Russian to engish dictionary

vincereader · 10-26-2016, 09:02 AM

I am using Calibre on a Surface pro (Windows 10) to study Russian. I would like to be able to get a word translated from Russian to English by hovering over a word, clicking it, etc. Any help on how to do this would be greatly appreciated.

HarryT · 10-26-2016, 09:33 AM

If you have a Calibre question, please ask it in the Calibre forum, to where I'm now moving this thread.

kovidgoyal · 10-26-2016, 10:29 AM

Right click on it (which on a touchscreen is a long tap) and you get an option to look up the word in the dictionary. You can define a russian to english website as the dictionary in the viewer preferences.

vincereader · 10-27-2016, 12:32 PM

Thanks. I tried this and get to the default, wordnik, which consistently says no translation. I then tried loading several other online dictionaries and have only sporadic success. Is it possible to add a dictionary that I have installed on my Surface Pro (Abby Lingvo)?

BetterRed · 10-27-2016, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vincereader

Thanks. I tried this and get to the default, wordnik, which consistently says no translation. I then tried loading several other online dictionaries and have only sporadic success. Is it possible to add a dictionary that I have installed on my Surface Pro (Abby Lingvo)?

If Abby Lingvo has options for 'grabbing' the word under the pointer via a kb or mouse shortcut you could use that.

I have a couple of installed 'dictionaries' (Wordweb and The Sage) that operate this way. They are configured to respond to ctrl+shift+~ and ctrl+shift+! respectively. The advantage of using this approach is that the shortcuts work in ALL applications - browsers, text editors, pdf readers, word processors... and the calibre book viewer

BR

10-26-2016, 09:02 AM	#1
vincereader Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2016 Device: Surface Pro	Russian to engish dictionary I am using Calibre on a Surface pro (Windows 10) to study Russian. I would like to be able to get a word translated from Russian to English by hovering over a word, clicking it, etc. Any help on how to do this would be greatly appreciated.

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10-26-2016, 09:33 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	If you have a Calibre question, please ask it in the Calibre forum, to where I'm now moving this thread.

10-26-2016, 10:29 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Right click on it (which on a touchscreen is a long tap) and you get an option to look up the word in the dictionary. You can define a russian to english website as the dictionary in the viewer preferences.

10-27-2016, 12:32 PM	#4
vincereader Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2016 Device: Surface Pro	Thanks. I tried this and get to the default, wordnik, which consistently says no translation. I then tried loading several other online dictionaries and have only sporadic success. Is it possible to add a dictionary that I have installed on my Surface Pro (Abby Lingvo)?

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