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Software dictionary or good old book?
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Iversen
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09 September 2013 at 10:51pm | IP Logged

When I make wordlists directly from dictionaries I want to see a whole page full of words so that I can pick and choose among them. When I just want to check a single word or expression an electronic dictionary would probably be faster - but I have not bought a portable one, mostly because the majority of the dictionaries I have have tried on the internet are dismal junk compared to a good paper dictionary (I refer to products like that Babylon thing, which turn up every you search for any combination of languages) . Maybe the best ones aren't free, and there are obviously also a few really good ones out there, but so far I keep my old paper dictionaries within reach even though it's an agonizing slow process to use them.

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09 September 2013 at 11:25pm | IP Logged

Iversen wrote:

When I just want to check a single word or expression an electronic dictionary would probably be faster - but I have not bought a portable one, mostly because the majority of the dictionaries I have have tried on the internet are dismal junk compared to a good paper dictionary (I refer to products like that Babylon thing, which turn up every you search for any combination of languages).

Good handheld models contain electronic versions of the best regarded dictionaries (such as Le Petit Robert, etc.).

They aren't cheap though, easily between 150 and 300 Euros. My Japanese one (Jp-Eng-Fr) was $450, but I wouldn't trade it for anything.
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