Chrodic
A mouseover dictionary for Google Chrome™
What is Chrodic?
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ABOUT
Chrodic is a Chrome Extension which provides a mouse over text translation functionality into your browser. Currently it supports translation from English to Japanese based on the Eijiro dictionary. Because it imports an Eijiro dictionary file into an IndexedDB inside Chrome, it works fast and also works offline.
INSTALL
Get an Eijiro dictionary file. You can either buy a book which comes with a CD containing a dictionary file, or buy a file online at www.eijiro.jp
Convert the dictionary file into utf-8. Type this command in your terminal:
Safety
Risk impact
Chrodic is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Chrodic has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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