LingoPad gives you the opportunity to learn the German language without paying anything. The Application provided by Lingo4you GbR comes at first installation with a German/English, English/German dictionary. With 230.000 entries and 370.000 references in either language, this dictionary is worth to take in consideration.
For the German speakers, the application provides also pronounciation for almost any English word. A dictionary is not enough to learn a language. That's why the company provides also a free online German grammar book. This can be accessed from the application, and you will be linked to the correct webpage.
The application has a normal interface which can be easily manipulated. Every word will be indexed in the beginning, so that the search for a specific word to be much faster. Two buttons on the top left of the interface let you change between the languages. For special characters there is another button which automatically provides the correct list of special characters depending on what language you want to use. The program provides also a history list, so that you can turn back to a word if you have forgotten its meaning.
A very important thing to know is that the application can interpret different languages. You just need to search for updates on their data base and install the dictionary that you need. At the moment they support: German-French, Norwegian-German, Spanish-German, German-Latin, German-Khasi, Japanese-German, Chinese-German/German-Chinese, German-Esperanto, Turkish-German, Kurdish-German, Italian-German, Hungarian-German.
Pluses: free, can use also the online grammar service, data base with many dictionaries, pronounciation for english words;
Drawbacks / flaws:
In conclusion: Although it's free, this application contains enough informations to help you in learning the german language or to help german speakers shift in foreign languages.
version reviewed: 2.4
Publisher:
Lingo4you GbR
License:
Freeware
Size:
6.2 MB
OS:
Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003
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