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Language learning, like everything, is an odd process. When you start from zero, gaining anything feels like a lot. If "feels" like your level is much greater than it is. But as you progress even a little more, you realize you are at the bottom of a large staircase. (1)
Learning a little bit suddenly means you have some understanding where once there was chaos. "Blahblahblabha" becomes "Blahblah Book Blahblabh Hat Bahblah." But that shouldn't be mistaken for comprehension. (2)
So if you see ""Blahblah Book Blahblabh Hat Bahblah" and the subtitles read "You did it all the right way! I really admire you!", then you might be tempted to call that a bad translation, and jump to point out all the errors that your new insight has granted you. (3)
What you still lack, however, is the ability to understand context and put those things together. You don't know that "Blahblah Book Blahblabh Hat Bahblah" is actually "You did everything by the book! I tip my hat to you!" (4)
That is super simplified, of course. But the point is that while gaining new knowledge is great, keep in mind that others who have been doing this for a long time maybe know more than you. And learn from that. Figure out WHY they did that instead of saying it is wrong. (5)
After all, like Mark Twain said, “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. “ (Fini)
