MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Chinese-English Dictionary (highlight to translate)

Nible · 10-20-2012, 06:37 AM

Hi!

I'm thinking of buying a Kindle, pretty much only to learn Chinese and Spanish by reading books. I would need a good dictionary to do this, a dictionary that works like the one Kindle is shipped with where you highlight a word to get a translation.

I know that there are Spanish dictionaries that do this, but after searching for quite a while, I still can't find any Chinese ones.

I read about the software Duokan which was supposed to have a dictionary, but I couldn't find anything about how that dictionary worked, I don't know if it's only a regular dictionary that I need to open and search the word I want to translate, or if it's of the kind that I want. If there are only regular dictionaries, the whole idea with getting a Kindle would be kind of ruined, if that's the only option, I could just buy physical books and search the internet for translations instead of buying a 69£ machine to do it.

I also found this dictionary (the one below English), but I'm not sure if it's the kind I want, is it?

Thanks a lot in advance for any help!

10-20-2012, 06:37 AM	#1
Nible Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: none (yet)	Chinese-English Dictionary (highlight to translate) Hi! I'm thinking of buying a Kindle, pretty much only to learn Chinese and Spanish by reading books. I would need a good dictionary to do this, a dictionary that works like the one Kindle is shipped with where you highlight a word to get a translation. I know that there are Spanish dictionaries that do this, but after searching for quite a while, I still can't find any Chinese ones. I read about the software Duokan which was supposed to have a dictionary, but I couldn't find anything about how that dictionary worked, I don't know if it's only a regular dictionary that I need to open and search the word I want to translate, or if it's of the kind that I want. If there are only regular dictionaries, the whole idea with getting a Kindle would be kind of ruined, if that's the only option, I could just buy physical books and search the internet for translations instead of buying a 69£ machine to do it. I also found this dictionary (the one below English), but I'm not sure if it's the kind I want, is it? Thanks a lot in advance for any help!