Microsoft has strengthened it’s translator services by releasing the Bing dictionary for Windows Phone. The app comes as a freeware and has received generally positive reviews from users at Windows Marketplace.
The app is described as follows:
Bing Dictionary Windows Phone version is published by Microsoft. It supports Local/Online dictionary look up, particularly nice features like Smart Index, Search Suggestions and more.
• Local/Online dictionary: Local dictionary contains 100,000 most-frequently-used English and Chinese words. Online dictionary provides more words, sentences and voice.
• Smart Index: Creative Smart Index matches incomplete words and their inflections. Quick-definition is also provided for convenience. Try to input ”better”?
• Click-to-Lookup: Don’t like keyboard on phone? Try two clicks to start a new search: first click a word in definitions or sentences, then click the search button.
• Search Suggestion: uncertain of spelling? Online dictionary provides search candidates of similar spelling or pronunciation to your input.
• Machine Translate: online dictionary mode supports machine translation. Input a long sentence to try the latest Microsoft translation engine between Chinese and English.
• Themes and Fonts: UI themes, Chinese or English user interface, and different font sizes for comfortable reading experience.
• Search history: save your history for recent queries, easily review and traffic-saving.
You can get the dictionary from http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/1d59eeb0-1590-4d33-a846-6fe7fef1b107 but remember that the app works only on Windows Phone 7.5 or higher.
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