FreeTranslator Help

How to use FreeTranslator:

Install FreeTranslator

FreeTranslator does not require installation. You just need to copy and paste it's folder where you prefer.
However it is necessary to install
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 to run FreeTranslator.

If you are under Linux you need Mono Framework 2.0 and SQLite 3.6.x library (the precompiled library libsqlite3.so is included into the FreeTranslator.zip archive but, on some systems, you explicitly need to install it from your distribution precompiled binaries).

Add/Delete Dictionaries

Add a dictionary (example German-English):
1) Download German-English.zip file and unzip it
2) Copy the file named German-English and paste it to the folder "dictionaries"
3) Run Freetranslator. Go to the "File" menu and click on "Select Favourite Dictionaries"
4) A window appears. Check the "German-English.db3" option and close the window.

Delete a dictionary (example German-English):
1) Run Freetranslator. Go to the "File" menu and click on "Select Favourite Dictionaries"
2) A window appears. Uncheck the "German-English.db3" option and close the window.
3) If you want to permanently delete the dictionary, go to the folder "dictionaries" and delete "German-English" file".

Edit Dictionaries

Edit a dictionary (example German-English):
1) Run Freetranslator. Go to the "File" menu and click on "Edit a Dictionary"
2) A window appears. Select the "German-English.db3" file and edit the dictionary (add, edit, delete words).

Translate a word

There are two ways to translate a word:
1) Search on favourite Dictionaries: Search on all selected dictionaries (see "Add a dicrionary" section)
2) Search on a single Dictionary: Search on a selected dictionary from the combo-box.

Type the word you want to translate and press "Translate".
If there are translations of the word, these will appear in the translation box.

Translate using Dict.org

If there isn't the direct translation of the word, you can try to translate using the Dict.org Search
To translate using Dict.org click on the link More Results (dict.org).

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