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This is part 2 of our series that brings together a pile of Free Software (GNU GPL'd as Public Domain), freeware and shareware for language learning and reference for Mac OS X. Software descriptions are taken from Apple Downloads.

Part 3 of this series will be published by the end of the year.

Easy Translator
Employs the power of Internet machine language translation engines, and is capable of translating between 35 languages.

With this handy program, you’ll be able to read almost any web page or email in your language.

Lexis Builder

Use Lexis Buider to create your personal glossary and design your own “One-Click” information source.

You need just a few steps to convert your common data source (CSV) to a comfortable Language Alchemist X vocabulary extension. The Builder assists you descriptive during the whole build process, from selecting the data source to installing your extension. Please follow simply the onscreen instructions

After you created your private glossary, you can comfortably access your information with Language Alchemist X. It is your ultimate assistant to translate easily words of foreign language texts. Integrated in nearly any Mac application such as Safari, Preview, Keynote or Pages you get the power to investigate unknown words with just One-Click.

TranslateIt! Deluxe
Very fast words translation tool with extensible dictionaries.
TranslateIt! for Mac is distributed as Deluxe (shareware) and freeware. You can use shareware version free of a period of 20 days. After that, you have to buy the program or remove it from your computer.

- PopUp Window with short translation with autoscroll
- English, German, French, Spanish and Russian morphology support
- Integrated Full Text Translation tool

- Additional Sounds and Flags support
- True ‘word under mouse’ translation engine (no selection needed), works with most of standard controls for Cocoa applications (menu, lists, Finder items, prefserences options, Dashboard widget items - all can be translated)
- RTFD user notes
- Integrated game - Words Quiz
- Detachable cards with translation results
- Many more features.

iKanji
A tool for learning Japanese kanji characters on your Mac. It features customisable flash cards and three different test modules. The tests cover kanji meanings, readings and stroke writing. iKanji keeps a detailed history of your test scores over time so you can track your learning progress.

iKanji contains 2230 kanji, that includes Japanese school grade kanji up to level 6 and JLPT levels 1 to 4. In addition there are 214 kanji radicals. Nearly 20,000 example words are also provided in kanji and kana with their meaning in English. Many kanji also have stroke animations.

Global Word
An English-Chinese Dictionary containing 60,000+ entries with the following major features:
- Look-up By Radical, Simplified Character, Traditional Character, Pinyin, Zhuyin, or English
- Look-up using similar words or even character-by-character translation
- Filter results using wildcards
- Embedded Chat Room allows you to study with others worldwide
- Using the Dictionary does not require Internet access
- The dictionary is updated approximately every month, and upgrades will always be freely and easily available!

French Verb Games
Practice French verb conjugation using tests and puzzles. Fun and easy to use. Select tenses, verb groups and verb types depending on your level of learning. Choose between a variety of test formats, including fill in tests, crosswords, word search puzzles and word games. French Verb Games creates an unlimited number of tests and puzzles from your selections. The program also includes full conjugation tables for 700 verbs, color coded to show verb irregularities.

Amigos Spanish
Learn Spanish with the Amigos Spanish verb program. Practice verb conjugation using tests and puzzles, including anagrams, word search and crosswords puzzles. Fun and easy to use. Amigos Spanish provides the repetition needed to quickly gain confidence using Spanish verbs in different tenses. The program is designed for all levels of expertise — everything is fully selectable. The program includes full conjugation tables for 700 verbs.

Jisho
An easy to use Japanese English dictionary. With it’s super fast search results it is perfect for students of Japanese and English.

Features:
- Search in Japanese, English, German Russian, and French

- Japanese searching can be in Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana, or Romaji (Roman letters)
- View translations in Japanese, English German, Russian and French
- View the part of speech of a word
- Automatically converts from Japanese characters to Roman letters
- Select the depth of a search
- Wildcard search
- Search History
- Mac OS X Integration
- Zooming

- Completely localized into German and Japanese

Word Spelunker
Word Spelunker (Formerly “OS X Word Lookup”) is a GUI front end to the command line “grep” tool in OS X. It gives you access to thousands of fascinating and unique words. These can be great if you’re looking for a unique word to be used as a login. It can help you avoid being jsmith1234@somedomain.com.

Don’t use it to find passwords. That’s a really bad idea because dictionary attacks are one of the most common forms of brute force password cracking.

Lexicon
Introducing a new way to learn languages. Lexicon makes it easy to keep track of your foreign language vocabulary and learn new words. Entering words is easy with LanguageSync- just start typing a word and Lexicon will do the rest. Then organize your words into groups (including smart groups), and Practice them to start learning! When you’re ready, take a Quiz to test your knowledge. Try it out and see what you learn.

Amigos Spanish Puzzles
Learn Spanish vocabulary using various word games and puzzles. Fun and easy to use. Words are grouped into categories for easy learning. Amigos Spanish Puzzles also provides a great variety of games and puzzles for a less formal learning environment.

Choose from crossword puzzles, word search puzzles and various word games including anagrams, matching words, or match your wits against friends in a fun dice and board game.

French Word Puzzles
Learn French vocabulary using games and puzzles. French Word Puzzles includes over 2500 French words and expressions, divided into 75 categories and sub-categories for easy learning. Create unlimited fill in tests, crossword puzzles, word search puzzles and word games from these words, or play a fun dice and board game. French Word Puzzles provides a unique and fun filled learning experience.

Proloquo
A multilingual speech solution for Mac OS X that provides: (1) a full-fledged communication system (AAC) for people who cannot speak; (2) provides speech feedback in any application while typing for children and people with learning disabilities; (3) can serve as a talking word processor; (4) provides an advanced, multilingual speech engine for our KeyStrokes on-screen keyboard and our SwitchXS switch access solution.

Proloquo includes natural-sounding Infovox iVox voices for a language of choice. The languages currently available are American English, British English, American Spanish, Czech, Canadian French, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Flemish, Icelandic, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish and Turkish. Infovox iVox provides voices that work not only in Proloquo but system-wide. Finally, Proloquo of course works with all the built-in voices of Mac OS X.

Proloquo can be used to create a complete personalized Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) system using simple drag and drop (or copy and paste) of phrases into lists organized by topic. Proloquo also includes LayoutKitchen. With LayoutKitchen users can design their own speech panels for Proloquo with colorable and resizable buttons containing text and/or images in a variety of formats.

Ultralingua Dictionaries

Ultralingua redefines dictionary software for Mac OS X. Redesigned from the ground up for Mac OS X Leopard, Ultralingua 7 combines award-winning dictionaries with verb conjugation, gorgeous Core Animation flashcards, integrated discussion forums, number-to-text translation, and much more.

Features:
- Extensive dictionaries, rich with definitions, translations, usages notes, and more: French-English, Spanish-English, German-English, Italian-English, Portuguese-English, Norwegian-English, Latin-English, Esperanto-English, Spanish-French, German-French, Italian-French, German-Spanish, Portuguese-Spanish, and English and French definitions and synonyms.
- Lightning-fast live search. Use any form of a word (in most languages) when searching.
- Flashcards. Create color-coded flashcards, and then test yourself with the beautiful Core Animation full-screen flashcard view. With Flashcard Autocomplete, creating language flashcards has never been easier.
- Many more features.

iFlash
An advanced memorization application based around the flash-card learning metaphor. If you want to learn almost anything, from a foreign language to the ten-codes police officers use, iFlash is for you.

iFlash includes many great features to help you study. You can record audio directly into any flash-card (great for foreign languages), as well as attaching images. Other features include an unlimited amount of card sides per deck, advanced importing and exporting, iPod support, quick-searching and a beautiful interface that is strikingly similar to other iApplications (like iTunes and iPhoto).

Also included is the integrated iFlash Deck Library, which is an easy way to download and share card decks. With a familiar interface and over 2000 card decks available, you’ll be learning something new in no time.

Click here to read about the first 15 apps that we introduced and here is the list of the last 15 apps.