LingoPad contains a German-English dictionary; other dictionaries (German-Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese, Turkish, Norwegian) can be downloaded as well. You can also import your own wordlists and use them parallel to the existing dictionaries. For each dictionary, a user dictionary can be defined to include additional wordlists.
Features:
German ↔ English dictionaries
further dictionaries (e.g. Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Turkish, Norwegian) available on clicking Online update in the Dictionaries menu
import of own dictionaries possible (Unicode ready)
freely definable user dictionaries
wordlist editor
search for beginning, ending and middle part of a word (*ending or *middle*)
search for collocations
activation possible with a freely definable HotKey - automatic search for a tagged word or word from the clipboard
list of latest search words
download on memory stick possible
offline use
phonetic transcription for many English words
user interface in German and English
direct links to look up words on Wikipedia and various search engines
What's New in version 2.6:
Changes for Windows Vista
Customized setup (select data directory on setup)
Change font size with Ctrl++ / Ctrl+- / Alt++ / Alt+-
Specify order of dictionaries
ShortCuts for dictionaries
Faster import of own dictionaries
Faster loading of user dictionaries
Automatic translation on clipboard changes
Bugfixes
FreewareFiles tested LingoPad 2.6 on 2008-07-28 using leading
antivirus scanners and found it 100% Clean. It does not contain any form
of malware, spyware, viruses, trojans, etc. We will re-test each updated
version and remove the award as well as the program if found infected.
User Reviews
"Cool soft"
Reviewer: -Mr. Dildo
Review Date: 2007-11-18
Average Rating (2 Votes ) 5.00
Pros: None
Cons: None
Other Thoughts: Fast, usefule, user-customizable - and loads of dictionaries which can be directly downloaded/added from within the program.