luckthunder Posted January 24, 2006 at 04:49 PM Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 at 04:49 PM Hi, I've got a Tungsten T5 (chinese version) and I am looking for a chinese-english/english-chinese dictionary (freeware). Any experiences/suggestions? Greetings. luckthunder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sui.generis Posted January 24, 2006 at 05:38 PM Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 at 05:38 PM Any experiences/suggestions? Forget the freeware, save up and buy PlecoDict. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted January 24, 2006 at 05:52 PM Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 at 05:52 PM I had a quick google and turned up this CEDICT on Palm page - but it doesn't seem to have been updated for years and may well not be compatible with newer OS's. There's also something called KDIC, which I think is Chinese-Chinese, but mention is made of using it with CEDICT here. Roddy PS If you can beg, borrow or steal the cash, Plecodict is worth every cent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randall_flagg Posted January 24, 2006 at 09:18 PM Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 at 09:18 PM I have to agree with Roddy! I have been using Plecodict for what, 6 months now? And I am truly loving it. Thanks again for suggesting this marvellous application, Roddy, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted January 24, 2006 at 09:30 PM Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 at 09:30 PM Ah, I'm sure I read about it on here - it would have been the users of Pleco's Oxford Dictionary who were first aware of it. Anyway, the OP is looking for freeware stuff - anyone know any? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelove Posted January 24, 2006 at 10:01 PM Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 at 10:01 PM If your T5 already has Chinese support built-in then KDIC would probably be your best bet - that page Roddy linked to has a free Chinese dictionary database for KDIC, and that combined with the Chinese OS built into your Palm should give you a serviceable dictionary setup. I haven't actually tried KDIC on a T5, but since your T5 already has a current Chinese OS on it it's unlikely that there would be any serious compatibility problems with the KDIC engine. However, I should point out that KDIC technically isn't free - the author has generously chosen not to handicap the demo version of his software in any way, but if you use it a lot you really should pay the $9 registration fee (see http://www002.upp.so-net.ne.jp/kei-k/Doc/English/register.htm). I don't know of any completely-free product for Chinese - there's a free all-in-one Palm Japanese dictionary at http://padict.sourceforge.net/ but nothing equivalent for Chinese AFAIK. Or you could save up for PlecoDict, which I'd certainly agree is worth the money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckthunder Posted January 25, 2006 at 08:47 AM Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 at 08:47 AM I everybody, thanks a lot or your advices. You helped me a lot. KDIC is very useful and I will test PlecoDic (reading so many positive resonance, it seems to be the leading software). Thanks a lot again ... Greetings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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