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Vladimir Chernyshev2011-06-07 09:39:30
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Vladimir Chernyshev, 2011-06-07 09:39:30

A set of software for reading in a foreign (English) language under Linux (GNOME)?

I decided to switch from reading technical literature in English (where almost all the words are from C ++ :)) to reading fiction in the original (mostly science fiction) and ran into a problem - a lot of unfamiliar words (or the root is familiar, but the form is not). I would like to receive a translation directly in the text (tooltips or other pop-up windows) by hovering the mouse over a word and / or by highlighting a word / phrase and context menu / toolbar. The main text formats are html and pdf.
In principle, there are options, especially for HTML, but they all have a significant drawback for me - when the text is increased to 200-300% using the browser / evince, these tooltips or windows do not increase their font size, they write with the default system, or even hard-coded by the creators . In practice, this means that you only have to read while sitting at the monitor, which excludes reading while relaxing on the couch from a long distance. And I usually read fiction when I don’t have the strength to sit and I want to lie down, including reading for half an hour before going to bed.
Has anyone encountered similar problems? How did you decide?

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VBart, 2011-06-07
@VBart

StarDict =)

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Vladimir Chernyshev, 2011-06-07
@VolCh

It doesn't keep track of the current font size, does it?

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ZuBB, 2011-06-07
@ZuBB

goldendict

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