Japanese Text in KT firmaware v2.0 - Page 2

kumaryu · 07-13-2012, 07:34 AM

Ah yes... I was getting "definition not found" for all the words I selected and assumed that there was no dictionary behind it.

Youre right tho... its difficult to select the kanji composites and impossible to select a single character.Let's hope this is something that will be addressed in the near future.

Geco · 07-16-2012, 06:14 AM

Have you ever noticed that even LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org Writer or Microsoft Word or similar programs, never had a Japanese dictionary? I think it's because its' difficult to identify Japanese words due to homophones, kanji and kana differences and so on.

kumaryu · 07-16-2012, 07:49 AM

In MS Word, you can use the "translate" or "look up" feature to look up meanings of words (in Japanese). It is the case that this uses an online look-up as opposed to a built-in dictionary however. I'm not aware of an equivalent feature in Libre Office.

I always assumed that this was due to the fact Open/Libre Office was an open source application and that the lack of a "loo-up" dictionary was due to licensing issues. (probably not).

As for clearly identifying words, its certainly practically impossible to automatically identify a word in Japanese (no spaces) but it's always possible to identify it by selecting it.

The current problem w/ KT firmware 2.0 is that its almost impossible to select a single character by drag-selecting it. Its a significant issue but the fact that KT2.0 now has a built-in dictionary is a giant step in the right direction.

StoryEnthusiast · 07-17-2012, 01:43 AM

Maybe not directly related. When it comes to translation, I find Google's Translate tool very useful. I do a lot of Japanese-English translations, and Translate provides me with choices to play with.

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07-13-2012, 07:34 AM	#16
kumaryu Zealot Posts: 105 Karma: 222128 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Carteya Guadarranque, Andalucia Device: PRS-300, Kobo: Touch, Glo, Arc, Aura, Glo HD, Nexus7, nergy Pro HD	Ah yes... I was getting "definition not found" for all the words I selected and assumed that there was no dictionary behind it. Youre right tho... its difficult to select the kanji composites and impossible to select a single character.Let's hope this is something that will be addressed in the near future.

07-16-2012, 06:14 AM	#17
Geco Zealot Posts: 112 Karma: 100 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: Touch, Aura	Have you ever noticed that even LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org Writer or Microsoft Word or similar programs, never had a Japanese dictionary? I think it's because its' difficult to identify Japanese words due to homophones, kanji and kana differences and so on.

07-16-2012, 07:49 AM	#18
kumaryu Zealot Posts: 105 Karma: 222128 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Carteya Guadarranque, Andalucia Device: PRS-300, Kobo: Touch, Glo, Arc, Aura, Glo HD, Nexus7, nergy Pro HD	In MS Word, you can use the "translate" or "look up" feature to look up meanings of words (in Japanese). It is the case that this uses an online look-up as opposed to a built-in dictionary however. I'm not aware of an equivalent feature in Libre Office. I always assumed that this was due to the fact Open/Libre Office was an open source application and that the lack of a "loo-up" dictionary was due to licensing issues. (probably not). As for clearly identifying words, its certainly practically impossible to automatically identify a word in Japanese (no spaces) but it's always possible to identify it by selecting it. The current problem w/ KT firmware 2.0 is that its almost impossible to select a single character by drag-selecting it. Its a significant issue but the fact that KT2.0 now has a built-in dictionary is a giant step in the right direction.

07-17-2012, 01:43 AM	#19
StoryEnthusiast K. C. Lee Posts: 584 Karma: 3652522 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New Zealand Device: Android phone	Maybe not directly related. When it comes to translation, I find Google's Translate tool very useful. I do a lot of Japanese-English translations, and Translate provides me with choices to play with.

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