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My personal version of the day before yesterday’s electronic book is different. It’s simpler. It requires less work.

It’s a form of jigsaw puzzle, you could say. A two ‘story’ puzzle.

You—or I, rather—start off with the completed puzzle in English. On top of that, I place the easiest pieces of Japanese, say. I replace whole sentences (possibly just words if I’m starting out in a new language). I’d do a chapter at a time. Get it up to saturation, then move on. Return periodically.

In that way, I’m always dealing with a text that I completely understand.