Cách tra từ điển tốt nhất - The best way to look up word

Today we will discuss about the most effective way to find the meaning of words by using dictionary.
I would recommend the use of online dictionary
Vdict : http://vdict.com/
Và Googletranslate: https://translate.google.com/
How do you find these links? Do you have a better way?
However, the first thing is to identify the Vietnamese words, some words (sounds) are together as a compound word so you need to look them up together. For example: căng thẳng is a word but if you look up căng and thẳng seperately, they have different meanings.
Let's share thoughts.

1. Elizabeth HentschelDecember 4, 2014 at 5:47 PM

   Google translate is the most effective way to find the meaning of words for me. The only problem that I've run into with google translate is that it always give you the literal definition of the word, which is not always the definition that I'm looking for. Another effective method that I've used is when I look up words like "run" instead of just searching "run" on google translate, I search "to run". That way it gives me the correct verb that I'm looking for.
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   Christina LeDecember 4, 2014 at 7:47 PM

   I like both Vdict and Google translate. I find them both effective, but I prefer Google translate more because it is less complicated to use and it gives translation results faster than Vdict. Furthermore, I find that the format in which the definitions are given for Vdict is less clear and direct than Google translate. I like using Google translate when I forget the tones on specific words. It can be bothersome though when I am looking up a specific word and the definition that it gives me is not what I am looking for. I do not think that the translation tool is effective when one types in a whole phrase. It is better if the user breaks down the sentence themselves first, then use the translation tool to help them figure out what each individual word means.
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   Hana DamoreDecember 6, 2014 at 5:32 PM

   I agree with Elizabeth completely. I find google translate the easiest to use, but it's not completely effective. I wish there was a better way, but I think Google translate works well 80% of the time.
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   Phu HoDecember 7, 2014 at 12:41 PM

   I use both vdict and google translate together. However, I tend to rely more on vdict mainly because google translate usually spits out one answer. For example, if you type "father" into google translate, you will get one result (cha). On the other hand, typing "father" into vdict will give "cha" and "bố." Also, vdict gives example sentences using the word that is looked up. This helps me understand the word better since it is used in context.
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   Hy DoanDecember 7, 2014 at 4:41 PM

   I use google translate. It's very fast and easy to use, but you have to be care what you put in or less you get out words that don't express the meaning you meant to put in.