I'm a second year student of translation in Argentina, and I was wondering whether to buy a netbook or a tablet. You might be wondering what for: well, I just want one to use it as a tool (chekcing dictionaries and web pages) during my translation tests or excercises at home, because carrying a bag full of dictionaries for an hour and a half is annoying... I don't want to use them for typing my work, so that's why I've been considering tablets, which are cheaper and easier to carry.
My question is: Do you know if there are good and useful applications for tablets with Android OS? With "good and useful applications" I mean complete monolingual and bilingual dictionaries like the ones that can be used in a typical desktop computer mainly (for example, Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Oxford Spanish, Merriam-Webster, María Moliner, etc.)
I think some answers and/or personal experiences would clarify my doubts.
I'm new in the forum, my translation teacher recommended it to the class, I hope I could help you too in the near future.
Thanks in advance.
Santiago
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Tomás Cano Binder, CT Spain Local time: 08:54 Member (2005) English to Spanish + ...
A netbook
Sep 23, 2011
Personally I would go for a netbook, i.e. a computer with a compatible operating system that will allow you to run and evaluate CAT tools, dictionaries, and other software for our profession, which in a vast majority are Windows-based. If you get an Android-based device, I reckon you will have much lower chances of testing and learning the profession's standard tools.
Just my opinion!
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Personally I would go for a netbook, i.e. a computer with a compatible operating system that will allow you to run and evaluate CAT tools, dictionaries, and other software for our profession, which in a vast majority are Windows-based. If you get an Android-based device, I reckon you will have much lower chances of testing and learning the profession's standard tools.
Just my opinion!
You're right, most programs are Windows-based... I'll take that into account.
Thank you very much!
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