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<div style="text-align:justify;">WikiDict was created in the need for a free and open online dictionary, in which the license for the underlying database allows the reuse of the data in the sense of open-source projects. The Wikipedia project offers this kind of information in the form of Wiktionary. This dictionary succeeds in holding the balance between quality of content and open participation, but lacks a frontent for translations. At least there's an powerful <a target=new href="http://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php">API</a> WikiDict uses to translate words between almost every language (someone on StackOverflow actually gave a <a target=new href="http://stackoverflow.com/a/12629421">good example</a>, which was the starting point for this site).
In contrast, similar comercial projects like <a target=new href="http://dict.cc">Dict.cc</a> or <a target=new href="http://leo.org">Leo.org</a>, WikiDict does not restrict the access to data, which was in the first place voluntarily contributed by a community.<br>
The idea of offering an open online dictionary or even a full text translation service isn't new, <a target=new href="http://wikidict.de">Wikidict.de</a>, <a target=new href="http://apertium.org">Apertium.org</a>, <a target=new href="http://dict.uni-leipzig.de/dictd">FreeDict</a>, <a target=new href="http://dict.org">Dict.org</a> or <a target=new href="http://www.stardict.org/index.php">StarDict</a> partially achieved that goal but some projects discontinues, failed in the fundamental approach, are not userfriendly enough or missing important functionalities.
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Therefore, we, <a href="http://project-insanity.org" target=new>Jonas Heinrich</a> (<a target=new href="https://identi.ca/onny">@onny</a>) and <a target=new href="http://morbi-happens.de">Lukas Mohrbacher</a> (<a target=new href="https://twitter.com/morbiHappens">@morbiHappens</a>) wrote this site in our free time in january 2013. Fork this project on <a target=new href="https://github.com/onny/wikidict">GitHub</a>!
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<h1>Changelog</h1>
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  <li>We're still in beta :)</li>
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<h1>ToDo</h1>
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  <li>manage vocabulary lists (export them, e.g. as PDF)</li>
  <li>spell checking, suggest correction</li>
  <li>audio samples for pronounciation (if available in wiktionary)</li>
  <li>provide stardict dictionaries via torrent (monthly snapshot from different wiktionary languages)</li>
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<h1>Features</h1>
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  <li>mobile ui</li>
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<h1>Credits</h1>
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  <li><a href=https://github.com/tkedwards target=new>tkedwards</a> for providing an example wiktionary-to-dict convertion script on <a href=https://github.com/tkedwards/wiktionarytodict target=new>github</a> (GPLv2)</li>
  <li><a href=http://medialize.github.com/jQuery-contextMenu/ target=new>jQuery contextMenu</a></li>
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