chinesemadrush Posted July 29, 2016 at 03:43 PM Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 at 03:43 PM Hi everyone, Is there a computer program (preferably free) that can help us read chinese documents? Perhaps a functionality like the Yellowbridge website where if you hover over the text, they would give you an explanation of the words (see screenshot). Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted July 29, 2016 at 04:25 PM Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 at 04:25 PM If your documents are web based, you can use Perapera in Firefox http://www.perapera.org/plugins/ to read text as per your example. There is also Zhongwen for Chrome. For other documents I would recommend Wenlin, they have a free version, have a look here https://www.wenlin.com/products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinesemadrush Posted July 29, 2016 at 05:29 PM Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 at 05:29 PM Wow Weilin looks good. Just wondering, do you happen to know of programs that work directly within Microsoft Word? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted July 29, 2016 at 05:39 PM Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 at 05:39 PM Not free (but relatively inexpensive) is my own Chinese Text Analyser. CTA will also keep track of your known vocabulary, making it easy to tell whether or not an article is suitable for your current level and also lets you export unknown words based on frequency and other statistics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinesemadrush Posted July 29, 2016 at 06:30 PM Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 at 06:30 PM Hey Imron, do you have any screenshots to demonstrate how your program works? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted July 29, 2016 at 06:41 PM Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 at 06:41 PM There is a thread here with some basic screenshots and also discussion about the program and its features. I'm also currently in the process of writing detailed documentation for the program but due to other commitments that's coming along more slowly than I'd like 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted July 29, 2016 at 07:31 PM Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 at 07:31 PM Depending on which version of windows you are using, there is built into MS word a translation function, but it doesn't always work. You can copy the text into wenlin and use that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyf Posted July 29, 2016 at 07:59 PM Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 at 07:59 PM On mobile, Pleco has a Reader feature which works quite well, especially if you have a lot of dictionaries and you use Pleco flashcards, because it's all seamlessly integrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted July 29, 2016 at 09:14 PM Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 at 09:14 PM We went through the benefits of Pleco with chinesemadrush here http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/52060-good-recommendations-for-chinese-writing-tablet/#comment-400851 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinesemadrush Posted August 2, 2016 at 01:56 PM Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 at 01:56 PM For those interested in reading online, I happen to find a good source of the various options out there: https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Tools#Browser_Extensions:_Pinyin_Popups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinesemadrush Posted August 16, 2016 at 06:05 PM Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 at 06:05 PM Just wanted to share this great site I just found. It allows easy annotation of text too: https://mandarinspot.com/annotate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted August 16, 2016 at 07:34 PM Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 at 07:34 PM There a few topics about it here on the forums, if you do a search for mandarin spot you get some interesting things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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