Re: [tlug] Dictionary problem

[Thomas <nyuwa@example.com>]

On 2016/03/21 13:07, Raymond Wan wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Thomas Blasejewicz <nyuwa@example.com> wrote:
> > If Linux really has nothing useful to offer for my "dictionary problem",
> > I maybe be forced to use Windows after all.
>
> Perhaps a naive question from me, but what's wrong with an on-line
> dictionary, like Google translate?
>
> Or even using a portable electronic dictionary?  You lose the ability
> to copy and paste with electronic dictionaries, but either ought to be
> better than struggling for so long with Linux?
>
> And if you're going from Japanese-to-English, you can add the
> Rikaichan plugin to Firefox.  I guess you can also open local files
> with Firefox and use Rikaichan.  This is of course OS independent...
>
> Ray
Thank you.
However ..
as a translator I have signed contracts with each and every agency. Many 
of those contracts specifically PROHIBIT the use of things like Google 
translate!
I do use online dictionaries on a daily basis, but (1) there are times - 
believe it or not - when I have to work without internet access.
(2) The stuff you find on the net is often everything but trustworthy.

Having to work usually with highly technical / medical / sometimes 
philosophical material ... tools like Rikaichan do not provide what I need.
Sorry for being so negative.
Thomas