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Has anyone purchased Eijiro for OS X? - jimeux - 2016-02-06
I use alc.co.jp a lot when translating, but it turns out there's a version of Eijiro that works with the built-in Mac dictionary (available here). The site looks horrific though, and goes directly to a payment screen (through Gumroad).
I'm wondering if anyone here has purchased this and what they think of the product itself.
RE: Has anyone purchased Eijiro for OS X? - Bokusenou - 2016-02-06
I don't know anything about it, but it looks like it has a sample file containing only the "A" and "B" entries, to test it out with: https://tecorin.sakura.ne.jp/osx/demo/Eijiro.dictionary.zip
If I was thinking about buying it, I would definitely test out the sample file first.
RE: Has anyone purchased Eijiro for OS X? - jimeux - 2016-02-06
(2016-02-06, 3:55 am)Bokusenou Wrote: I don't know anything about it, but it looks like it has a sample file containing only the "A" and "B" entries, to test it out with: https://tecorin.sakura.ne.jp/osx/demo/Eijiro.dictionary.zip
If I was thinking about buying it, I would definitely test out the sample file first.
Thanks for that. I didn't realise those links were hiding.
I tried out the sample, and it seems pretty decent. It's certainly much more convenient than alc.co.jp, and you can activate the 読み for Japanese words, which is a feature alc doesn't have.
In terms of negatives, the default text styles are terrible, but it is possible to modify them with CSS and a little trial and error.
RE: Has anyone purchased Eijiro for OS X? - scooter1 - 2016-02-06
I use a "customized" Eijiro version from the following site:
http://japaneselanguagetools.com/docs/Eijiro.html
I have it running principally on osx (EBMac) and the iphone (EBPocket).
The default kanji readings are bracketed after the word in EB; I find furigana text above the kanji so much easier but have never found a way to do that