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Originally Posted by fatidik
Hello!
I finally decided that an e-reader could be useful. We travel 3 months a year with backpack, and carrying books, language methods, and maybe guides is not an option if you cross many countries...
Eventually at home, I would like to keep on practicing the languages I learned. So far, there are up to 12 different languages I would like to read in on my reader.
I see that most of the reader have already some basic dictionaries, but my questions are:
- How simple is it to find and add some extra bilingual dictionaries?
- Is there a difference on the device?
- Are they all displaying characters of any language? UTF8 at least.
- How simple is it on different devices to select a word, to get its translation, to change the default dictionary while reading?
- How good are the dictionaries with inflexed words? (declinations, conjugations; e.g. друзьям -> друг, olabilirsiniz -> olmak)
My idea is to be able read text in foreign languages without using my paper dictionaries to read faster, and thereby not losing the idea of what I am reading.
Is there any e-reader to recommend for that?
I live in France, so my options, or at least the ones I consider, are :
- Amazon Kindle (Basic, Touch or Paperwhite)
- Sony Reader T2
- Kobo (Touch or Glo)
Between the models, I don't know.. I think I'll go rather for Sony or Kobo, because if I got it right, they're more open..
Regarding the other contents, is it easy to add apps, or your own content (without buying from the specific shop)?
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As far as I know the T1 would do what you want by rooting it (for other apps). T2 doesn't have rooting figured out for it yet. Adding dictionaries can be done too. You'll want an SD card if you're adding "capabilities" such as apps and the Kindle don't have that. I haven't rooted mine but apparently its quite easy, the instructions are available in the Sony forums.
As far as content, the Sony or Kobo are your better choices in that it's very easy to get epubs from many different sources.
That said, travel guides are often pdf and reading pdf is do-able but not exactly fun to read on an e-ink reader. The Sony will allow you to "pan and zoom" fairly easily.o