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Add to SafariWhen comparing ABBYY Lingvo vs GoldenDict, the Slant community recommends GoldenDict for most people. In the question“What are the best desktop dictionary (translation + definition lookup) programs? ” GoldenDict is ranked 1st while ABBYY Lingvo is ranked 3rd. The most important reason people chose GoldenDict is:
Select a word and hold CTRL and press C twice and it displays a pop-up showing the definition.
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Pros
Pro Great set of (proprietary) dictionaries
lingvo has free dictionaries, but what it shines at, is the great number of "copyrighted dictionaries"
Pro Mobile versions available
ABBYY Lingvo also offers mobile versions of it's dictionaries for Android and iOS, though they will need to be purchased separately from their desktop versions.
Pro Shortcut to lookup words
Select a word and hold CTRL and press C twice and it displays a pop-up showing the definition.
Pro Supports several popular dictionary file formats
Whereas Babylon and ABBYY Lingvo dictionary software support only one (native) format, and Stardict supports only two formats, GoldenDict offers support for many different formats.
Pro Full-text search in articles
The newest early access builds allow for full text search in articles.
Pro WebKit layout engine allows familiar webpage interface
The program's internal use of the WebKit layout engine allows displaying articles in a format similar to web pages in a web browser
Pro Available also as an Android app
Which can be found here.
Pro Can be searched with Albert (launcher), via a plugin
Cons
Con Is not free
There are many options, that may satisfy anyone, but the app itself (and those great Lingvo's own dictionaries) is not free as it's price ranges from $39.99-$129.99.
Con No text translation
can only translate single words/short phrases (idioms and such)
