Windows Store app highlight: Sidebar Dictionary, multi-language translator and dictionary

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Published onJanuary 20, 2013

published onJanuary 20, 2013

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If you need dictionary or translation support that is unobtrusive, and optimized for Windows 8 and Windows RT, Sidebar Dictionary might be exactly what you’re looking for.

Sidebar Dictionary is a great tool for those who need dictionary or translator support when reading and/or writing while online. Minimalist in design, the app can be minimized to the sidebar on either side of the screen. Although text can entered manually using Sidebar Dictionary’s edit function, it’s typically not necessary to do so. Users simply tap or left click to highlight a word, copy it, and then tap or click anywhere in Sidebar Dictionary’s interface for the word’s definition and/or translation to be displayed.

The app also offers text to voice support, and provides translations for nine languages. English, Spanish, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), German, French, Italian, Korean, and Japanese. In the settings, the user can change the language, clear the screen, watch a brief tutorial, disable the clipboard capture, and change the theme from light to dark or vice versa.

So, there you have it, Sidebar Dictionary, a simple but powerful dictionary and translator. It’s in the Windows Store, check it out!

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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With KB5043178 to Release Preview Channel, Microsoft advises Windows 11 users to plug in when the battery is low#

Copilot in Outlook will generate personalized themes for you to customize the app#

Microsoft will raise the price of its 365 Suite to include AI capabilities#

Death Stranding Director’s Cut is now Xbox X|S at a huge discount#

Outlook will let users create custom account icons so they can tell their accounts apart easier#

Windows Store app highlight: Sidebar Dictionary, multi-language translator and dictionary#