What is the best dictionary/translator?

Question

I want a dictionary or translator that uses or is similar to to Google translation for translating from English to Arabic, vice-versa or between any languages, so, what is the best one? It would be better if this program has an indicator or launcher quick-list.

score 9 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 18 '12 at 23:09

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This one may do the job:

sudo apt-get install artha

The HotKey is Ctrl+Alt+W. You can just select a word in any software and press the Hotkey combination to invoke Artha, its notification/window will then come up with the meaning

edited Oct 18 '12 at 23:09

penreturns

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answered Sep 27 '12 at 07:51

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 14 '17 at 16:05

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I usually use "Gnome Translate" for this. It's based on libtranslate, which can use several on-line services (including Google Translate, SYSTRAN, etc.) to translate text.

There is also a commandline version: translate-bin.

edited Mar 14 '17 at 16:05

jokerdino

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answered Dec 11 '11 at 19:00

JanC

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 27 '12 at 08:25

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try this one

sudo apt-get install dictd dict-gcide dict-moby-thesaurus

edited Sep 27 '12 at 08:25

Scott Severance

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answered Sep 27 '12 at 07:14

Bucic · Answer 4 · 2012-09-27T18:25:39.840

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Artha ~ The Open Thesaurus

This would be my recommendation.

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edited Sep 27 '12 at 18:25

answered Sep 27 '12 at 18:15

Bucic

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Zignd · Answer 5 · 2012-10-05T00:59:31.267

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Google Translate Desktop

You can install Google Translate Desktop, it's written in Java and because of that runs everywhere, it also uses the Google Translator API.

Official Screenshots

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Download

Can be dowloaded here: Google Code - Google Translate Desktop (Last Release: July 28 2012).

edited Oct 05 '12 at 00:59

answered Oct 05 '12 at 00:54

Zignd

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What is the best dictionary/translator?

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Google Translate Desktop

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