Lingoes
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 Lingoes showing the Appendices configuration window | |
| Developer(s) | Kevin Yau |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 2.9.2
/ August 16, 2014 |
Windows | |
| Type | Machine translation |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | lingoes |
Lingoes is a
GUI, functionalities and most importantly being freeware
.
Features and expandability
Dictionaries and encyclopedias can be installed on Lingoes in the form of new
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, WordNet, MacMillan English Dictionary, Collins English Dictionary and other cross-English dictionaries (e.g. Arabic, French or German) are available in Lingoes' official website.[2]
The program has the ability to pronounce words and install additional
text-to-speech engines
available for download also through Lingoes' website.
Lingoes also offers a whole-text translation ability using online translation service providers like Google Translate, Yahoo! Babel Fish Translation, SYSTRAN, Cross-Language, Click2Translate, and others. Lingoes offers to translate a text via a mouse-over popup, or by double-clicking the selected text.
Additional tools, termed as appendices in the program, include a
Simplified Chinese conversion utility or a Base64
encoding utility, can be added through the website.