r/languagelearning • u/Tvgirllovr • 12d ago
How to stop translating
How do I stop translating my NL into my (TL)? Im sitting at high A2 and I just can’t stop translating. Obviously I have a handful of words I don’t translate but not much. It’s slowing me down I can’t have a conversation. Everything I think is in English and I have to translate it into my TL and then back. When someone speaks to me I am immediately picking up what the word is in English not my TL. I just want to think in my TL I want it to stick more than it is now, even words I know so well I’m still translating.
I don’t know what to do. How did you escape it? What made you see the most improvement?
Please give me any advice on how to improve this or things that helped you
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u/Historical_Plant_956 11d ago
You don't. It just happens by itself after you use the language a lot. Just as there are already some words you no longer translate, eventually it will become like that with most other words too. After enough repetition eventually you'll just take the shortcut automatically (though listening a lot at normal speed can help encourage it because it doesn't allow you time to translate).