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what's your solution for translation and dictionary on linux and android? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I hate my current solution.

I use notification dictionary and dict.cc which is obviously not open source. For me, it takes too long just to translate a word, or look it up. Do you have a great system?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Translate You can be a frontend for LibreTranslate, Lingva (Google Translate), DeepL and more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

To me, a front end doesn't make the thing open source.

My ibretranslate experience is unfortunately bad :( sometimes it works but most often I have to wait for a couple of seconds and then it doesn't show the word or something wrong. Moreover, oftentimes there are multiple translations for a word and it only displays one.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I use Aard 2 with Freedict & Wiktionary dictionaries which works pretty well for me: https://github.com/itkach/aard2-android

Available on F-droid

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago

Thx. The installation is too difficult for me

[–] Supermariofan67 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Goldendict-ng

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'll have a look into it, thx! Anki integration sounds interesting

[–] Supermariofan67 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Also, if you happen to be learning Japanese, Chinese, or Korean, check out https://github.com/themoeway/yomitan

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

That's nice as well. Not anymore, I don't have a use for it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I also use dict.cc, the app is the developers source of income so no FOSS possible, but it is trustworthy and good software.

You can download the databases and build an own app in theory. But I dont need that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

LibreTranslate? Lingva Translate (Google Translate frontend)?

There are apps for either on F-droid.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

See here https://lemmy.ml/comment/9847241

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I use QuickDic (f-droid) on Android for dictionaries. Super fast even on potato phone. For translations I use unofficial frontend for Deepl (f-droid).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I use deepl, but I have no idea if it is open source.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

yes at least part of it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

their GitHub only contains libraries for using the DeepL API. Everything else is closed source.