Context Reader

Writing

Reading in a language that isn’t your first

Notes from building Context Reader. Mostly about the same problem from different sides: a word you know, used to mean something you did not expect.

How to understand English words when it isn’t your first language

23 September 2026

The hard part is not the words you have never seen. It is the words you know, used to mean something else — positive, significant, execute. Four habits that help, why translating one word usually does not, and how Context Reader answers for your sentence.

Why Google Translate gets words wrong

23 September 2026

It is rarely wrong about your sentence. It is wrong about your word, and the reason is the same thing that makes it good at sentences. What to do instead, in four steps.

Free, from the Chrome Web Store. Works in Chrome, Brave and Edge.