Which application for translating texts to install on a smartphone under Android?
Schoolchildren, students and people studying foreign languages, dictionaries are periodically required. But today, thanks to the onset of the digital era, there is no need to carry thick and heavy Talmudes with you. You can simply install a special application on your smartphone and use it periodically. In this article we will talk about the best applications for the translation of texts under Android.
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Google Translate
Let's start our review with the translator from the Corporation of Good. Google Translate is a great application that can be used to offline text translation. Thanks to which it undoubtedly takes the first place among all translators on Android. After all, the overwhelming number of such applications should be online all the time.
In Google Translate, you can choose one of 80 languages. When translating the word you need, transcription and other reference information is not displayed. Due to which only important and necessary information is presented. Such an approach, as well as an easy and simple interface (even more convenient than in the browser version), made Google Translate one of the best applications for translating both separate words and small texts. From the advantages of the application, it is worth noting convenient navigation and animation.
Outrage is also available (but only in the online version). By the way, about the online version. When connecting to the Internet, you can activate not only audio dedication of the text, but also text recognition and manuscript input. Also in the online version of this application, the function of the phrasebook is well implemented. All the most necessary phrases will always be at hand.
In general, Google Translate is a great translator who has a convenient and, which is not enough important, a quick interface. But, it was not without minuses. It should be noted the lack of speech recognition (though not one application of this kind can boast of this function yet) and the inability to add their dictionaries.
Goldendict
This application is a shell to which you can add any dictionary you need. On the one hand, this approach allows you to enable only the desired word base. On the other hand, the need to spend time connecting your dictionaries can not be convenient for everyone. Although, connecting a dictionary to Goldendict is very simple. The application itself will scan the memory of the device and find dictionaries on it (if they are there). If they are not there, just install the dictionary and again call the memory of your device.
In the free version of the program, you can add no more than 5 dictionaries.
Working with dictionaries in the Goldendict application will not be difficult. In the settings, you can indicate how the translated terms will be displayed. If the connected dictionary has voice acting, then it can also be activated in the described application.
The important advantage of the Goldendict application is the ability to integrate into the texts to read texts. In this case, this program can be used as a context translator.
GoldenDict is an application that has a simple interface. And the possibility of using only dictionaries necessary for work makes it one of the best professional translators on Android.
FORA DICTIONARY
FORA DICTIONARY is a cross -platform application. There are versions not only for tablets and smartphones, but also for desktop computers. The Android program is free. When buying a pro-version, advertising in this utility can be removed.
As in Goldendict, this does not have its vocabulary base. But, they can be added in several ways. This shell supports popular dictionaries. After their addition, the application by the application can be grouped and use by creating a profile.
Unfortunately, in Goldendict, in view of a complex interface, it will be very difficult to add a dictionary for the first time. In addition, his indexation takes more time than in similar shell translators.
But they were pleased with the prompts activating when entering the word. The sound of the text is well implemented. But, it can be used only for popular languages.
Bigg
If you need offline dictionaries without intricate installations and indexations, then look at the BigG application. This application for smartphones and tablets of Android is a dictionary and a phrasebook. The application takes only 50 MB of memory on your device.
The BIGG dictionary contains about 3 million articles, and the phrasebook is about 2 thousand popular phrases and expressions. The search works well in it. Moreover, he can find a word taking into account morphology. After the search, the dictionary will offer several options for his answer. If this is not enough, you can go into an article dedicated to this word and find transcription there, other translation options, etc.
In Bigg, phrases and expressions are grouped by topics and well structured. If you need quick access to a particular phrase, it can be taken to favorites.
This application could be called the best of its kind if it would be added to its dictionaries. And so this is a compact dictionary and a phrasebook that can help you out if it is necessary to translate from English.
Colordict
Another translator application that needs to be described in this review. Colordict is one shell to which you can connect your dictionaries. They can be downloaded from network sources or found in Play Market. After installing dictionaries, this translator can be used in offline.
As in the BIGG application in ColORDICT, the search works well. When entering the right word, he shows options. There is a story story. The shown elements can be grouped and copy to the exchange buffer.
But you can find fault with the display of articles. And this is not the fault of Colordict. Rather, not quite the fault of this shell. If initially the dictionary contains minimal formatting, then the shells cannot be displayed to display a text comfortable for reading.
The color of the TTS response is integrated in Colordict. You can put a British or American accent to choose from. This application can be integrated into the FBREADER, COOL Reader, etc.
"Offline dictionaries"
The “offline dictionaries” application, as the name implies does not require the presence of the Internet for their work. This program contains more than 50 dictionaries. But, for Russian -speaking users, it is possible to use only 12 of them. Yes, and you cannot add your dictionaries to this application.
The free version of "offline dictionaries" contains advertising. And she is too intrusive. And the interface itself is not very friendly. What is the translation of “option”, “preferences” and other words that cut the hearing.
To search for translation in dictionaries, you must enter the word you need in the field. Then the search will begin, but not throughout the database of dictionaries, but for each separately. Which can also be attributed to inconvenience.
But the display of articles of the necessary words and terms is realized quite well. You can turn on TTS-sounding and learn how to pronounce the right word correctly.
Due to the inconvenience described above, this application to the best translators and dictionaries cannot be attributed. But, if you need an application for translating individual words without access to the Internet, then the “offline dictionaries” is just what you need.
Slate
The SLADE application was created for educational purposes. In fact, this is a dictionary and a translator from English into Russian and in the opposite direction. The translation contains not only words, but also pictures. Probably everyone knows that it is better to remember information if it is presented visually. In the Slade application, this is just implemented.
This application uses the Yandex.Plivar API. With the help of this service, not only individual words, but also phrases and even small fragments of the text can be translated from a well -known search engine. When translating the word, you can familiarize yourself with examples and synonyms. And for the quality of the pictures, another search giant - Google is responsible. And, unfortunately, does not always select the most suitable picture for translation.
In the Slate application, articles from the dictionary are caching. Thanks to them, they can be viewed in offline mode. Caching occurs along with pictures. The size of the cache can be adjusted independently.
Of the shortcomings, it is necessary to note the lack of transcription and the possibility of removing speech synthesis. In all other things, this is a convenient and solid application for the translation of words and small fragments of the text.
Anglo-Russian dictionary Lite
Another application that contains both a dictionary and a translator. The dictionary for 450 thousand words can be used without connecting to the Internet. But, articles in this dictionary are not too informative. There are no examples of the use of the desired words and their synonyms. But the transcription is present.
In the “English-Russian dictionary of Lite” you can display the most popular requests for the main page of the application. The search for the dictionary is well implemented. You can add words to it from the clipboard.
Also in this application you can find grammatical rules, a list of irregular verbs and other information necessary for studying English.
Dictionary Multitran
This application of the once-popular Internet-word Multitran.ru has a rather exotic set of supported languages. In addition to such popular as: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, here you can find Latvian, Estonian, Esperanto, Afrikans and even Kalmyk.
It should be noted quite informative articles of this dictionary. In addition to the translation, belonging to part of speech, transcription and voice voice acting are indicated here. It is also worth noting a well -implemented search for the application, the ability to add words from the exchange buffer and other useful functions. If desired, the desired article can be saved as a memory of the device and use it later offline.
Another important feature of this application. It implements the import/export of the dictionary. With its help, you can add other local dictionaries to the base or create a backup copy of the dictionary used.
Yandex Translation
You can not do in the list of applications for translating texts application "Yandex.Pravod". It works online, but there is the possibility of caching articles for their further use in offline. This application supports 10 languages.
If you compare Yandex. Transport with its main rival Google Translate, then the development of domestic experts has shown themselves better. For each term, a vocabulary article is displayed, in which, in addition to available translations, you can find use options, transcription and voiceening. As the text is entered, tips appear from which you can choose the desired term. This significantly reduces the time of entering the word into the search field.
The Yandex.Prodist interface, as well as the interfaces of other applications from Yandex, is minimalist, but very functional. Unfortunately, until the developer has introduced into this application the function of speech recognition and manuscript text. But, there is already information that such work in Yandex is conducted.
English Russian Dictionary Bravolol
If you need an English-Russian dictionary with a large base and at the same time working in offline, then install the application from Bravolol. The base of this dictionary “weighs” only 18 MB, but at the same time contains more than 180 million words.
The words found in the dictionary are displayed by the list. But at the same time they are divided into parts of speech. Most of the words are equipped with use options, transcription and voice voice voice. True, to listen to how this or that word sounds the presence of a stable Internet.
Fast translator
This application supports such operating modes as a regular translation, a translation from an exchange buffer and a page translation. This application, like Slate, uses the Yandex.P. The presence of connected Internet is mandatory.
Perfectly implemented in the "Fast Translator" translation from the buffer of the exchange. When highlighting a word in the text, you can see its translation in the notification panel. Thanks to which you can translate the words unfamiliar to you right in the readers or browsers you use.
Of the minuses of this translator, it is necessary to note the lack of the possibility of storing search results. When closing the application, the whole story is erased.
HedgeDict
Another application-shell of which I must say a few words in our review. Installing dictionaries in the “Hedgedict” can convert them into the working format using the tool built into this shell. But, if you do not want to spend time on this, you can always find several ready -made dictionaries directly in the Play Market.
After installing dictionaries through the interface of this program, you can find the translation of the words you need. To save time, the translation will be available as the word input in the search field. For popular languages, you can listen to the voice translation of the word. But, for this you need to download the sound files of the dictionary that you use.
In this shell you can view the history of your requests. It is stored in the corresponding section. You can find the request you need by the chronology of its search or by other filters.
Dictan
The Dictan application probably used many on the first smartphones with Java support. For android devices, the developer released a shell that can work with dictionaries in .ZD and .FDB formats. Like all other shells - this application allows you to work with those dictionaries that you like more. It is enough to download them and place them in the program folder.
On the site of the Dictan application, you can download the base of English Wikipedia, Britained, dictionaries of synonyms, Idiom, etc. By means of this application, you can create dictionaries yourself. In them you can add not only words and pictures, but also audio sounding.
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