Szótár

What is Szótár?

Szótár is an bilingual dictionary, named after the Hungarian word for Dictionary. The project aims to provide a dictionary and eventually study helper for multiple languages. The project is written in C# 3.0, targetting the 2.0 framework.

It is possible to import new dictionaries (from formats such as Zbedic's, and eventually others). In future versions it is expected that importers will be written as plugins.

Information

One of the goals of the project is to allow easy practising when learning a new language — such as learning word lists (through flashcards, tests, etc.). I haven't really got to this part yet, although it is important. The current goal is to get the basics right before moving onto this part.

It is possible to import word lists from external sources (currently quizlet is supported).

Another goal is easy deployment and localisation. Currently ClickOnce is used for deployment, but since that's not universally available, other options will be explored. The localisation aspect is still unstable — not everyone can really be expected to use Visual Studio to localise it, so research must be done here. I don't expect to support a great deal of languages, but it should be easy to localise.

Bug reports and source code

The source code isn't really ENTERPRISE enough to release, but I have an subversion repository anyway. And now I have a Szótár trac installation, where you can browse the source code, report bugs, or just get an idea of the general progress of the project and the work that needs to be done.

I intend to move to Google Code or some other similar project hosting facility in the near future.