goldendict

created: 20230225 updated: 20260615 authors: alick97

goldendict is a translation tools

• link

• Add offline dict, goldendict can use stardict files.

  Download link

  For chinese, i use these.

  /opt/stardict/dic/
  ├── stardict-cedict-gb-2.4.2
  ├── stardict-HanYuChengYuCiDian-new_colors-2.4.2
  ├── stardict-langdao-ce-gb-2.4.2
  ├── stardict-langdao-ec-gb-2.4.2
  ├── stardict-lazyworm-ec-2.4.2
  ├── stardict-oald-cn-2.4.2
  ├── stardict-oxford-gb-formated-2.4.2
  ├── stardict-powerword2011_1_901-2.4.2
  └── stardict-ProECCE-2.4.2
  

• Add plugin online translation translate-shell

In ubuntu, you can run below command:

sudo apt install translate-shell

Integration Config in Menu Edit -> Sources -> Dictionaries -> Programs

• Or use in terminal, you can set alias

  alias s='_s() { goldendict "$1"; unset -f _s; }; _s'
  

• For searching word in other app, you can select word in other app and input Ctrl + c + c. Be sure of goldendict is opened firstly.

old goldendict is maintained slowly. when not run in new ubuntu, you can use new.

• new goldendict is GoldenDict-ng
• linux install by flatpak

  sudo apt update
  sudo apt install flatpak
  flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
  # change apk source for speed
  # flatpak remote-modify flathub --url=https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/flathub/
  # recover apk source
  # flatpak remote-modify flathub --url=https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub
  flatpak install flathub io.github.xiaoyifang.goldendict_ng -y
  

• shell alias

  alias s='_s() { flatpak run --env=QTWEBENGINE_DISABLE_SANDBOX=1  --env=QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb  --env=QTWEBENGINE_CHROMIUM_FLAGS="--disable-gpu"  io.github.xiaoyifang.goldendict_ng "$1"; unset -f _s; }; _s'
  

• install trans

  sudo apt install translate-shell
  

• dict program config, F3 -> sources->programs

  # PlainText trans-shell-zh
  sh -c "cd /tmp && flatpak-spawn --host  trans  -no-ansi -t zh %GDWORD%"
  # PlainText trans-shell-en
  sh -c "cd /tmp && flatpak-spawn --host   trans  -no-ansi -t en %GDWORD%"