Jasper Bloem is the founder of Klink Languages and a self-confessed vocabulary nerd. He speaks Dutch natively and English fluently, has an intermediate grip on German, and is currently in the early stages of Spanish and Portuguese. The idea for Klink came from his own experience of filling notebooks with vocabulary that he'd promptly forget, and the conviction that there had to be a smarter way to make words actually stick.
Translating in your head is one of the most common obstacles to fluency. Here's how to train your brain to think directly in your target language — with a simple five-minute habit you can start today, even as a beginner.