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Multy Dicctionary App Set-up

How to set-up more than one dictionary application at once. Currently only English available & would like to use Spanish & French as well.


Thanks a lot!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Feb 8, 2012 10:11 AM

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Feb 8, 2012 11:18 AM in response to eoaia

You may want to try StarDict, which is a separate dictionary application with dictionaries for many languages. There's no useful informatin on their web sie about which languagges are in the release or even what versions of Mac OS X it works on, but I can say that it currently doesn't work on Mac OS X 10.7.


Your mileage may vary, but if it doesn't work for you oon 10.6, you can always delete it.

Feb 8, 2012 5:17 PM in response to eoaia

eoaia wrote:


How to set-up more than one dictionary application at once. Currently only English available & would like to use Spanish & French as well.

Your message is not clear.


Are you talking about spell checking, or about reference dictionaries?


What does "more than one dictionary application" mean? Are you saying you want to use several different reference dict apps, such as OED and Le Petit Robert? There's nothing to prevent you installing as many as you need. Or are you saying you want to install other dictionaries in Dictionary.app, Mac OS X's built-in reference application?


You might find some useful info in this thread


<https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3581573?start=0&tstart=0>

Multy Dicctionary App Set-up

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