References and Translations

Online Translators & Dictionaries

2019-04-17

Translator All Language (5@6) 4
Dictionary - Merriam-Webster (4.6@474,973) Ǥ 10 / Dictionary - M-W Premium (4.5@8,415; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 9
Translate All Languages by Google, Yandex, Glosbe (4.6@14,578) Ǥ 13 multi-engine: Google Translate, Microsoft Translator, Yandex Translate
Super Translate (4.6@9) 2 LastUpdate: 2017-08-27
Speak to Voice Translator (4.5@10,634) Ǥ 11 multi-engine: Google, MS, Baidu, Yandex
Easy Language Translator (4.4@200,892) Ǥ 8
Spanish English Translator (4.4@151,842) Ǥ 12 Testbericht 12/2012; Review 12/2012; Video Review 2/2014
PONS Online Translator (4.4@33,874) Ǥ 11 Testbericht 6/2013; Vorstellung 9/2013
Dictionary All (4.4@13,982) Ǥ 11 LastUpdate: 2016-09-28
European Translator Free (4.4@185) Ǥ 12 many more translation apps available from this dev
LEO dictionary (4.3@34,113) Ǥ 3 Testbericht 1/2010; Review 2/2011
Free Dictionary Org (4.3@16,955) Ǥ 5
Translator (4.3@7,185) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-03-27 Voice translator
iTranslate Translator & Dictionary (4.2@275,424) Ǥ 12 Testbericht 12/2011; Review 12/2011; Video Demo 8/2013; Test 9/2013; Vorstellung 3/2017
Translate Photo, Voice & Text - Translate Box (4.2@5,923) Ǥ 14 multi-engine: Google, MS, Baidu, Yandex
Urban Dictionary (Official) (4.1@48,286) Ǥ 6
A+ Dictionary Translate Speak (4.1@3,744) Ǥ 4 LastUpdate: 2016-04-03
TS Translator (4.1@2,008) 12 / TS Translator [2 Languages] (3.6@55; ~EUR 6.50) 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / TS Translator [10 Languages] (4@153; ~EUR 9.00) 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Translate Intent (4.1@438) 3 LastUpdate: 2016-09-14 Google Translate
Day Translations (4.1@174) Ǥ 9
ASL Translator (4.1@123; ~EUR 5.00) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Sign Language (Gebärdensprache)
Instant Translation (4.1@39) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Translate Free (4@5,902) 6 Google Translate
Translator (3.6@2,407) 2 LastUpdate: 2016-11-22
Ever Translator (Screen translate) (3.4@681) Ǥ 8 Github; translates what is on your screen
Wanicchou (0@0) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; Online Japanese-Japanese Dictionary with Anki support

Offline Translators & Dictionaries

2019-04-17

OpenWort (5@3) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; Offline thesaurus Deutsch
Russian-English and English-Russian dictionary (4.7@5,425) Ǥ 7 several more languages available
QuickDic restored (4.7@572) 3 Github
Quick Dictionary (Offline) (4.7@19) 7 LastUpdate: 2017-07-12
Dictionary.com: Find Definitions for English Words (4.6@915,171) Ǥ 15 Review 3/2012; Howto use offline 12/2013
Dictionary - WordWeb (4.6@129,601) Ǥ 6 Video Demo 1/2014; English Dictionary & Thesaurus
Dict Box - Universal Offline Dictionary (4.6@10,539) Ǥ 14 many languages available, integrates with other apps
onTouch English Dictionary - offline (4.5@3,131) 5 / onTouch English Dictionary - Premium (4.1@188; ~EUR 1.25) 5 Intro 1/2017
Arcus Dictionary (4.5@2,832) Ǥ 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Arcus Dictionary Pro (4.5@1,905) Ǥ 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
English dictionary - offline (4.5@779) Ǥ 7 several more languages available
Greek Reference: Ancient Greek Lexicon & Syntax (4.5@603) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-31 Github
Aard Dictionary (4.5@391) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-06-15 / Aard 2 (4.8@304) 4 Github; Video Demo 6/2010; Intro 3/2012; can integrate with both FBReader and Cool Reader / Github; Video Demo 8/2016
EBDic (4.5@146) 11 LastUpdate: 2017-03-04 supports EPWING, StarDict and MDict dictionary format
English Dictionary - Offline (4.4@354,810) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
dict.cc dictionary (4.4@20,239) Ǥ 7 Testbericht 10/2012 | 4/2013; Review 10/2012
Erudite Dictionary, Translator & Widget (4.4@18,810) Ǥ 12 dictionaries, flashcards, and more, many languages available – good for learning!
QuickDic Offline Dictionary (4.4@7,516) 3 LastUpdate: 2014-01-01 Vorstellung 6/2011; Test 12/2013
Define (4.4@1,011) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-22 Github
HoverDict Floating Dictionary (4.4@125) Ǥ 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-26 Wordnet; Internet permission for IAP plugins to access additional sources (Urban, Google)
GoldenDict Free (4.3@3,917) 6 / GoldenDict (4.6@2,656; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 5 Wikipedia (EN)
Floating Dictionary (4.3@192) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ English terms; (note: Internet-permission was dropped in recent version)
DictionaryForMIDs (4.2@381) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
German Offline Translator (4.2@335; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 16 / Offline Russian Translator (4.4@3,880; ~EUR 5.50) Ǥ 13 / Spanish Offline Translator (4.1@69; ~EUR 5.50) Ǥ 16 Testbericht 2/2014 EN<->DE / EN<->RU;
Offline dictionaries (4.1@89,563) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-04-22 / Offline dictionaries pro (4.2@835; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-04-19
Dictionary Offline (3.9@13,311) 4 LastUpdate: 2014-04-09
Dictionary German - English ADVANCED by PONS (3.8@123; ~EUR 25.00) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-08-14 Testbericht 5/2013
Offline Translator: German-English Free Translate (3.7@328) Ǥ 11
WTF‽ (The MirOS Project) (0@0) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-08 Github; wtf acronyms database

Translators & Dictionaries with Online & Offline mode

2019-04-17

Dictionary (4.5@270,511) Ǥ 10 / Dictionary Pro (4.7@6,785; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 9 / Dictionary (Ad-Free) (4.5@45; ~EUR 3.00) 6 LastUpdate: 2015-04-20
Google Translate (4.4@6,272,899) Ǥ 19 Review 11/2011 | 3/2014; Youtube review 6/2013; with live translation of e.g. street signs (Live-Übersetzung)
ColorDict Dictionary (4.3@42,505) 6 Test 3/2012 | 12/2012; Testbericht 12/2012; Review 12/2012; Video Review 12/2012; StarDict format
Fora Dictionary (4.2@13) 3 Testbericht 1/2011; Review 1/2011; Test 5/2012; StarDict, XDXF, DSL, DICTD and Plain (TSV) formats
Advanced English Dictionary & Thesaurus (4.1@28,749) Ǥ 11
Mitzuli translator (3.8@317) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-04-14 Github

Lookup: Wikipedia & Co.

2019-04-17

LoboWiki Reader for Wikipedia (4.6@688) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-01-15 Review 8/2012; Vorstellung 1/2013 | 1/2013
wikiHow: how to do anything (4.5@44,880) 3 Learn how to do anything
Kiwix, Wikipedia offline (4.5@15,195) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
WikiMobile 2 (for Wikipedia) (4.5@10,326) Ǥ 13 LastUpdate: 2014-04-05 Test 10/2011 | 6/2012
Aard Dictionary (4.5@391) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-06-15 / Aard 2 (4.8@304) 4 Github; Video Demo 6/2010; Intro 3/2012; can integrate with both FBReader and Cool Reader / Github; Video Demo 8/2016
Wikipedia (4.4@589,785) 13 / Wikipedia Beta (4.5@30,169) 13 Github; Test 1/2012; Review 1/2012; Testbericht 3/2012; Vorstellung 1/2013 | 8/2013
GWiki - Wikipedia for Android (4.4@4,593) 5 LastUpdate: 2013-11-21 Test 12/2012
EveryWiki: Wikipedia++ (4.4@2,469) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Vorstellung 7/2014 | 12/2014; Test 11/2014; Kurzvorstellung 1/2015
Voice Wiki (4.3@768) 6 / voice wiki+ (4.6@50; ~EUR 1.25) 6 LastUpdate: 2017-06-06 Video Demo 12/2011
Wiki Encyclopedia: Wikipedia (4.2@21,309) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2017-01-14
Wiktionary (4@4,093) 3 LastUpdate: 2013-12-17
WikipOff (0@0) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-23 Github; Download and read Wikipedia offline

Translators for various languages

French Translators

2019-04-18

Dictionary German - French SCHOOL by PONS (4.3@3; ~EUR 15.00) Ǥ 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-15 Testbericht 8/2013
Dictionary French<>German (4.2@18) Ǥ 11 LastUpdate: 2017-06-22
French German Dictionary Free (3.7@1,273) 7 LastUpdate: 2016-06-19 / French German Dictionary (4.2@5; ~EUR 5.50) 7 LastUpdate: 2016-06-19
Offline French German Dictionary (3.7@1,026) 4 / French German Dictionary (3.6@10; ~EUR 2.50) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$

Latin Translators

2019-04-18

Lateinon: Lateinalleskönner (4.5@319) Ǥ 4
Latein-Wörterbuch mit Formenanalyse – Latein.me (4.4@3,638) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Testbericht 3/2013
Dictionnaire Latin (4.3@12; ~EUR 4.00) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-16 / Latein-Deutsch Schulwörterbuch (4.4@128; ~EUR 3.00) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
AuxLat: der Lateinübersetzer (La-De) Free (4.1@17) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / AuxLat: Der Lateinübersetzer (La-De) (5@4; ~EUR 2.00) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Latin Dictionary (3.7@12) Ǥ 4

Russian Translators

2019-04-17

German-Russian Dictionary (4.5@577) Ǥ 5 / Russian-English Dictionary (4.6@2,604) Ǥ 5
Russian German Translator (4.4@3,388) 3
German Russian Offline Dictionary & Translator (4.4@77) Ǥ 8
Russisch-Deutsch Wörterbuch (4.2@73) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
German Russian Translator (3.6@5) Ǥ 4

Spanish Translators

2019-04-18

Spanish English Dictionary & Translator Free (4.4@17,759) Ǥ 9
Free Dict Spanish English (4.2@589) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-07-08
English Spanish Dictionary (4@1,741) Ǥ 4
Spanish German Dictionary Free (3.7@36) 7 LastUpdate: 2016-06-18 / Spanish German Dictionary (1@1; ~EUR 5.00) 7 LastUpdate: 2016-06-19
Deutsch-Spanisch Wörterbuch (0@0; ~EUR 2.00) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-04-12

Translators for various languages topics

Jura Translators

2019-04-18

JLaw Gesetze (4.7@615) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Lawdroid – Deutsche Gesetze und EU-Recht (4.6@681) Ǥ 8 / Lawdroid AT – Österreichische Gesetze und EU-Recht (4.6@19) Ǥ 7
LEX superior: Die App für Juristen (4.3@133) Ǥ 4 DE + EU & more
GimS - Gesetze im Smartphone (4.3@13) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Law Dictionary / Guide (4.2@6,652) 3 LastUpdate: 2014-08-08 / Law Dictionary & Guide Pro (4.4@36) 2 LastUpdate: 2014-08-14
Gesetze (4.2@1,849) Ǥ 5
Easy and Best Law Dictionary (4.1@18) 2
Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (4@392) 2
Deutsche Gesetze (4@147) 2
Law Dictionary (3.9@1,119) 2

Medical Translators

2019-04-18

WikiMed - Offline Medical Wikipedia (4.7@17,185) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Diseasepedia (4.6@10) 5
Medical Dictionary (4.5@52) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2017-08-16
Medical Terminology Dictionary:Search&Vocabulary (4.4@14,963) Ǥ 9
Medical terminology - Offline (4.4@4,522) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-10-01 / Disorder & Diseases Dictionary (4.6@1,717) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-09-28
MAG Medical Abbreviations DE (4.4@942) Ǥ 7 / MAG Medical Abbreviations (4.3@2,027) Ǥ 7 / MAG Medical Abbreviations ES (4.3@332) Ǥ 7 / MAG Medical Abbreviations FR (4.3@745) Ǥ 7 / MAG Medical Abbreviations RU (4.5@397) Ǥ 7
Medical Abbreviations English (4.4@82) 4
Medical Terminology A-Z - Offline (Free) (4.4@76) Ǥ 4 / Disorder & Diseases Dictionary - Offline (Free) (4.5@18) Ǥ 5 / Medical Terminology-Offline (Free) (4.4@33) Ǥ 4
Medical Dictionary (4.3@625) 11 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Medical Abbreviations (4.3@57) 1
Medical Terminology A-Z - Offline (Free) (4.3@26) Ǥ 5 / Medical Terminology || Offline (4.9@8) Ǥ 5
Medical Abbreviations (4.3@10; ~EUR 1.00) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-08-13
Offline Medical Dictionary (4.2@2,653) Ǥ 4
Medical Terms DE (4.1@678) Ǥ 6 / Medical Terms EN (4@501) Ǥ 6
Medical Abbreviations (4.1@35) 5 LastUpdate: 2013-04-19
Medical Psychiatric Dictionary (3.9@886) 2
Medical Terms and Definitions (3.6@196) 5 LastUpdate: 2014-01-16

Fun dictionaries

2019-04-18

WTF Technology Terms (4.8@12) Ǥ 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-01-03
The Devil´s Dictionary (4.7@18) Ǥ 7 a satirical „reference“ book

Various dictionaries and translators

2019-04-18

PReVo - Vortaro de Esperanto (4.8@388) 0 Github; Esperanto dictionary
Kamus Bahasa Inggris (Offline) (4.3@47,848) Ǥ 11 Indonesian
boQwI´ (Klingon language) (4.2@620) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
LexinProject (4@423) 3 LastUpdate: 2014-01-09 Swedish dictionary for learners
Hebrew/English Translator (3.9@2,014) 3
Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus (3.8@284) Ǥ 11 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-02-20 Vorstellung 12/2015; English; 100 entries free, in-app upgrade ~EUR 30

Providers of multiple apps on this topic:

Admovi multiple languages; a.o. iSayHello: Testbericht 12/2012
BitKnights
GreenLife Apps (various translators/dictionaries)
Paragon Software
Mobile Systems (various – a.o. Korean, Spanish, PONS)
Bede Products
CJKI
BEIKS
SageMilk (Various Quiz & Dict)
GF Media Apps

Further Readings:

Category Language Guides
Rubrik Vocabulary & Flash Cards
XDictionary Xposed Module Gives Android a System-wide Dictionary (7/2014)
How to Turn Your Mobile Device into a Universal Translator (6/2014)
Google Translate is about to level-up with the acquisition of Word Lens (5/2014)
10 Best Dictionary App for Android to Become a Wordsmith (3/2014)
Die besten Wikipedia-Apps für Android im Vergleich (3/2014)
Best Free Language Translator App For Android (1/2014)
5 Android Translation Apps to Reduce Your Travel Stress (1/2014)
Top 3 Offline Dictionaries for Android (1/2014)
7 Best Free Dictionary Offline For Android phone (6/2013)

2019-04-22

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