The Hoarding Packrat
Join Date: Oct 2005
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I use Dictionary.app nearly everyday, for US English at least. So, is it possible to have more than one language?? I'd like to have Australian English, British English, and Spanish. It must be possible. Or if I could at least get my hands on the language's files (as in British.lprog, Australian.lprog, etc) I could replace the files in Dictionary.app as I want, if I wanted.
I believe I installed it with British, Australian, Spanish, and some others, though my main language is US English. So since that technique of switching them seems sensible, where can I find the language files/the .dict files on my computer?, under what directory? (Unless the .dict file is only there in correspondance to the main language of the computer... Would they be accessible on the OS X CDs? ) |
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There are no non-English dictionaries for Dictionary. At least mine didn't ship with any.
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The Hoarding Packrat
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Code:
ataraxy:~ chucker$ ls -1 /Library/Dictionaries/
New Oxford American Dictionary.dict
Oxford American Writers Thesaurus.dict That's all I see, anyway. |
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The Hoarding Packrat
Join Date: Oct 2005
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'Mmm.... Well, your system is installed in American English though, no? I think I'll search the CDs.
EDIT: On the Install CD, there's only English in the "OxfordDictionaries.pkg". Last edited by T-Man : 2006-09-16 at 16:16. |
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Veteran Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
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wow.... that would be awesome if dictionaries for all the languages were included..... it be great to use the highlight then pop up dictionary option when i am trying to read in another language
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The Hoarding Packrat
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Yes, deffinately; why I wanted the Spanish one.... oh well, maybe someday.
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I am a filthy spammer. Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: Chicago
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I use a dictionary app, as it is more convenient to use
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Incidentally, my comment is no longer correct — they added a lot more dictionaries over time.
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Lord of the Rant.
Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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I hope over about 15 years they've added some!
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