Select word or phrase with Alt key pressed - then hover over an icon below the selection. Almost instantly you will see a tooltip with the translation.
Platforms
- Windows
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
Apps similar to GoldenDict include Wiktionary, which is free and open source. Other options are GoldenDict-ng, WordReference, Lingoes and dict.cc. Dictionaries like GoldenDict are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Android, the web, Windows, Linux and iPhone.
Select word or phrase with Alt key pressed - then hover over an icon below the selection. Almost instantly you will see a tooltip with the translation.
Hilo is a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox. Select a word, a sentence or a paragraph on any page, click the small button that appears, and an explanation streams in beside the text. No new tab, no copy-pasting into a chat.




Snapsrch is a Mac app that allows you to quickly search favorite websites and get results in a floating window without opening multiple browser windows or switching between apps.



