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Old 04-26-2012, 06:13 PM   #44
susan_cassidy
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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze View Post
The difference is that inline dictionaries never take you out of the book and function as another level within it. Separate dictionaries require you to exit the book you're reading, open the relevant dictionary, find the word, exit the dictionary and go back to what you were reading. Not the most practical solution if you're reading, say, a book about WWII that contains innumerable of phrases in German.
On the K3, at least, that isn't true. If the language code is set appropriately in the book and the dictionary, it just works. Don't know about the Touch.
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