languageconversionperiod
nounA language conversion period is the time when someone learns to use a new language instead of their old one.
During her language conversion period, she slowly started thinking and dreaming in English.
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2. The time a computer takes to change text or speech from one language into another.
The app's language conversion period was so short that the translation appeared almost instantly.
3. A set period in a school or program when all lessons switch to a new language of instruction.
The school announced a two-year language conversion period before all classes would be taught in French.
4. The historical era in which a community gradually replaces its main language with another.
Scholars studied the language conversion period that followed the migration.