Internet + Firefox => offline dictionaries are no longer needed
Today there is such a variety of online dictionaries that it is simply impractical to limit yourself offline (unless, of course, you have the Internet). However, one question remains unresolved - how to make it so convenient to use online dictionaries? A thought creeps in that there exists a magic “Fantastic Online Dictionary Client” somewhere, yes, it may be, but today I’ll tell you about another way to “prepare them”, which I didn’t come to right away, but I’ve been using it for a long time and it’s really convenient.
A small clarification : speaking of offline dictionaries, I mean not software-based dictionaries, but software dictionaries that are not related to the Internet.
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The first thing that comes to the rescue is the Firefox bookmarks. In the bookmarks parameters there is a keyword field that allows you to use the bookmark in an unusual way, for example:
- Bookmark the link www.google.com/dictionary?langpair=en|ru&q=%s
- assign keyword ger (Google E nglish R ussian)
Now, if you type “ger magic” in the address bar, a page with the translation of the word “magic” will open. % s in our link is the place where the word we translate is inserted.
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Translation in the address bar is good, but how can this process be speeded up? And if there is a story with quick access, then generally good!
This is where Pentadactyl comes to the rescue (probably, while only a few people know that Pentadactyl is a fast-growing fork of Vimperator, and Vimperator is a plugin that changes the look and behavior of Firefox in such a way that it becomes like a text editor Vim)
With Pentadactyl we get:
- quick access to the command line using the 't' key
- translation history, which can be quickly moved (using the up and down keys) and edited to: 1) translate other words in the same dictionary; 2) to translate the same word in another dictionary; 3) to re-translate a word that already translated, but did not remember the meaning.
As you probably noticed, there is another little nuisance - extra elements, for example, advertising on thefreedictionary. We solve this problem with the help of addon to AdBlock - Element Hiding Helper
And as a bonus, I offer one more pleasure. Because Since the keyword is a property of the bookmarks themselves, then all the settings of the dictionaries can be synchronized / transferred simply by synchronizing the favorites with any plugin designed for this purpose. I now use Firefox Sync, and earlier it was Xmarks.
Update1:
In this way I use dictionaries mainly for translating paper literature.
Update2:
The list of basic services which is enough for me for any translation from English:
- google.com/dictionary
- lingvo.yandex.ru
- thefreedictionary.com
- urbandictionary.com
- dictionary.cambridge.org
A small clarification : speaking of offline dictionaries, I mean not software-based dictionaries, but software dictionaries that are not related to the Internet.
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Magic keywords
The first thing that comes to the rescue is the Firefox bookmarks. In the bookmarks parameters there is a keyword field that allows you to use the bookmark in an unusual way, for example:
- Bookmark the link www.google.com/dictionary?langpair=en|ru&q=%s
- assign keyword ger (Google E nglish R ussian)
Now, if you type “ger magic” in the address bar, a page with the translation of the word “magic” will open. % s in our link is the place where the word we translate is inserted.
Video Viewing Tip: Click the “Quality” button at the top of the player.
Practicality pentadactyl
Translation in the address bar is good, but how can this process be speeded up? And if there is a story with quick access, then generally good!
This is where Pentadactyl comes to the rescue (probably, while only a few people know that Pentadactyl is a fast-growing fork of Vimperator, and Vimperator is a plugin that changes the look and behavior of Firefox in such a way that it becomes like a text editor Vim)
With Pentadactyl we get:
- quick access to the command line using the 't' key
- translation history, which can be quickly moved (using the up and down keys) and edited to: 1) translate other words in the same dictionary; 2) to translate the same word in another dictionary; 3) to re-translate a word that already translated, but did not remember the meaning.
We remove too much: Element Hiding Helper
As you probably noticed, there is another little nuisance - extra elements, for example, advertising on thefreedictionary. We solve this problem with the help of addon to AdBlock - Element Hiding Helper
Sync: Firefox Sync, Xmarks, etc.
And as a bonus, I offer one more pleasure. Because Since the keyword is a property of the bookmarks themselves, then all the settings of the dictionaries can be synchronized / transferred simply by synchronizing the favorites with any plugin designed for this purpose. I now use Firefox Sync, and earlier it was Xmarks.
Update1:
In this way I use dictionaries mainly for translating paper literature.
Update2:
The list of basic services which is enough for me for any translation from English:
- google.com/dictionary
- lingvo.yandex.ru
- thefreedictionary.com
- urbandictionary.com
- dictionary.cambridge.org
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/113874/
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