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Since English is not my native language, from time to time I need the help of a dictionary. I really like Babylon, but is too expensive for my budget. Besides the fact that is a rich dictionary (with a lot of words and expressions) I like that I can press Can you recommend me a alternative to Babylon? Free or not. If I'll buy one, I have to be sure I pay for the right one.
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If you just want a good dictionary, I have a foreign friend who swears by Word Web. | ||||
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You definitely ought to try Lingoes. It is the freeware counterpart of Babylon. When you type a word, it is looked up in as many dictionaries as you have chosen to use. | |||
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You'll definitely love WordWeb. It's offline, free and easy to use. To lookup a word, you just need to Ctrl+right_click on it. WordWeb offers concise meanings and thesaurus. And if you need more info, you can also lookup that word in Wikipedia/Wiktionary right from the application. What else would anybody want? | |||
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Check these sites: | ||||
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German, French, Chinese, Italian, Spanish <-> http://dict.leo.org . I know it's an ONLINE dictionary, but... Take this into consideration: Language is not a static entity, it's dynamic. On daily basis new words appear, new phrases are formed, old phrases are rewritten, etc. etc. An offline dictionary, like Babylon, has the disadvantage not to be as up to date as an online dictionary, because most online dictionaries work like wikipedia, they are community mantained. | |||
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Have a look at dixio.com for their application. You can access a definition for a single word using ctrl/right click, or put in text to translate it. I've only used it for Spanish-English but it works well. I also use wordreference.com a lot as it has a user forum with links from the main dictionary. Don't forget google translate for web pages. | |||
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I have tried this one which is called MultiTran. It has demo version(absolutely free) and full version(with some costs). Demo version only restricts with number of words for each language, but it has no any trial period which is very good. Here are language database for demo version:
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