Rockbox Development > Feature Ideas
Translator Application
redblade8:
Instead of having to buy a translator, why not make an application that uses rockbox's .lng files to translate words/phrases? This would be very useful for people immigrating , or people going to other countries. I would like to see this application , it would prove to be very useful . 8)
Thankyou!
Llorean:
Look at what's actually in the .lng files. They're not at all useful for translation of anything other than the exact phrases in the English version of Rockbox, and even then, only in the same context as Rockbox since many of them aren't literal translations.
redblade8:
Ah...I see, thanks. A translator application would still be useful however. Think it could be done?
Chronon:
Sure, but we already have a dictionary plugin that can take user supplied dictionaries:
http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/PluginDict#Sources_for_dictionary_files
Is there a different functionality that you want or possibly functionality added to this existing plugin?
oayz:
--- Quote from: Chronon on October 06, 2010, 08:58:55 PM ---Sure, but we already have a dictionary plugin that can take user supplied dictionaries:
http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/PluginDict#Sources_for_dictionary_files
Is there a different functionality that you want or possibly functionality added to this existing plugin?
--- End quote ---
Yes, actually dictionary can work as a translator, even multilanguage one - just replace "description" with the traslation. Both input and output languages should use the same font, most probably unicode.
To make it real good would be a feature to "say" translated word. It seems to be quite straight forward to implement. Just need a MP3 file and a time code for this particular word.
This could be also a phrase book, isn't it?
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