Dictionaries in your Mac - Can one have the choice ??

[igmolinav]

Hi,

I entered an apple store in Europe. I was looking at a
computer. A person in the store started to help me.
Unintentionally, we looked at the "Dictionary" applica-
tion. It caught my attention that that computer came
with several dictionaries that could be of great help to
me. I wonder, if there is a way to get some of those
dictionaries. My MacBook Pro came with English and
Japanese dictionaries. I don't speak Japanese, but I
would be happy to use other dictionaries!

Any hints or tipps are greatly appreciated!

Kind regards,

igmolinav : ) !!!

 

[igmolinav]

Hello,

I found this link:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4241547?start=0&tstart=0

However, what I mean to say is that in Europe people get other
dictionaries, including the ones above, with OS X 10.6. and they
don't have to wait until 10.8 What is funny, if you will, is that I
bought the computer in Mexico and no Spanisch dictionary is even
included.

Today I went back to the apple store where I was before and I
took note of some of the dictionaries included in their Macs:

* Multidictionnaire de la langue française - (French dictionary)

* Duden aus: Wissensnetz deutsche Sprache - (German dictionary)

* Diccionario General de la Lengua Española Vox - (Spanish dictionary)

These are only some, their computers come with all the ones that
came in mine, plus many others.

Kind regards,

igmolinav : ) !!!

 

[leman]

There is a number of third-party dictionary plugins for OS X dictionary. For instance this one

 

[Mrbobb]

At least in English, I find Google Search is the best dictionary (go figure).

You are looking at the dictionary because u don't know how to spell it, but traditional dictionary wants you to get pretty close to what you are looking for. The geniuses at Google thought about the same problem for search terms and helpfully many times offers, Do You Mean to say THIS? WUNDERBAR!

 

[igmolinav]

Hi,

Thank you for your posts : ) !!!

@Leman - Yes, I have it since yesterday ; ) !!!

@Mrbobb - I am doing google searches now !!!

I am also using this one. (It is like a Webster
dictionary, but in German. Similar to the one
in the Mac computers sold in Europe):
http://www.duden.de/
The only think I don't know yet, if there is a
number of hits one is restricted to.

Kind regards,

igmolinav : ) !!!