ファブリス
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From: Belgium
Registered: 2006-06-14
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Is there something like JWPce on Mac OS ?
JWPce is a text editor with an integrated EDICT dictionary lookup which is very useful for learning Japanese in general but also for writing emails and such.
What software would you recommend for editing Japanese text and looking up Japanese words on Mac ?
Since 10.5 (Leopard) OS X has an integrated Japanese dictionary. You can lookup words you're typing on most programs (i.e., works on all Cocoa programs). It even works with spotlight -- just activate spotlight and start searching for the word you want.
The dictionary used in OS X is 大辞泉 for J-J, plus GENIUS for E-J/J-E, so it doesn't get any better than this. 220,000 main entries plus 25,000 thesaurus entries in 大辞泉 alone, and 70,000 or something in Genius.
Talk about value added. This alone was worth the price of the Leopard upgrade for me. Screw the other 300 features.
Last edited by pazustep (2008 August 28, 10:08 am)
Jarvik7
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From: 名古屋
Registered: 2007-03-05
Posts: 3946
meushi wrote:
JEDict is the best bet you have on OsX dictionary-wise, it is also the only choice if you have Epwing dictionaries.
Not true. OSX actually has better choices than Windows for EPWING dictionary readers (although not as MANY choices). The one I use is Kotonoko (freeware). Although on a small few obscure dictionaries I use it has some rendering problems, 95% of everything renders perfectly (including GAIJI). Another choice is Jamming (shareware, multiplatform) which is more compatible, but costs money. Googling either should get you to the homepages. JEDict actually has a very poor interface in my opinion. I can't tell you about the EPWING functionality since you need to pay to get it, but I'm guessing it's displayed the same as EDICT dictionaries. The only reason JEDict remains on my computer is for the kanji lookup by elements.
Last edited by Jarvik7 (2008 September 02, 12:14 pm)
