Talking Chinese Dictionary and Instant Translator
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Talking Chinese Dictionary and Instant Translator
- PC with minimum 500MHz Pentium-class processor
- Windows 98, Me, 2000, or XP
- 256 MB of RAM
- 100 MB free hard disk space
- SVGA monitor, minimum resolution 800 x 600
- 8-speed CD-ROM drive
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1. The CD does not autorun to installThe manual says for installation "insert the CD-ROM and follow the instruction dialogue box", but nothing happens when the CD
is put in the drive. Unfortunately the autorun was missed off the CD so to install, go to MY COMPUTER, double-click on the CD drive, double-click
on the file TCDIT-1.0.4-Windows-VM_Install.exe
2. Search for ju4 displays tone for ju3When searching for ju with tone 4, the dictionary displays ju with tone 3 instead. This problem can be fixed by downloading the file
py.utf-8.txt and following the steps below for installation.
- Using MY COMPUTER navigate to the installation folder C:\PROGRAM FILES\TCDIT\ look for the file CONFIG.JAR.
Extract the files and folders to a temporary folder. There should be three folders called CONFIG, IMAGES, and META-INF.
- Open the CONFIG folder and then the MISC folder within this. Replace the file py.utf-8.txt with the downloaded one.
- Copy the three folders (CONFIG, IMAGES, and META-INF) to the location C:\PROGRAM FILES\TCDIT\
- Rename the file CONFIG.JAR located in C:\PROGRAM FILES\TCDIT\ to CONFIG_ORIG.JAR
3. Definition text is superimposed on to "consult your dictionary..." textSeveral instances of this problem have been reported, although there is no solution at present, the developers have been
informed. Please contact UK Customer Service if you are experiencing this problem, as your
information may help bring a quick solution to the problem. 4. Pronunciation not working on some definitionsIt has been reported that in the definition of “make”, the second pronunciation button shown does not produce any sound.
Although the developers have been informed of this, please contact UK Customer Service if you
experience this problem with other definitions. 5. Copying and Pasting Chinese Characters from the TCDIT to other programsUnfortunately, the images of Simplified and Traditional Characters within the dictionary cannot be directly copied or pasted as SimSun text.
However, there is a workaround that will allow you to copy and paste the Chinese Characters. Please follow the instructions below:
- Go to the menu FILE | VIEW POPULARITY | VIEW 4000 MOST POPULAR CHARACTERS
- This opens a Chines Document Viewer with the Characters ordered in most popular usage rank
- Go to OPTIONS and select DISABLE CLICK DICTIONARY ENTRY DISPLAY (or leave disabled if it says
ENABLE CLICK DICTIONARY ENTRY DISPLAY)
- In the dictionary, search for a word or character.
- Its popularity or Rank will be listed below the word, you can then go back to the rank document, scroll down
until you find the character and copy and paste it using the menu EDIT | COPY and then EDIT | PASTE or by using CTRL + C and CTRL + V.
6. Installing TCDIT on Windows VistaThe TCDIT is not specified to run in Windows Vista. In fact, when you attempt to install the TCDIT on Vista, there are several
installation problems that include freezing on specific portions of the installation and crashes with Java runtime errors.
OUP does not support the TCDIT on Vista because it is out of spec, but we have come up with a work around that will install
the TCDIT on Vista. Please note, this work around is not supported, and there are several external effects of the software on
Vista. For example, to run the TCDIT on Vista automatically resets the color scheme to Windows Basic. If you are interested in
the workaround instructions, please contact UK Customer Service. |
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