ABBYY Lingvo x5

We were waiting impatiently the next version of Lingvo dictionary for almost three years. Each new version of the product is not just new features, like an ordinary application, but totally updated entries. However, all that t appeared in the new version of the electronic dictionary ABBYY Lingvo x5. New dictionary once again pleasantly gladdened users.
Dictionary database

The innovation of Lingvo x5 begins with quantitative changes. The number of the target languages reached 20, another 8 were added (Hungarian, Greek, Danish, Kazakh, Dutch, Norwegian, Tatar, Finnish), the total number of dictionaries has grown to 220, including 74 new and 7 updated. The Oxford Dictionary of illustrations in 1000 words appeared, there are phrasebooks and examples, including the dialogues for tourists and templates for letters on various subjects (English, German, French, Spanish).

In order to bring your dictionary to the dictionary of the native speakers, ABBYY Lingvo x5 became a hybrid of the individual program and of integrated in it access to the linguistic portal Lingvo.Pro. Due to this, ABBYY Lingvo x5 provides access to a translation memory database for English, German and French. The program shows examples of modern uses of words and phrases in sentences of the imaginative and technical literature, legislative and legal documents, and websites. This database allows you to find a suitable translation of the word, to determine whether the speech is used in a turn to find new translations and examples of their use. At present time the database of translation memory consists of more than 1 million cases and it is constantly growing.

At the same time it has constantly growing vocabulary content due to renowned publishers and famous authors. ABBYY Lingvo x5 includes more than 12.5 million vocabulary entries for 20 languages ??in 220 dictionaries. In addition to these, in ABBYY Lingvo x5, like in previous versions, you can create your own dictionaries, which will preserve the unity of terminology in the translation of corporate materials and specialized documentation.

Dictionary with text recognition
The main problem of the existing electronic dictionaries is an inability to recognize the " drawn " text – in pictures (including a PDF-file, if it is inserted as an image), in the subtitles to movies, games and messages in the flash video on the Web pages.

Through the integration of OCR technology - the same as that used in another product ABBYY, FineReader, - in Lingvo x5 an opportunity to get an instant translation by pointing the cursor not only text, but also in the picture.

When there is no room for error
If you misunderstand the text of the document or, worse, the subtitles in the film, it does not matter. But when you have to write a business letter abroad, misuse of words or phrases can lead to serious financial losses. In order to facilitate correspondence with foreign colleagues and partners, Lingvo x5 first includes examples of letters in English, German, French and Spanish, compiled based on bilingual dictionaries Oxford Concise. Examples describe the most common life situations and will be useful in improving the skills of correspondence.

Learning vocabulary
In addition to the already voiced phrasebooks, words and the application for learning words and grammar in ABBYY Lingvo x5, new interactive exercises were added to supplement your vocabulary. The program includes the world-renowned academic dictionary Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary, the video vocabulary Word Express from the company's English Club TV, as well as situational video dialogues Full Contact, Dictionary of English New Oxford American Dictionary with illustrations and English-Russian grammatical dictionary compiled by linguists ABBYY. Currently there are available training modules for English, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese and French. But the video lessons and scoring of words are available only for English version.

There is also some good news for users of gadgets: exists a version of Lingvo x5 exists for iPhones, and a version for Android is in the process of preparing.

Summary
So, we see the universal multilingual dictionary, constantly updating with new terms, which is available not only in the workplace and at home, but also on the road, with a fully functional PC and Smartphone, at least, with iPhone. And for those who are just begun to learn the language, there are simple exercises for memorizing the most necessary words.