In this age of information explosion flash drives are a boon. For starters they allowed people to carry large volumes of data thus enabling them to work with the same in any PC. Then came portable applications which further liberated one from the requirement of working on the same PC to get the benefit of preferred settings. Nowadays we can get portable versions of most commonly used applications which can be saved to and then used directly from flash drives. In a way, this combination of flash drive and portable applications allows one to carry a personal computer in one’s pocket.
There are many excellent portable applications available out there in the World Wide Web. In this post I am going to discuss the one which can serve professional language translators and writers very well. The application is Lingoes - it’s a free dictionary and multi-language translator that supports more than 60 languages. It comes pre-installed with a number of resources like Google Dictionary, Google Web Definition, WordNet Online, Essential English Dictionary and Spelling Suggestion. The dictionary can function online, as well as offline, and users can download dictionary and thesaurus packs from leaders like Collins, Merriam-Webster, Longman and Macmillan. Furthermore all these dictionaries can be managed from a single interface.
Lingoes features a cursor translator (allows the user to select a sentence or word with the cursor) that can cross-translate between 23 languages. It can also be configured to select a native language to which the program then translates the meanings of foreign words. Lingoes also allows the installation of Natural Voice Packages from Webster and Longman. The program has many other useful features including one touch access to the more 3.5 million articles in Wikipedia. For more details check it out here.
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