My favorite online dictionary
Hello, my fellow Russian students! I had much to be thankful for over the holiday. But apparently “extra time for blogging” wasn’t one of them!!
One thing I am thankful for however, is my favorite online Russian-English dictionary, ABBYY Online. I was first turned on to this site when I was studying at Middlebury and had a ton of reading to do – what a time saver! One thing I really like about it is that there is no need to select which is the target language and which is the source language. If you type a word in English, it automatically gives you the Russian definition and vice versa. Some sites require you to choose the languages from a dropdown every time you look up a word, which is a pain. This feature makes it easy to copy a word from the Russian definition, and paste it in to get the English equivilant.
Like other online dictionaries, Lingvo includes an on-screen keyboard if you need to enter the search word in Russian. I also use this as shortcut (actually, it’s more of a longcut) for getting the Cyrillic alphabet when I’m not on my home computer.
Apparently ABBYY Lingvo also offers dictionaries and software for sale, but unfortunately for them, their online version is so great, I’ve never had the need to purchase anything! My guess is that the for-sale products are good, as well.
Has anyone found any other online dictionaries that you like? Please share!
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December 4, 2009 at 6:40 am
Have a look at http://multitran.ru/c/m.exe?a=1& also
December 4, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Thanks for the suggestion! Looks like you and pup are in agreement on that one – I will check it out
December 4, 2009 at 1:24 am
Ok. Let me start off by saying that ABBYY Lingvo (offline dictionary) is one of the best tools for professional translators. The offline version has much more to offer. Take my word for it. ( = Поверь!) But, for learning purposes I’d go fo Multilex. It has one important advantage – the stress in the russian translations is highlighted (marked red). Consider giving it a try http://multilex.mail.ru/.
Ну а самый продвинутый (advanced) словарь – это конечно multitran.ru С ним работают практически все профессиональные переводчики.
Looking forward to more groovy posts from you. Nice blog.
December 4, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Thanks for the suggestion! I am always surprised at how many Russian learning tools don’t include stress marks, so that is great! Thanks for the compliment, too!