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I did not know about Lingoes and am now trying to figure out how it works. While online Google Translate seems to be easier to go through than Lingoes. I still have to copy and paste so I just use Google Translate. For Latin, which is all I am really interested in right now, I also have the Words by Whitaker Dictionary installed on the computer and glossa which is a version of Lewis and Short's huge Latin dictionary. Not sure yet how Lingoes will surpass them.
What I don't see anymore is capability on Android-type tablets for a cursor word selection and automatic translation lookup function as I have on my Kindle Touch. iPad, Kindle Fire, Nook, none of the ones I have researched can support and electronic default dictionary other than the one that is installed for the language of the choice for the whole device. If you know of anyway to turn the Fire into a tool that can support an electronic Latin dictionary as the default lookup I would sure like to know about it. Copy and paste in the Fire or the iPad is a nuisance for on-the-fly translating. Only the Kindle Touch can handle it, but the Touch is limited as to its other functions, of course, having a trivial browser and small screen size to boot.
Thanks for the Lingoes que. I will play around some more to see if it offers much to me.
Good reading!
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