Learning Chinese -- PABLO, my personal Chinese dictionary

Introducing Pablo a treat for Chinese learning beginners: a compact, nifty, featured-packed and free Chinese-English dictionary for Windows. Pablo is probably the best Chinese-English dictionary alternative for beginners.

! Unrivaled search features

• English, Chinese and pinyin
• Search a character from its radical
• (exclusive!) Find a character from its various elements
• Simplified and traditional characters
• Quick navigation (no java, no long downloads!)

! Popup definitions in other programs

! All graphical interface

• Handwritten character recognition
• The best collection of character animations (over 3,500!)
• Navigate through search results with one click

! Based on the acclaimed CEDICT database, over 110,000 entries.


See the screenshot:



Yes, yes... I want Pablo!

	Download the installation program from: http://www.box.net/shared/b7uzv0g548 current version is v2.1 (Oct. 24, 2009)
	Pablo is a solitary effort. Please donate to support developments and updates. You can try out Pablo for free, but if you like it and continue using it, it is only fair to contribute a small amount, don't you think? Donation amount is left up to you, all contributions are welcome.
	How to get the Chinese voice to work. -> you need to install the voice engine with the Microsoft Chinese voice. You can find that on the Lingoes web site (which, by the way, is a great translation tool): http://www.lingoes.net/en/translator/speech.htm That voice is not very nice but it is free. Commercial alternatives are all pretty expensive. If you know of any good free voice, please let me know! For more detailed instructions, look here.
	Finally, if you haven't yet, be sure to check out Pingrid, a fun and effective game to train your Chinese vocabulary.