Babylon doesn't work with L4
A very handy way for me to read and understand unfamiliar words in english text is the translation software Babylon(.com). Point mouse on a word and click Ctrl+Right click and You get a translation in desired language. It's working fine with L3 but not at all with L4. I thought it may depend on my old version (7.0).
Today I upgrade Babylon to 8.0 but there is no difference. Logos 4 isn't compatible with Babylon. Babylon didn't "recognize" any text inside L4. "Foreign" customer, like me, may be depending in this kind of software to fasten up their reading and understanding.
I think it would be great if Babylon will work with Logos software in the future.
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Hello Ebbe, it's interesting what you say about using the Babylon software to translate words in Logos. I never tried that. What I do is to double click on the word and get Collins Lexicon opened with the English definition of the word. Works well for me. I prioritized Collins for English language to do that. But you are right, if you have Babylon, it is better solution, it might be a problem of Babylon however, not Logos if it is not working properly. We will see what answer you'll get.
Bohuslav
Bohuslav, Thank You!
I haven't Collins in my library but i have Merriam-Webster. I will try Your suggestion. I think it's OK with me but having Babylon working in L4 would be great.
Bohuslav, I tested Your suggestion but this approach give some limitation in Logos functionality. If I (whitout Merriam-Webster as prioritized) doble click "dragon" TDNT will open. If I double click "angels" YALE will open and if I double click "expulsion" BDB will open. This is what You will miss if You use double click as reading help.
Hm... I don't know. It might be Collins difference, but when I tried texts with the same words as you, it always opened Collins with the definition. Then I can use arrow to switch to some other prioritized resource, in make case it is ISBE and Anchor Yale, but Anchor doesn't work well, I don't know why. I think it is because it is not tagged as a dictionary. I never use Webster, so I am not able to say. I will try it however.
Bohuslav
I tried it, prioritized the Merriam-Webster and it works the same as Collins. Do you have it as #1 resource for English?
Bohuslav