Excellent advice, Tynan! Just one slight correction from my own learning of similar things: it takes people a month of doing/thinking new things/thoughts in order for their "horse" to fully digest and internalize new information from their "rider".
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It doesn't do idioms well at all (e.g. "huevos"/"eggs" in Crespo's post), but otherwise one can generally get the meaning rather quickly. So in the spirit of positive thinking...it gives you a chance to think more creatively when idioms are in the translated text!
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