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xxxFabrizioFrit
Italy
Dec 28, 2009

Is there anyone advising me where I can download dictionaries English-Italian and Spanish-Italian in ASCII format? I mean I need a dictionary to import as glossary into a CAT tool so I have to get a dictionary in a format to be converted in order to load as glossary for Omega T (the CAT tool I work with). Where can I find it?
Thanks!

Fabry


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Didier Briel  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 21:38
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Use a dictionary when possible Dec 28, 2009


FabrizioFritton wrote:

Is there anyone advising me where I can download dictionaries English-Italian and Spanish-Italian in ASCII format? I mean I need a dictionary to import as glossary into a CAT tool so I have to get a dictionary in a format to be converted in order to load as glossary for Omega T (the CAT tool I work with). Where can I find it?

To use a dictionary in OmegaT, it's more convenient to use a Stardict dictionary.
There is at least one English to Italian dictionary here:
http://stardict.sourceforge.net/Dictionaries_dictd-www.freedict.de.php

Didier



[Edited at 2009-12-28 09:56 GMT]
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[Edited at 2009-12-28 09:57 GMT]


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sjbeale
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Problem downloading individual dictionary Dec 5, 2010

I have used your link- thank you very much for it yet I can't seem to download any individual dictionaries - it only takes me to this page -> http://sourceforge.net/projects/stardict/files/ which I understand is to download the Stardict program itself (which I already have). I have tried right click 'Save as' but this does not work. Any pointers? I have also tried the other links for stardict files in the yahoo group and they all seem to lead to the same page.

I have managed to download some from torrent sites but they have so far been incompatible as I noted your point about the sametypesequence= g or m only format in another post.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Steve


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Didier Briel  Identity Verified
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It seems some sametypesequence=x can be used Dec 6, 2010


sjbeale wrote:
I have used your link- thank you very much for it yet I can't seem to download any individual dictionaries - it only takes me to this page -> http://sourceforge.net/projects/stardict/files/ which I understand is to download the Stardict program itself (which I already have). I have tried right click 'Save as' but this does not work. Any pointers? I have also tried the other links for stardict files in the yahoo group and they all seem to lead to the same page.

Unfortunately, most links to GPL StarDict dictionaries seem to be down.


I have managed to download some from torrent sites but they have so far been incompatible as I noted your point about the sametypesequence= g or m only format in another post.

It seems that at least some sametypesequence=x dictionaries can be used.
On the XDXF Dictionaries Download site, select a source and a target language, and select StarDict for the format.

The two English to Spanish dictionaries I downloaded had sametypesequence=x. By simply changing the "x" to "g" in the .ifo file (e.g., with Notepad), I was able to use them.

Didier


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sjbeale
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Thanks a lot! Dec 9, 2010

Thank you very much, Didier! I didn't expect to be able to solve it in such a simple way! Great - all my previously dud dictionaries are now working fine!
Thanks again!

Regards,

Steve

[Edited at 2010-12-09 12:11 GMT]

PS Are there any particular favourites you would recommend or is it a case of take what you can find that works?

[Edited at 2010-12-09 12:15 GMT]


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