Reddit reviews Translating Buddhism from Tibetan: An Introduction to the Tibetan Literary Language and the Translation of Buddhist Texts from Tibetan

I've used it a bit. I went through Translating Buddhism from Tibetan cover to cover, though, and my personal trick was to do all the exercises, not move on until I feel I've mastered an exercise, and to not really worry much about the vocabulary.

I can get disheartened by a lot of memorization so I just use a dictionary when I don't know a word. As vocab words keep coming up. I eventually know them without peeking.


This may not be the best approach for everyone, but I work mostly with scriptural rather than colloquial Tibetan so instant recall of terms is not as critical for me.