Thread: Advice Regarding Kindle PW2 and Kobo Aura
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Old 12-31-2013, 11:27 PM   #5
davidfor
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Originally Posted by Canuck_in_Japan View Post
You would believe wrong. I've never actually tried it because I tend to read on the road with no Internet connection but whenever I highlight a word a "Wikipedia" option shows up.
I completely forgot to add that in my post. And there is a Google lookup as well.
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As for translations, I don't know whether it will translate actual sentences but I'm pretty sure you can look up individual words.
There is an undocumented option that adds a phrase translation. It needs a net connection so I think it uses google translate.
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Kobo's dictionary is functional but could be better.
Yes, it is missing some words and definitions. From memory, it uses the smallest (ie. cheapest) Mirriam-Webster dictionary. I don't think that has changed. Kobo are missing out on an opportunity here. They should be selling bigger and better versions of the dictionaries. I probably wouldn't buy them, but I could see others choosing to.
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