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Originally Posted by Mike76
Anyway, that Translate button sounds good, I hope it will be implemented as soon as possible.
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Yes... the truly optimal solution, of course, would be for the definition/translation to become visible right inside Marvin -- without the need to leave Marvin. Not sure if it's possible for Kris to arrange that.
The Kindle app is the smartest, when it comes to the display of dictionaries. They are no
translation dictionaries, either, however. It's very smart, on Kindle's part, just to pop up the definition at the bottom or the top of the screen. If you want to see the entire definition, you just tap for "more" there.
The iOS way of displaying dictionaries, in a pop-up bubble, is no longer as good, because it makes part of the text on the screen invisible. The worst deficiency is, however, it makes search
within dictionaries impossible. You can't look up the definition of a word used in a definition. Also, Apple makes it impossible, for now, to select
what language the pop-up dictionary should appear in -- it's pretty much a random process in iOS 6. You can't transparently switch among the available iOS dictionary languages on-the-fly. That's very unprofessional.
Finally, there's the 3rd way: switching to a top-quality 3rd-party dictionary app. And I love Lingvo. But, this makes it necessary to return to Marvin manually ever time (using the 4-finger swipe gesture).