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2nl (X) 
Netherlands
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| Not listed in the CrossOver list of compatible apps | Nov 4, 2015 |
Bogusław Kucharski wrote:
I found LexLand (Leksykonia) system a reliable source, especially medical and technical dictionaries.
They look indeed very useful to me. If I'm not mistaken, those dictionary engines aren't too complicated software (but I can be completely wrong here). I had a quick look at the list of supported Windows apps for CrossOver: https://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility
Your software isn't listed – but that doesn't mean that it won't run.
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German to English
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TOPIC STARTER | What I've Gathered So Far | Nov 4, 2015 |
So, basically, all mac users absolutely adore their macs, despite it being a huge pain to run any sort of software on them..
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achargois wrote:
So, basically, all mac users absolutely adore their macs, despite it being a huge pain to run any sort of software on them..
That's the right conclusion. Don't buy a Mac. It's not for everybody.
H.
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achargois wrote:
So, basically, all mac users absolutely adore their macs, despite it being a huge pain to run any sort of software on them..
I don't know if "all", "love", "huge pain" and "any sort", but it's true I adore my Mac -- I enjoy having a personal computer, and computer which just stays the way I set it. And yes, a different system comes with a price: you have to change your habits in order to adjust to the new system, for example: slightly different shortcuts.
I have no "pain" using translation software on my Mac -- I press one button and it starts. And when it does, the program is less fussy than it was when I was working on Windows, what I find intriguing.
Personally, I am not a Mac Evangelist. I wanted a change and I changed the system. There are always some pros and cons. I use computer (for different purposes) since Atari 800 XL (mid 1980's) and this change brought *me* more advantage than inconvenience.
But Meta Arkadia is also right: Mac is not for everybody. Luckily, we have a choice
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Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:23
Member (2009)
Dutch to English
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| great site with info re DictUnifier, etc. | Nov 4, 2015 |
Meta Arkadia wrote: Bogusław Kucharski wrote:
e-dictionaries EN-PL Based on the information I found here, you should be able to convert those dictionaries for use in your Mac's Dictionary.app. I wrote about the process here, and on the wiki page of the Python script you'll have to use, it says that Leksykonia data (*.dct) are supported. You can then use your dictionaries system-wide on your Mac, both opened in the Dictionary.app itself, or as a pop-up. An example of a dictionary I converted showing results as a pop-up in CafeTran:  Very recently (like the day before yesterday), I "discovered" an app that should simplify the process. I downloaded it, but it's still in my download folder as a .ZIP: DictUnifier-2.1.zip so I'm afraid I don't know if it works yet. Cheers, Hans
Hi Hans,
I don't know which version of DictUnifier you downloaded, but I just found this page with tons of very interesting/relevant info:
http://blog.jle.vi/post/72464439746/get-the-look-up-dictionary-feature-in-os-x-to
see e.g.:
"3. Use this patched/modified version of DictUnifier (which was found from the generous poster #9 here) to install them into your OS X dictionaries app. (If you use the standard DictUnifier, you’ll get nasty HTML Parse Errors and nothing will work. I don’t know why)"
Michael
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Meta Arkadia wrote: Based on the information I found here, you should be able to convert those dictionaries for use in your Mac's Dictionary.app.
Thank you for the info! I didn't think of converting the dictionaries for Mac use but I am going to give it a go!
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Michael Beijer wrote:
I don't know which version of DictUnifier you downloaded, but I just found this page with tons of very interesting/relevant info
I just unzipped it, haven't tried it yet. So far, I used the procedure I mentioned above, with success. You can even "cheat" the Python script, and "forget" to run the "make" command. That will result in an XML file you can then convert to a format you can use in CafeTran (or another CAT tool, I suppose) as a glossary or a termbase.
The site you mentioned points at a very useful site with quite a lot of dictionaries.
For Polish: http://clasquin-johnson.co.za/michel/mac-os-x-dictionaries/east-european-languages/polish.html
The only trouble is, that I already converted all of the useful ones (for me), so no reason to try DictUnifier...
Cheers,
Hans
[Edited at 2015-11-04 10:05 GMT]
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I have been fiddling a bit with CrossOver for different software but as I use virtualised Windows for translation work, it seems just as sensible to use it for dictionaries instead of running another app just for this purpose.
But if I do the tests, I will publish here my impressions.
Thank you for the idea!
Best,
Bogdan
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2nl (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 12:23
Bogusław Kucharski wrote:
I enjoy having a personal computer, and computer which just stays the way I set it.
Even when you upgrade it from Leopard to Mavericks to Yosemite to El Capitan: everything still works as supposed.
Hans
CafeTran on Mac user
[Edited at 2015-11-04 10:09 GMT]
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