Electronic Dictionaries

[angie-in-japan.livejournal.com]

Hello everyone,

Can you recommend a good electronic Russian/English dictionary? I am only a lower-intermediate student right now but I'd like a model with enough vocabulary to help me grow in the next few years. Are there any particular models that students in Russian language programs are using now?

Thank you for your help!

Comments

[apakin.livejournal.com]

Software — Lingvo
On-line — translate.ru

[shimshoni.livejournal.com]

www.multitran.ru

[crimeanelf.livejournal.com]

ABBYY Lingvo. Easy to use. I have to use it often myself, I'm very happy with it.

[belacane.livejournal.com]

aabby lingvo

http://www.lingvo.com/products/

[cassandraclue.livejournal.com]

lingvo is especially good because you can point to words on the screen while it's running and it will automatically translate it to russian and vice versa. be warned that it's only for windows, so if you have a mac the only way it will work is if you install boot camp or parallels and run windows on your mac. i got windows just for this program and felt it was absolutely justified.

[pigmeich.livejournal.com]

Two more: StarDict and QDictionary.

Both is free to use.

But Lingvo is better.

[wire-shock.livejournal.com]

I don't like Lingvo. It has words in it that are not really used. It's probably because its authors relied heavily on old dictionaries compiled back when...
Try http://www.multitran.ru/ It's compiled and updated by working translators/interpreters. So it's a bit messy but convenient and really helpful. You use it online and you can also buy an installable version but I've only worked with it online so far.

[superbad.livejournal.com]

multitran is king.

[thunderstreak.livejournal.com]

Lingvo 12

[ammaelis.livejournal.com]

if you're on macintosh, the program TranslateIt! is a particularly fine one. stresses are unmarked and yofication is a little patchy, but it's free and fast and very accurate.

[archaicos.livejournal.com]

also MultiLex.

[studentka-hb.livejournal.com]

ABBYY Lingvo 12

[viric.livejournal.com]

I use those at http://dict.mova.org/ , but mostly at homeas they are free to use and downloadable.

[spiritrc.livejournal.com]

online:
http://lingvo.yandex.ru
http://online.multilex.ru
http://www.multitran.ru