Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Welsh language Firefox extensions goodness

I've recently downloaded Firefox version 2 (2.0.0.1 to be precise) which now lets me do the following:

Switch languages
Using this Locale Switcher 2.0. The Welsh language pack is here. Meddal.com, who did the translation work give detailed instructions (in Welsh only sorry) here.

There's a few decent on-line Welsh dictionaries, which are handy to bookmark, and which can be implemented into the browser.

Spellchecker
Marmanel has adapted the spellchecker from OpenOffice.org to work with Firefox (see below). Download here (scroll down for Welsh).
Dictionary for your browser.
Mei has used a bit of javascript wizardry and combined it with the Geiriadur.net on-line dictionary, to give you niffty bookmarklets. From this page, 'highlight' and then 'drag and drop' En>Cy (English to Welsh) and Cy>En (Welsh to English) into your browser. You then have two options, either:
  • highlight a word on the page you're reading and click on the relevant bookmarklet for a translation
  • or if you're looking for a word which isn't on the page, click on a bookmaklet first to open up a small dialogue box, in which you can type in the word you need translated.
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