References and Translations

Online Translators & Dictionaries

2021-07-12

Translate All Languages by Google, Yandex, Glosbe (4.6@14,578) Ǥ 13 4 LastUpdate: 2019-01-13 multi-engine: Google Translate, Microsoft Translator, Yandex Translate
Easy Language Translator (4.5@218,764) 7 4
Spanish English Translator (4.5@154,161) Ǥ 15 12
PONS Translate (4.4@50,627) Ǥ 14 12
LEO dictionary (4.4@36,608) Ǥ 5 1 Datenschutz-Test 5/2021
Free Dictionary Org (4.4@16,962) Ǥ 6 4
Dictionary All (4.4@13,982) Ǥ 11 2 LastUpdate: 2016-09-28
European Translator Free (4.4@192) Ǥ 15 13 many more translation apps available from this dev
Translator All Language (4.4@7) 4 4 LastUpdate: 2018-05-05
Translator (4.3@7,185) Ǥ 6 3 LastUpdate: 2017-03-27 Voice translator
Translate Free (4.3@6,132) 8 4 Google Translate
Dictionary - Merriam-Webster (4.3@572) Ǥ 11 7 / Dictionary - M-W Premium (4@9,454; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 9 4
ASL Translator (4.2@139; ~EUR 5.50) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Demo 4/2014; Sign Language (Gebärdensprache)
Super Translate (4.2@13) 2 3 LastUpdate: 2017-08-27
Speak to Voice Translator (4.1@17,080) Ǥ 15 8 multi-engine: Google, MS, Baidu, Yandex
A+ Dictionary Translate Speak (4.1@3,744) Ǥ 4 1 LastUpdate: 2016-04-03
TS Translator (4.1@2,007) 11 3 / TS Translator [2 Languages] (3.6@56; ~EUR 6.50) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / TS Translator [10 Languages] (3.6@171; ~EUR 9.00) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Translate Intent (4.1@436) 3 3 Google Translate
Traductor de Softcatalà (4@918) 3 2 Github; Catalan to Spanish/English/French/Portuguese
Day Translations (4@226) Ǥ 12 9
Urban Dictionary (Official) (3.9@50,490) Ǥ 9 11 LastUpdate: 2019-10-29
iTranslate Translator & Dictionary (3.8@384,613) Ǥ 14 9 Vorstellung 3/2017
Translate Box - multiple translators in one app (3.7@6,755) Ǥ 15 8 multi-engine: Google, MS, Baidu, Yandex
Translator (3.6@2,401) 2 1
Ever Translator (Screen translate) (3.4@1,993) Ǥ 10 3 Github; translates what is on your screen
InstaLate (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; doesn't require you to switch apps by hand
DeepL (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
DeepL Translator (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
JADA (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; get words explained in their own language
Jiten Japanese Dictionary [Online] (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

Offline Translators & Dictionaries

2021-07-12

OpenWort (5@3) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-16 Github; Offline thesaurus Deutsch
Dictionary - WordWeb (4.7@136,990) Ǥ 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ English Dictionary & Thesaurus
Russian-English and English-Russian dictionary (4.7@8,671) Ǥ 10 5 several more languages available
English dictionary - offline (4.7@1,379) Ǥ 10 5 several more languages available
QuickDic Dictionary (4.7@657) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
English Dictionary - Offline (4.6@396,843) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
dict.cc dictionary (4.6@22,713) Ǥ 7 1
Arcus Dictionary (4.6@2,881) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Arcus Dictionary Pro (4.6@1,929) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Dictionary.com English Word Meanings & Definitions (4.5@940,554) Ǥ 18 4
Dict Box - Universal Offline Dictionary (4.5@22,484) Ǥ 16 23 many languages available, integrates with other apps
EBDic (4.5@146) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-04 supports EPWING, StarDict and MDict dictionary format
Dictionary : Word Definitions & Examples - Erudite (4.4@21,431) Ǥ 13 12 dictionaries, flashcards, and more, many languages available – good for learning!
QuickDic Offline Dictionary (4.4@7,516) 3 LastUpdate: 2014-01-01
DictionaryForMIDs (4.4@383) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-04-24
onTouch English Dictionary - offline (4.3@3,967) 5 1 LastUpdate: 2019-12-24 / onTouch English Dictionary - Premium (3.9@217; ~EUR 1.25) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-10-11 Intro 1/2017
Greek Reference: Ancient Greek Lexicon & Syntax (4.3@715) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-31 Github
Aard Dictionary (4.3@389) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-07-16 / Aard 2 (4.5@368) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; can integrate with both FBReader and Cool Reader / Github; Video Demo 8/2016
Floating Dictionary (4.2@281) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-10-08 English terms; (note: Internet-permission was dropped in recent version)
HoverDict Floating Dictionary (4.1@139) Ǥ 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-26 Wordnet; Internet permission for IAP plugins to access additional sources (Urban, Google)
Esperanto Dictionary: Senreta Vortaro (4.1@17) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; English/Esperanto
Kalimaty - Create Your Own Dictionary. (4@72) Ǥ 7 4 Intro 7/2020
Offline dictionaries (3.9@89,875) Ǥ 8 15 / Offline dictionaries pro (4.2@890; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 6 1 LastUpdate: 2017-04-19
Define (3.9@1,116) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-22 Github
German dictionary - With large vocabulary (3.8@130; ~EUR 25.00) Ǥ 6 3
Offline Translator: German-English Free Translate (3.6@347) Ǥ 13 5
GoldenDict Free (3.3@4,272) 6 1 LastUpdate: 2018-12-03 / GoldenDict (4@3,575; ~EUR 5.50) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Wikipedia (EN)
Dictionary Offline (3.1@13,253) 4 2 LastUpdate: 2014-04-29
QDict (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; uses dictionaries in StarDict format
WTF‽ (The MirOS Project) (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-08 Github; wtf acronyms database
Nani? (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Japanese/English
Sumatora Japanese Dictionary (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Waylan - A dictionary concept (0@0) Ǥ 8 4 Github

Translators & Dictionaries with Online & Offline mode

2021-07-12

Dictionary (4.7@287,626) Ǥ 9 11 / Dictionary Pro (4.8@7,944; ~EUR 3.75) Ǥ 8 4
Google Translate (4.5@7,972,044) Ǥ 20 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ with live translation of e.g. street signs / Live-Übersetzung (1/2015)
Advanced English Dictionary & Thesaurus (4.4@29,522) Ǥ 11 6
ColorDict Dictionary (4@43,280) 7 1 StarDict format
Fora Dictionary (4@2,617) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ StarDict, XDXF, DSL, DICTD and Plain (TSV) formats
Mitzuli (3.8@321) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-04-14 Github

Lookup: Wikipedia & Co.

2021-07-12

Wikipedia (4.5@660,732) Ǥ 14 4 / Wikipedia Beta (4.5@33,794) Ǥ 11 3 Github
LoboWiki Reader for Wikipedia (4.5@712) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-01-15
wikiHow: how to do anything (4.4@50,478) Ǥ 5 8 Learn how to do anything
GWiki - Wikipedia for Android (4.4@4,593) 5 2 LastUpdate: 2013-11-21
LexisPaper ✿ Offline Wikipedia & Dictionary (4.4@28) 5 1
Kiwix, Wikipedia offline (4.3@25,046) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Wikipedia DE | EN; Video Howto 6/2016; Anleitung 5/2020
Aard Dictionary (4.3@389) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-07-16 / Aard 2 (4.5@368) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; can integrate with both FBReader and Cool Reader / Github; Video Demo 8/2016
Wiki Encyclopedia: Wikipedia (4.2@21,309) Ǥ 7 3 LastUpdate: 2017-01-14
EveryWiki: Wikipedia++ (4.2@2,771) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-09-30 Vorstellung 7/2014 | 12/2014; Test 11/2014; Kurzvorstellung 1/2015
Wiktionary (4@4,093) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-12-17
Voice Wiki (3.8@849) 6 1 LastUpdate: 2017-12-20
Speakipedia— audio wikipedia (3.7@22) Ǥ 5 4 LastUpdate: 2019-09-23
XOWA - Wikipedia Offline (3.3@93) 5 2 LastUpdate: 2018-11-03
WikipOff (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-23 Github; Download and read Wikipedia offline

Translators for various languages

French Translators

2021-07-13

Dictionary German - French SCHOOL by PONS (4.3@3; ~EUR 15.00) Ǥ 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
French German Dictionary Free (4.2@1,293) Ǥ 9 5 LastUpdate: 2019-08-13 / French German Dictionary (4.2@5; ~EUR 5.50) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-08-13
Dictionary French<>German (4.2@18) Ǥ 9 6 LastUpdate: 2017-06-22
Offline French German Dictionary (3.9@1,085) 8 13 / French German Dictionary (3.6@10; ~EUR 2.50) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-09-03

Latin Translators

2021-07-13

Latein-Wörterbuch mit Formenanalyse – Latein.me (4.5@4,013) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-05-23
Lateinon: Lateinalleskönner (4.3@410) Ǥ 7 3
Dictionnaire Latin (4.3@13; ~EUR 4.00) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-16 / Latein-Deutsch Schulwörterbuch (4.5@129; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-12-09
AuxLat: der Lateinübersetzer (La-De) Free (4.1@17) 0 1 LastUpdate: 2019-10-13 / AuxLat: Der Lateinübersetzer (La-De) (5@4; ~EUR 2.00) 0 LastUpdate: 2019-10-13

Russian Translators

2021-07-17

Russian German Translator (4.4@4,354) 3 1
German-Russian Dictionary (4.4@826) Ǥ 7 1 LastUpdate: 2019-12-22 / Russian-English Dictionary (4.5@3,753) Ǥ 8 1
German Russian Offline Dictionary & Translator (4.3@142) Ǥ 8 6

Spanish Translators

2021-07-12

Spanish English Dictionary & Translator Free (4.6@20,776) Ǥ 10 13
Free Dict Spanish English (4.2@585) Ǥ 6 5 LastUpdate: 2017-07-08
English Spanish Dictionary (4.1@1,742) Ǥ 5 3
Spanish German Dictionary Free (3.7@37) Ǥ 9 5 LastUpdate: 2019-08-13 / Spanish German Dictionary (1@1; ~EUR 5.50) Ǥ 9 1 LastUpdate: 2019-08-13

Translators for various languages topics

Jura Translators

2021-07-13

JLaw Gesetze (4.7@806) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-07-05 Vorstellung 1/2017
gesetze.io - Gesetze, Jura und Karriere (4.7@323) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ DE + EU & more
Lawdroid – Deutsche Gesetze und EU-Recht (4.4@924) Ǥ 10 3 / Lawdroid AT – Österreichische Gesetze und EU-Recht (4.7@69) Ǥ 10 4
Law Dictionary (4.1@1,140) 2 3
Deutsche Gesetze (3.9@166) 2 1 LastUpdate: 2018-05-12
juris DAV (3.7@121) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Gesetze (3.3@1,931) Ǥ 5 4
Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (3.2@432) 2 1 LastUpdate: 2017-11-15
Deine Rechte (0@0) 1 Deine Rechte im Kanton Bern

Also see: AppsFürJuristen

Medical Translators

2021-07-13

WikiMed - Offline Medical Encyclopedia (4.7@21,891) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Diseasepedia (4.6@11) 5 2 LastUpdate: 2018-06-08
Medical Terminology Dictionary:Search&Vocabulary (4.4@18,914) Ǥ 9 5
MAG Medical Abbreviations DE (4.4@942) Ǥ 7 8 / MAG Medical Abbreviations (4.1@2,047) Ǥ 7 8 / MAG Medical Abbreviations ES (4.3@334) Ǥ 7 8 / MAG Medical Abbreviations FR (4.1@751) Ǥ 7 8 LastUpdate: 2019-06-10 / MAG Medical Abbreviations RU (4.3@396) Ǥ 8 7 LastUpdate: 2018-01-17
Medical Terminology A-Z - Offline (Free) (4.4@182) Ǥ 4 3
Medical terminology - Offline (4.3@5,204) Ǥ 6 4 LastUpdate: 2018-10-06 / Disorder & Diseases Dictionary (4.5@2,135) Ǥ 6 4 LastUpdate: 2018-10-02
Offline Medical Dictionary (4.3@4,382) Ǥ 4 4 LastUpdate: 2019-08-23
Medical Dictionary (4.3@1,832) 3 2
Medical Abbreviations English (4.3@132) Ǥ 4 3 LastUpdate: 2019-06-05
Medical Abbreviations (4.3@10; ~EUR 1.00) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-08-13
Medical Abbreviations (4.2@64) 1 4
Medical Abbreviations (4@34) 5 1 LastUpdate: 2013-04-19
Medical Terms EN (3.8@494) Ǥ 6 9
Medical Psychiatric Dictionary (3.7@901) 2 1
Medical Terms and Definitions (3.7@194) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2014-08-27

Fun dictionaries

2021-07-13

WTF Technology Terms (4.8@12) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-01-03
The Devil’s Dictionary (4.4@30) Ǥ 7 3 a satirical „reference“ book

Various dictionaries and translators

2021-07-13

PReVo - Vortaro de Esperanto (4.8@451) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Esperanto dictionary
Kamus Bahasa Inggris (Offline) (4.4@49,144) Ǥ 11 5 LastUpdate: 2018-07-14 Indonesian
boQwI’ (Klingon language) (4.3@695) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Hebrew/English Translator (4@2,082) 4 5
LexinProject (4@423) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-01-09 Swedish dictionary for learners
Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus (3.4@338) Ǥ 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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)

2021-07-23

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