NearWordReading Disco Elysium in English
Unusual words, inner voices, and lines with a second meaning. Follow the conversation without losing its thread.
One unfamiliar word, not a whole translation
In the scene below, a description of Alain’s tattoos includes the word incarcerations. You can follow the conversation without knowing it, but looking it up makes this detail of his past clearer.
What does “incarcerations” mean?
The dictionary form is incarceration: being kept in prison. The final -s makes it plural. Here, the narrator is reading traces of Alain’s past from his fading tattoos.
The demo puts two kinds of help together: a dictionary definition and a short explanation of the passage. Read the original line again with that meaning in mind, then carry on. You don’t need a translation of the whole conversation.
You know the words. What does the line mean?
A literal definition can miss irony or a figure of speech. AI Context helps explain the phrase using the surrounding text. Read the explanation alongside what you know about the speaker and the scene.
Come back to a phrase you liked
You don’t have to stop a conversation to take notes. NearWord keeps the words you look up in your history, so you can revisit them after playing.
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