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For German users and English-speaking users with German-language needs, Philipp Brauner has made available the dict.cc Dictionary Plugin for Leopard, which adds the dict.cc vocabulary compilation to the OS X Dictionary. dict.cc is a community generated and verified English-German dictionary. The large download size (125M) speaks to the expansiveness of this compendium.
The plugin not only enhances Dictionary.app, but other services that tie into the OS X Dictionary, including Spotlight and the Dictionary widget. It comes with a handy installer which makes the plugin easy to install for all users.
The plugin borrows from a previous project by Wolfgang Reszel which integrated the BeoLingus vocabulary in the same manner. The dict.cc plugin is open source and the dictionary data is licensed separately, but available for use. Whether you're an English speaker with a desire to dabble in Deutsch or German is your native tongue, it's worth the sizable download.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Allison said 12:10PM on 3-18-2008
I really wish this was available for Tiger.
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Philipp Brauner -- Lipflip said 12:15PM on 3-18-2008
Me too. But Tiger's dictionary is not extendable via plugins.
There is a shareware tool, though. (look for it at iusethis.com)
Allison said 12:24PM on 3-18-2008
Actually yesterday, I bought Easy Translator. I love it. For my uses, it's worth the $39. Often, it's more than just a word or two that I need, and ET does it all, in many languages.
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gil said 12:26PM on 3-18-2008
Downloading right now.
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jsbpepe said 1:51PM on 3-18-2008
Wow, that's super. Thanks for the link.
A great resource for non-Leopard people is this website:
http://dict.leo.org/
-- Just in case someone who needs it still doesn't know about this fabulous resource
They also have some other good stuff such as:
http://bar.leo.org/index_de.html
-- A drink mixer, in German
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mdk said 2:05PM on 3-18-2008
Please help me since I don't get the point.
What's the difference between dict.cc-plugin and BeoLingus.
Seems like they do the same thing - but dict.cc-plugin is based on BeoLingus.. so what?
Do they only have different word-sources? Wich one is better?
This Info should be in the article.
Many thanks in advance!
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Martin said 2:18PM on 3-18-2008
Hi there,
hier are two another german plugins for Dictionary.
http://web.mac.com/tekl/deutsch/Lexikon-Plugins.html
Source is beolingus.de
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happy-buddha said 3:40PM on 3-18-2008
ohh !! coool !
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david said 4:47PM on 3-18-2008
wunderbar! sehr geil.
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Andréz said 7:57PM on 3-18-2008
wow this is so cool, and it just happens to be in the two languages I know!! what a coincidence... I LOVE TUAW!!! ICH LIEBE TUAW!!! There are actually people who still use use tiger?? I'm just kidding..
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julian Ozen said 10:16PM on 3-18-2008
is there a spanish- english dictionary available?
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daniel said 1:10AM on 3-19-2008
This was already available with Chinese and Korean...
http://www.albireo.net/powerbook/forum/showthread.php?t=5718&page=1&pp=10
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Paul D said 4:54AM on 3-19-2008
I really hope Apple (or someone else) makes Dictionary.app for the iPod Touch — that's probably about when I'll get one. I haven't tried the third-party dictionaries yet, but the built-in Japanese ones kick butt.
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