I just found the gnome-translate-indicator which is great! I click on the button in the top panel and then I can lookup any word. It’s only one way but that’s not a big problem for me as I rarely translate to English, mostly from.

edit: the extension uses translate-shell which uses google, bing, but also apertium. So far I have not found a way to switch settings. I guess you have to point to a translate-shell instance which has to be configured.

I was wondering if there is an improved workflow for this. We’ve got bangs in the browser and is there a way to include this into the general GNOME search? maybe with a bang?

Additionaly, there is Light Dict which looks like a great app but doesn’t work on my machine out of the box (it fails to execute a trans process). Before trying to find the problem, I’d like to know if someone is using it.

edit2: I can’t find any attribution to any external dictionary. Use it at your own risk.

edit3: There is also Dialect with which you can translate via lingva or libretranslate. It looks like a nice gui app.

So, is there a perfect workflow for this? I’d lvoe to hear your experience with translation and dictionary lookups on GNOME / linux