References and Translations

Online Translators & Dictionaries

2019-08-21

Translator All Language (5@6) 4
Dictionary - Merriam-Webster (4.6@479,612) Ǥ 10 / Dictionary - M-W Premium (4.5@8,534; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 9
Easy Language Translator (4.6@201,867) Ǥ 9
Spanish English Translator (4.6@151,335) Ǥ 12 Testbericht 12/2012; Review 12/2012; 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@9) 2 LastUpdate: 2017-08-27
Speak to Voice Translator (4.5@12,187) Ǥ 12 multi-engine: Google, MS, Baidu, Yandex
PONS Translate (4.4@37,244) Ǥ 16 Testbericht 6/2013; Vorstellung 9/2013
LEO dictionary (4.4@34,227) Ǥ 3
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
Translator (4.3@7,185) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-03-27 Voice translator
iTranslate Translator & Dictionary (4.2@300,916) Ǥ 13 Video Demo 8/2013; Vorstellung 3/2017
Urban Dictionary (Official) (4.2@45,544) Ǥ 8
A+ Dictionary Translate Speak (4.1@3,744) Ǥ 4 LastUpdate: 2016-04-03
TS Translator (4.1@1,997) 11 / TS Translator [2 Languages] (3.6@55; ~EUR 6.50) 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / TS Translator [10 Languages] (3.9@162; ~EUR 9.00) 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Translate Intent (4.1@435) 3 LastUpdate: 2016-09-14 Google Translate
Instant Translation (4.1@40) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Translate Free (4@5,898) 7 Google Translate
Day Translations (4@184) Ǥ 13
ASL Translator (4@125; ~EUR 5.50) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Sign Language (Gebärdensprache)
Free Dictionary Org (3.7@16,941) Ǥ 5
Translate Photo, Voice & Text - Translate Box (3.7@6,026) Ǥ 14 multi-engine: Google, MS, Baidu, Yandex
Translator (3.6@2,386) 2 LastUpdate: 2016-11-22
Ever Translator (Screen translate) (3.3@922) Ǥ 8 Github; translates what is on your screen
Wanicchou (0@0) 1 Github; Online Japanese-Japanese Dictionary with Anki support

Offline Translators & Dictionaries

2019-08-21

OpenWort (5@3) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; Offline thesaurus Deutsch
English Dictionary - Offline (4.7@360,620) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Dictionary - WordWeb (4.7@131,565) Ǥ 6 English Dictionary & Thesaurus
Russian-English and English-Russian dictionary (4.7@5,934) Ǥ 7 several more languages available
Dictionary.com: Find Definitions for English Words (4.6@864,016) Ǥ 17 Review 3/2012; Howto use offline 12/2013
Dict Box - Universal Offline Dictionary (4.6@11,386) Ǥ 14 many languages available, integrates with other apps
English dictionary - offline (4.6@830) Ǥ 7 several more languages available
Quick Dictionary (Offline) (4.6@21) 7 LastUpdate: 2017-07-12
onTouch English Dictionary - offline (4.5@3,266) 5 / onTouch English Dictionary - Premium (4.1@197; ~EUR 1.25) 5 Intro 1/2017
Arcus Dictionary (4.5@2,817) Ǥ 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Arcus Dictionary Pro (4.5@1,893) Ǥ 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Greek Reference: Ancient Greek Lexicon & Syntax (4.5@610) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-31 Github
QuickDic restored (4.5@585) 3 Github
Aard Dictionary (4.5@387) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-06-15 / Aard 2 (4.8@317) 4 Github; 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
dict.cc dictionary (4.4@20,587) Ǥ 7 Testbericht 10/2012 | 4/2013; Review 10/2012
Dictionary : Word Definitions & Examples - Erudite (4.4@19,191) Ǥ 12 dictionaries, flashcards, and more, many languages available – good for learning!
QuickDic Offline Dictionary (4.4@7,516) 3 LastUpdate: 2014-01-01 Test 12/2013
Define (4.4@1,022) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-22 Github
Floating Dictionary (4.4@202) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ English terms; (note: Internet-permission was dropped in recent version)
HoverDict Floating Dictionary (4.4@126) 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 (4.2@4,064) 6 / GoldenDict (3.1@3,217; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 5 Wikipedia (EN)
DictionaryForMIDs (4.2@380) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
German Offline Translator (4.2@343; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 16 / Offline Russian Translator (4.2@3,983) Ǥ 13 / Spanish Offline Translator (4.1@70) Ǥ 16 Testbericht 2/2014 EN<->DE / EN<->RU;
Offline dictionaries (4.1@89,598) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-04-22 / Offline dictionaries pro (4.2@847; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-04-19
German dictionary - With large vocabulary (3.8@126; ~EUR 25.00) Ǥ 6 Testbericht 5/2013
Offline Translator: German-English Free Translate (3.7@334) Ǥ 11
Dictionary Offline (3@13,300) 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

2019-08-21

Dictionary (4.5@270,497) Ǥ 10 / Dictionary (Ad-Free) (4.5@43; ~EUR 3.75) 6 LastUpdate: 2015-04-20 / Dictionary Pro (4.8@6,964; ~EUR 4.25) Ǥ 9
Google Translate (4.4@6,481,629) Ǥ 19 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Review 3/2014; Youtube review 6/2013; with live translation of e.g. street signs (Live-Übersetzung)
Fora Dictionary (4.2@13) 3 StarDict, XDXF, DSL, DICTD and Plain (TSV) formats
Advanced English Dictionary & Thesaurus (4.1@28,720) Ǥ 11
ColorDict Dictionary (4@42,294) 6 LastUpdate: 2017-10-24 Test 12/2012; Testbericht 12/2012; Review 12/2012; Video Review 12/2012; StarDict format
Mitzuli (3.8@321) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-04-14 Github

Lookup: Wikipedia & Co.

2019-08-21

wikiHow: how to do anything (4.6@45,601) 3 Learn how to do anything
Wikipedia (4.5@598,018) 13 / Wikipedia Beta (4.6@30,661) 13 Github; Review 1/2012; Testbericht 3/2012; Vorstellung 1/2013 | 8/2013
Kiwix, Wikipedia offline (4.5@16,654) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; Wikipedia; Video Howto 6/2016
WikiMobile 2 (for Wikipedia) (4.5@10,329) Ǥ 13 LastUpdate: 2014-04-05
LoboWiki Reader for Wikipedia (4.5@690) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-01-15 Review 8/2012; Vorstellung 1/2013 | 1/2013
Aard Dictionary (4.5@387) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-06-15 / Aard 2 (4.8@317) 4 Github; Intro 3/2012; can integrate with both FBReader and Cool Reader / Github; Video Demo 8/2016
LexisPaper ✿ Offline Wikipedia & Dictionary (4.5@22) 5
GWiki - Wikipedia for Android (4.4@4,593) 5 LastUpdate: 2013-11-21
Wiki Encyclopedia: Wikipedia (4.2@21,309) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2017-01-14
Voice Wiki (4.1@785) 6 LastUpdate: 2017-12-20
Speakipedia— audio wikipedia (4.1@473) Ǥ 5
Wiktionary (4@4,093) 3 LastUpdate: 2013-12-17
EveryWiki: Wikipedia++ (4@2,494) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Vorstellung 7/2014 | 12/2014; Test 11/2014; Kurzvorstellung 1/2015
XOWA - Wikipedia Offline (3.8@55) 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

2019-08-21

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@1,263) Ǥ 10 / French German Dictionary (4.2@5; ~EUR 5.50) Ǥ 10
Offline French German Dictionary (3.7@1,023) 4 / French German Dictionary (3.6@10; ~EUR 2.50) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$

Latin Translators

2019-08-21

Latein-Wörterbuch mit Formenanalyse – Latein.me (4.4@3,665) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Testbericht 3/2013
Lateinon: Lateinalleskönner (4.2@323) 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@127; ~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

2019-08-22

German-Russian Dictionary (4.5@632) Ǥ 5 / Russian-English Dictionary (4.6@2,763) Ǥ 5
Russian German Translator (4.4@3,576) 3
Russisch-Deutsch Wörterbuch (4.3@73) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
German Russian Offline Dictionary & Translator (4.2@94) Ǥ 8
German Russian Translator (3.6@5) Ǥ 4

Spanish Translators

2019-08-21

Spanish English Dictionary & Translator Free (4.4@18,387) Ǥ 9
Free Dict Spanish English (4.2@588) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-07-08
English Spanish Dictionary (4@1,740) Ǥ 4
Spanish German Dictionary Free (3.7@35) Ǥ 10 / Spanish German Dictionary (1@1; ~EUR 5.50) Ǥ 10
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

2019-08-21

JLaw Gesetze (4.7@634) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Lawdroid – Deutsche Gesetze und EU-Recht (4.5@723) Ǥ 8 / Lawdroid AT – Österreichische Gesetze und EU-Recht (4.7@24) Ǥ 7
LEX superior: Die App für Juristen (4.2@142) Ǥ 4 DE + EU & more
Easy and Best Law Dictionary (4.2@21) 2
Law Dictionary (4.1@1,126) 2
GimS - Gesetze im Smartphone (4.1@15) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (4@393) 2 LastUpdate: 2017-11-15
Deutsche Gesetze (3.9@148) 2
Gesetze (3.8@1,854) Ǥ 5

Medical Translators

2019-08-21

WikiMed - Offline Medical Wikipedia (4.7@17,983) 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@15,512) Ǥ 9
MAG Medical Abbreviations DE (4.4@942) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2018-01-17 / MAG Medical Abbreviations (4.3@2,013) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2018-01-17 / MAG Medical Abbreviations ES (4.3@333) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2018-01-17 / MAG Medical Abbreviations FR (4.2@734) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2018-01-17 / MAG Medical Abbreviations RU (4.3@393) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2018-01-17
Medical Terminology A-Z - Offline (Free) (4.4@98) Ǥ 4 / Disorder & Diseases Dictionary - Offline (Free) (4.6@32) Ǥ 5 / Medical Terminology-Offline (Free) (4.4@33) Ǥ 4
Medical Abbreviations English (4.4@93) Ǥ 4
Medical terminology - Offline (4.3@4,646) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-10-01 / Disorder & Diseases Dictionary (4.6@1,802) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2017-09-28
Medical Dictionary Offline (4.3@847) 2
Medical Abbreviations (4.3@59) 1
Medical Abbreviations (4.3@10; ~EUR 1.00) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-08-13
Offline Medical Dictionary (4.2@3,047) Ǥ 4
Medical Abbreviations (4.1@35) 5 LastUpdate: 2013-04-19
Medical Psychiatric Dictionary (3.9@884) 2
Medical Terms EN (3.9@496) Ǥ 6
Medical Terms and Definitions (3.6@195) 5 LastUpdate: 2014-01-16

Fun dictionaries

2019-08-21

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

2019-08-21

PReVo - Vortaro de Esperanto (4.9@402) 0 Github; Esperanto dictionary
boQwI´ (Klingon language) (4.4@625) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
Kamus Bahasa Inggris (Offline) (4.3@47,835) Ǥ 11 Indonesian
LexinProject (4@423) 3 LastUpdate: 2014-01-09 Swedish dictionary for learners
Hebrew/English Translator (3.9@2,002) 3 LastUpdate: 2017-12-01
Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus (3.8@288) 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
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)
5 Android Translation Apps to Reduce Your Travel Stress (1/2014)
Top 3 Offline Dictionaries for Android (1/2014)

2019-08-22

IzzyOnDroid