This is a dictionary that that basically uses the binary databases available for bilingual dictionaries, and makes them available for the user in a simple graphical user interface. PEKI Dictionary comes free and databases of online dictionaries can also be available for free. This is a novel concept as the user interface and the database are independent of each other. Databases of online dictionaries need to be in binary format. In the ‘data import’ window of PEKI Dictionary, you will be guided to a form. On the form you can select the source file and pronunciation file. Check / uncheck a couple of boxes as to whether or not pronunciation is available, and that’s about it. When you hit the ‘create’ button, you are ready to use the dictionary. The dictionary window has 4 columns. 2 of them are for the words of the 2 languages selected and 1 is for the pronunciation of the word on the left side. The 4th one is for detailed explanation of the meaning. Words in any of the two languages can be entered and the highlighter will point to that word in the list. Thus it becomes a two-way dictionary. This happens because one line has only one entry. If there are multiple meanings for a single word, all of them are displayed in separate lines which makes two-way search possible. The GUI can be viewed in either English, German, Russian, Ukrainian or Czech. The built in list of databases is also huge. Numerous European language dictionaries come along with the installation. PEKI Dictionary can run on multiple operating systems.
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