «Overview and Installation» (Browse & Install) insert the copied code.

How to use a supplement

Anki after restarting the menu "Tools" will be a new item Import from Lingualeo. Enter your username and password for the site and click "Import". If you want to import only those words that do not have time to learn, put a tick in the box Unstudied Only.