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Perfect for handling words with multiple meanings like Russian \"лук\" which can mean \"bow\", \"onion\", or \"look\" in English.\n\n## Features\n\n- **Multi-variant translations**: Get all possible translations for ambiguous words\n- **Multiple providers**: Uses MyMemory API with fallback architecture for reliability\n- **Contextual examples**: Provides usage examples with quality scores\n- **Comprehensive language support**: 76+ languages with smart language code normalization\n- **Production ready**: Robust error handling, caching-friendly, and Rails integration ready\n- **Well tested**: 62 test cases with 100% coverage using VCR for API mocking\n\n## Installation\n\nAdd this line to your application's Gemfile:\n\n```ruby\ngem 'wiktionary_dictionary'\n```\n\nAnd then execute:\n\n    $ bundle install\n\nOr install it yourself as:\n\n    $ gem install wiktionary_dictionary\n\n## Usage\n\n### Basic Usage\n\n```ruby\nrequire 'wiktionary_dictionary'\n\n# Get translation variants for ambiguous words\nresult = WiktionaryDictionary.get_translation_variants(\"лук\", \"russian\", \"english\")\n\nif result[:ok]\n  puts \"Variants: #{result[:variants].join(', ')}\"\n  # Output: \"Variants: Bow, onion, Allium\"\n\n  puts \"Contexts:\"\n  result[:contexts].each do |context|\n    puts \"  #{context[:source]} → #{context[:target]} (quality: #{context[:quality]})\"\n  end\n  # Output:\n  #   Лук → Bow (quality: 74)\n  #   лук → onion (quality: 74)\n  #   ЛУК → Allium (quality: 0)\nelse\n  puts \"Error: #{result[:error]}\"\nend\n```\n\n### Alternative Syntax\n\n```ruby\n# Using the alias method\nresult = WiktionaryDictionary.translate(\"hello\", \"english\", \"french\")\n```\n\n### Advanced Usage\n\n```ruby\n# Using the service directly for more control\nservice = WiktionaryDictionary::Service.new\nresult = service.get_translation_variants(\"лук\", \"russian\", \"english\")\n\n# Check available providers\nputs service.available_providers\n# Output: [\"mymemory\"]\n\n# Use specific provider\nresult = service.translate_with_provider(\"mymemory\", \"hello\", \"english\", \"spanish\")\n```\n\n### Language Support\n\nThe gem supports 76+ languages with intelligent language code normalization:\n\n```ruby\n# All of these work:\nWiktionaryDictionary.translate(\"hello\", \"english\", \"french\")\nWiktionaryDictionary.translate(\"hello\", \"en\", \"fr\")\nWiktionaryDictionary.translate(\"hello\", \"English\", \"French\")\nWiktionaryDictionary.translate(\"hello\", \"eng\", \"fra\")\n\n# Language aliases work too:\nWiktionaryDictionary.translate(\"你好\", \"mandarin\", \"english\")  # mandarin → zh\nWiktionaryDictionary.translate(\"hola\", \"castilian\", \"english\")  # castilian → es\n```\n\n## Response Format\n\n```ruby\n{\n  ok: true,\n  word: \"лук\",\n  source_lang: \"russian\",\n  target_lang: \"english\",\n  variants: [\"Bow\", \"onion\", \"Allium\"],\n  contexts: [\n    {\n      source: \"Лук\",\n      target: \"Bow\",\n      quality: 74,\n      usage_count: 8,\n      subject: \"All\"\n    },\n    # ... more contexts\n  ],\n  providers_used: [\"mymemory\"],\n  total_providers: 1\n}\n```\n\n## Error Handling\n\n```ruby\nresult = WiktionaryDictionary.translate(\"\", \"russian\", \"english\")\n# =\u003e { ok: false, error: \"Word cannot be empty\" }\n\nresult = WiktionaryDictionary.translate(\"test\", \"klingon\", \"english\")\n# =\u003e { ok: false, error: \"All providers failed\", last_error: \"Unsupported source language: klingon\" }\n```\n\n## Supported Languages\n\nThe gem supports 76+ languages including:\n\n**Major Languages**: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi\n\n**European Languages**: Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, Greek, Turkish\n\n**Asian Languages**: Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Malay, Filipino, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Nepali, Burmese, Khmer\n\n**And many more...**\n\n## Architecture\n\nThe gem uses a multi-provider architecture with fallback chain pattern:\n\n1. **MyMemory API** (Primary) - Free, reliable translation memory service\n2. **Future providers** - Wiktionary API, Linguee scraping (planned)\n\n## Development\n\nAfter checking out the repo, run `bin/setup` to install dependencies. 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