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A feature-rich dictionary lookup program, featuring perfect article rendering with the complete markup, illustrations and other content retained, and allowing you to type in words without any accents or correct case.

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Good offline dictionaries for GoldenDict

Can someone refer me to some offline dictionaries to use with GoldenDict and how to install/integrate them with it? Preferably English to English dictionaries with large wordbase and phonetic notations for pronunciations, their usage in sentences…
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How can I add text-to-speech to GoldenDict?

How can I add a text to speech service or any other similar services to GoldenDict for offline use? I am using Ubuntu 13.10 and I want to learn how to pronounce English words I don't know.
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How to install dictionaries for GoldenDict?

After installing Ubuntu 13.04 the possibility to install dictionaries to GoldenDict is lost. I downloaded a big collection for StarDict and usually copied it to the folder: /usr/share/stardict/dic/. Next time after running GoldenDict it included…
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convert wordlist.txt file[s], to make them compatible and working in goldenDict

I've got five wordlist.txt dictionary-files; downloaded at dict.cc, and I need to convert them into .ifo | dict.dz | idx.gz or .index | .dict(.dz)-format, in order to make them work in/with goldenDict. Can someone please provide some insides, on…
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How can I convert a coloured icon to a monochrome one?

I recently compiled goldendict from source. To my dismay I discovered that there were no monochrome appindicator icons included. At the moment I am stuck with this: I tried converting the icons to B/W using GIMP, but it still doesn't look quite…
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How to install LDOCE5 Viewer on Ubuntu

I have used LDOCE5 Viewer for a few years now. It is a great software (i.e., viewer) for using Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. On Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 I could install this software by using the following commands: sudo apt-get install…
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GoldenDict doesn't launch. What do I do?

GoldenDict worked fine but one day simply stopped launching. The process is there, takes 29.4 MBs of storage, but the app doesn't launch. I uninstalled it and reinstalled again. No luck so far. What do I do?
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GenX on ubuntu software

I wants to download the GenX reflectivity software on my ubuntu 14.04 os, ubuntu software centre is not showing this program. can any body help me.
rajkumar gupta
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Goldendict tray icon stopped appearing in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

I really liked the functionality where you could highlight the word and goldendict would show the meaning in a small window right next to it, however this isn't working anymore and not even the tray icon is showing. I looked up a few solutions and…
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GoldenDict error while loading

I installed goldendict, but when I tried to run it the terminal tells me: goldendict: error while loading shared libraries: libQt5Svg.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory". I checked that libqt5svg5 and libqt5svg5-dev…
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How to add .bgl to GoldenDICT

I am trying to add a glossary to my goldendict. First I opened the .bgl's containing file which in this case was a .exe one and extracted the files. Then I used chmod to change their permissions to 777. And now that I press F3 to go to the stage of…
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golden dict problem

I have just install 'goldendict' on my ubuntu 13.04 and when I try to run it a massage apears : GoldenDict has crashed with an unexpected exception Exception: Config::exMalformedConfigFile Message: The configuration file is malformed Backtrace: …
shahan
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Can't start Goldendict to system tray on Kubuntu

I've just tried out Kubuntu 18.04 and somehow I cannot start Goldendict to system tray on start up. It's so weird because when I run goldendict in terminal or from dash, it starts to system tray without problem. But only on start up it shows the…
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