References and Translations

Online Translators & Dictionaries

2020-02-08

Translator All Language (5@6) 4 LastUpdate: 2018-05-05
Dictionary - Merriam-Webster (4.6@492,756) Ǥ 9 / Dictionary - M-W Premium (4.3@8,866; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 9
Easy Language Translator (4.6@207,161) Ǥ 7
Spanish English Translator (4.6@153,190) Ǥ 15 Video Review 2/2014
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@10) 2 LastUpdate: 2017-08-27
LEO dictionary (4.5@34,992) Ǥ 3
Dictionary All (4.4@13,982) Ǥ 11 LastUpdate: 2016-09-28
European Translator Free (4.4@192) Ǥ 12 many more translation apps available from this dev
Speak to Voice Translator (4.3@13,865) Ǥ 12 multi-engine: Google, MS, Baidu, Yandex
Translator (4.3@7,185) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-03-27 Voice translator
Translate Free (4.3@6,000) 7 Google Translate
Urban Dictionary (Official) (4.1@49,145) Ǥ 8
PONS Translate (4.1@42,124) Ǥ 13 Testbericht 6/2013; Vorstellung 9/2013
A+ Dictionary Translate Speak (4.1@3,744) Ǥ 4 LastUpdate: 2016-04-03
TS Translator (4.1@2,014) 10 / TS Translator [2 Languages] (3.6@56; ~EUR 6.50) 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / TS Translator [10 Languages] (3.8@163; ~EUR 9.00) 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Translate Intent (4.1@436) 3 LastUpdate: 2016-09-14 Google Translate
Day Translations (4.1@188) Ǥ 10
ASL Translator (4.1@129; ~EUR 5.50) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Video Demo 4/2014; Sign Language (Gebärdensprache)
Instant Translation (4.1@40) 2
Translator (3.9@2,406) 2 LastUpdate: 2016-11-22
iTranslate Translator & Dictionary (3.8@334,461) Ǥ 13 Video Demo 8/2013; Vorstellung 3/2017
Traductor de Softcatalà (3.7@849) 3 Github; Catalan to Spanish/English/French/Portuguese
Free Dictionary Org (3.6@16,963) Ǥ 5 LastUpdate: 2018-06-11
Translate Photo, Voice & Text - Translate Box (3.5@6,263) Ǥ 15 multi-engine: Google, MS, Baidu, Yandex
Ever Translator (Screen translate) (3.4@1,203) Ǥ 10 Github; translates what is on your screen

Offline Translators & Dictionaries

2020-02-08

OpenWort (5@3) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-16 Github; Offline thesaurus Deutsch
English Dictionary - Offline (4.7@368,483) 4
Dictionary - WordWeb (4.7@133,008) Ǥ 6 English Dictionary & Thesaurus
Russian-English and English-Russian dictionary (4.7@6,806) Ǥ 7 several more languages available
Quick Dictionary (Offline) (4.7@23) 7 LastUpdate: 2017-07-12
Dictionary.com: Find Definitions for English Words (4.6@923,096) Ǥ 15 Howto use offline 12/2013
Arcus Dictionary (4.6@2,846) Ǥ 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Arcus Dictionary Pro (4.7@1,918) Ǥ 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Greek Reference: Ancient Greek Lexicon & Syntax (4.6@647) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-31 Github
QuickDic restored (4.6@603) 3 Github
dict.cc dictionary (4.5@21,320) Ǥ 5 Testbericht 4/2013
Dictionary : Word Definitions & Examples - Erudite (4.5@20,008) Ǥ 11 dictionaries, flashcards, and more, many languages available – good for learning!
Dict Box - Universal Offline Dictionary (4.5@12,825) Ǥ 15 many languages available, integrates with other apps
onTouch English Dictionary - offline (4.5@3,451) 4 / onTouch English Dictionary - Premium (4@201; ~EUR 1.25) 5 Intro 1/2017
English dictionary - offline (4.5@958) Ǥ 8 several more languages available
Floating Dictionary (4.5@212) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ English terms; (note: Internet-permission was dropped in recent version)
EBDic (4.5@146) 11 LastUpdate: 2017-03-04 supports EPWING, StarDict and MDict dictionary format
QuickDic Offline Dictionary (4.4@7,516) 3 LastUpdate: 2014-01-01 Test 12/2013
DictionaryForMIDs (4.3@383) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-04-24
HoverDict Floating Dictionary (4.3@130) Ǥ 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-26 Wordnet; Internet permission for IAP plugins to access additional sources (Urban, Google)
Aard Dictionary (4.2@390) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-06-15 / Aard 2 (4.7@330) 4 Github; can integrate with both FBReader and Cool Reader / Github; Video Demo 8/2016
German Offline Translator (4.2@351; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 16 / Offline Russian Translator (4.2@4,065) Ǥ 13 / Spanish Offline Translator (4.1@73) Ǥ 16 Testbericht 2/2014 EN<->DE / EN<->RU;
Offline dictionaries (3.9@89,776) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-04-22 / Offline dictionaries pro (4@859; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-04-19
Define (3.9@1,037) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-22 Github
German dictionary - With large vocabulary (3.8@127; ~EUR 25.00) Ǥ 6 Testbericht 5/2013
Offline Translator: German-English Free Translate (3.6@338) Ǥ 11
GoldenDict Free (3.2@4,173) 6 / GoldenDict (4.4@3,413; ~EUR 5.50) Ǥ 5 Wikipedia (EN)
Dictionary Offline (3@13,299) 4 LastUpdate: 2014-04-09
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

2020-02-08

Dictionary (4.8@276,706) Ǥ 10 / Dictionary (Ad-Free) (4.5@44; ~EUR 3.75) 6 LastUpdate: 2015-04-20 / Dictionary Pro (4.8@7,215; ~EUR 4.25) Ǥ 8
Google Translate (4.5@6,845,607) Ǥ 19 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Review 3/2014; Youtube review 6/2013; with live translation of e.g. street signs (Live-Übersetzung)
Advanced English Dictionary & Thesaurus (4.5@29,151) Ǥ 11
Fora Dictionary (4.2@13) 4 StarDict, XDXF, DSL, DICTD and Plain (TSV) formats
ColorDict Dictionary (4@42,789) 6 LastUpdate: 2017-10-24 StarDict format
Mitzuli (3.8@321) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-04-14 Github

Lookup: Wikipedia & Co.

2020-02-08

Wikipedia (4.6@613,645) 13 / Wikipedia Beta (4.5@31,377) 13 Github; Vorstellung 1/2013 | 8/2013
wikiHow: how to do anything (4.6@46,624) Ǥ 5 Learn how to do anything
LexisPaper ✿ Offline Wikipedia & Dictionary (4.6@23) 5
Kiwix, Wikipedia offline (4.4@18,872) 8 Github; Wikipedia; Video Howto 6/2016
GWiki - Wikipedia for Android (4.4@4,593) 5 LastUpdate: 2013-11-21
LoboWiki Reader for Wikipedia (4.4@697) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-01-15 Vorstellung 1/2013 | 1/2013
Wiki Encyclopedia: Wikipedia (4.2@21,309) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2017-01-14
Aard Dictionary (4.2@390) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-06-15 / Aard 2 (4.7@330) 4 Github; can integrate with both FBReader and Cool Reader / Github; Video Demo 8/2016
Wiktionary (4@4,093) 3 LastUpdate: 2013-12-17
Speakipedia— audio wikipedia (4@490) Ǥ 5
EveryWiki: Wikipedia++ (3.9@2,578) 5 Vorstellung 7/2014 | 12/2014; Test 11/2014; Kurzvorstellung 1/2015
Voice Wiki (3.8@808) 6 LastUpdate: 2017-12-20
XOWA - Wikipedia Offline (3.6@64) 5 LastUpdate: 2018-01-06
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

2020-02-08

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
French German Dictionary Free (4.2@1,277) Ǥ 9 / French German Dictionary (4.2@5; ~EUR 5.50) 6
Dictionary French<>German (4.2@18) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2017-06-22
Offline French German Dictionary (3.9@1,050) 4 / French German Dictionary (3.6@10; ~EUR 2.50) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$

Latin Translators

2020-02-08

Latein-Wörterbuch mit Formenanalyse – Latein.me (4.5@3,784) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-05-23 Testbericht 3/2013
Lateinon: Lateinalleskönner (4.2@349) Ǥ 4
Dictionnaire Latin (4.2@12; ~EUR 4.00) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-16 / Latein-Deutsch Schulwörterbuch (4.5@133; ~EUR 3.00) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
AuxLat: der Lateinübersetzer (La-De) Free (4.1@17) 0 / AuxLat: Der Lateinübersetzer (La-De) (5@4; ~EUR 2.00) 0
Latin Dictionary (3.5@17) Ǥ 4

Russian Translators

2020-02-14

German-Russian Dictionary (4.5@711) Ǥ 5 / Russian-English Dictionary (4.6@3,107) Ǥ 5
Russian German Translator (4.4@3,919) 3
German Russian Offline Dictionary & Translator (4.3@106) Ǥ 8
Russisch-Deutsch Wörterbuch (4.3@76) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$

Spanish Translators

2020-02-08

Spanish English Dictionary & Translator Free (4.7@19,096) Ǥ 9
Free Dict Spanish English (4.2@588) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-07-08
English Spanish Dictionary (4@1,741) Ǥ 4
Spanish German Dictionary Free (3.7@36) Ǥ 9 / Spanish German Dictionary (1@1; ~EUR 5.50) 6
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

2020-02-08

JLaw Gesetze (4.6@689) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Vorstellung 1/2017
Lawdroid – Deutsche Gesetze und EU-Recht (4.3@785) Ǥ 10 / Lawdroid AT – Österreichische Gesetze und EU-Recht (4.7@36) Ǥ 10
LEX superior: Gesetze, Jura & Karriere (4.3@184) Ǥ 4 DE + EU & more
Easy and Best Law Dictionary (4.2@23) 2 LastUpdate: 2018-04-21
Law Dictionary (4.1@1,128) 2
GimS - Gesetze im Smartphone (4.1@16) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Deutsche Gesetze (3.9@152) 2 LastUpdate: 2018-05-12
juris DAV (3.7@107) 6
Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (3.3@404) 2 LastUpdate: 2017-11-15
Gesetze (3.2@1,895) Ǥ 3

Also see: AppsFürJuristen

Medical Translators

2020-02-08

Medical Dictionary (4.9@1,118) 2
WikiMed - Offline Medical Wikipedia (4.6@19,336) 3
Diseasepedia (4.6@10) 5 LastUpdate: 2018-06-08
Medical Terminology Dictionary:Search&Vocabulary (4.5@16,430) Ǥ 9
Medical Terminology A-Z - Offline (Free) (4.5@131) Ǥ 4 / Disorder & Diseases Dictionary - Offline (Free) (4.3@68) Ǥ 5 / Medical Terminology-Offline (Free) (4.4@34) Ǥ 4
MAG Medical Abbreviations DE (4.4@945) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2018-01-17 / MAG Medical Abbreviations (4.1@2,036) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2018-01-17 / MAG Medical Abbreviations ES (4.3@333) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2018-01-17 / MAG Medical Abbreviations FR (4.1@747) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2018-01-17 / MAG Medical Abbreviations RU (4.3@397) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2018-01-17
Medical Abbreviations English (4.4@103) Ǥ 4
Medical Abbreviations (4.3@59) 1
Medical Abbreviations (4.3@10; ~EUR 1.00) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-08-13
Medical terminology - Offline (4.2@4,798) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-10-01 / Disorder & Diseases Dictionary (4.7@1,898) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-09-28
Offline Medical Dictionary (4.2@3,413) Ǥ 4
Medical Abbreviations (4.1@35) 5 LastUpdate: 2013-04-19
Medical Terms EN (3.9@499) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2018-02-27
Medical Psychiatric Dictionary (3.6@888) 2
Medical Terms and Definitions (3.6@195) 5 LastUpdate: 2014-01-16

Fun dictionaries

2020-02-08

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

2020-02-08

PReVo - Vortaro de Esperanto (4.8@412) 0 Github; Esperanto dictionary
Kamus Bahasa Inggris (Offline) (4.4@48,577) Ǥ 11 LastUpdate: 2018-07-14 Indonesian
boQwI´ (Klingon language) (4.4@644) 4 Github
Hebrew/English Translator (4.1@2,036) 3 LastUpdate: 2017-12-01
LexinProject (4@423) 3 LastUpdate: 2014-01-09 Swedish dictionary for learners
Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus (3.6@299) 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:

BitKnights
GreenLife Apps (various translators/dictionaries)
Paragon Software
Bede Products
CJKI

Further Readings:

Category Language Guides
Category 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)
5 Android Translation Apps to Reduce Your Travel Stress (1/2014)
Top 3 Offline Dictionaries for Android (1/2014)

2020-02-18

IzzyOnDroid