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eddow
1st September 2008, 05:19 PM
Hola guys;
I seeked a bit for some quick dictionnaries (like, I can use my PDA to translate the word I see written while I walk the street)

Of course, I searched everywhere and beside really nice paidware for 29.9$, I didn't find what I seeked.

As it was really simple, I decided to try to make it. This is so a first try of WM programation for me, use it if you like it.

http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/3802/screen031nc9.th.png (http://img396.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen031nc9.png)

In short : it's just a "CSV" (comma separated values) reader that will let you search one entry easily.

After installing it, only the fr<->en dictionnary is installed. You're free to put other and remove it.

Options:
* "Filter" let you choose the column that is searched (ie. the one on which words are filtered by the text entered)
"start/contain" switch between filtering the words "containing" or "starting by" the entered text.

* "Dictionaries" let you choose one of the dictionary file you installed.


I used the same format as this website: http://www.dicts.info/uddl.php
You can download here the dictionary content you wish.
Note:
- The website has a lot of dictionaries but they're not really complete.
- Once downloaded the file, name it "AA-BB.dic" where AA and BB are the language reference (fr-en.dic ; français-anglais.dic ; french-english.dic ; ... as you wish), then copy it to the installation folder (the one that contain fr-en.dic at the begining).
- For the dictionary to be usable you have to restart the program.

If you know a better source for dictionaries data, tell me, I'll use it.
The program is just a draft: it will have poor performances with big dictionaries.

If somebody is really interested, I can fix some stuff.


Here it is : http://www.4shared.com/file/61316832/644de7d3/UDic.html

N1c0_ds
1st September 2008, 11:01 PM
You rock! I love simple and brilliant software.

How many words by the way?

eddow
2nd September 2008, 09:49 AM
don't know, it depends on the dictionarry you download ... the french-english should have between 5000-7000 words.
But some are really missing ... that's why I search another source of "dictionary data"