iCE Features
Learn Chinese faster with Loqu8 iCE (iNterpret Chinese-English). Download and start reading and understanding popular Chinese websites. Instead of "life like" simulations, you'll be learning real Chinese from Google, Yahoo, BBC, Reuters and Baidu.
- Understand Chinese immediately with instant English translations.
- Listen to words and phrases pronounced in
Mandarin Chinese. Follow along in Pinyin or Bopomofo phonetics.
- Lookup Chinese, Pinyin or English words in the 64,000 word dictionary.
- Search the web in Chinese without typing any Chinese. Simply point and click.
Get the latest news from China, Hong Kong or Taiwan in Chinese.
iCE's powerful pop-up window shows:
- Words and phrases (enlarged for greater legibility)
- Both simplified and traditional characters
- Phonetics (Pinyin or Bopomofo)
- English translation with brief description
With a right-mouse click, the Main Menu offers:
- Pronounce - pronounce the selected word in Mandarin Chinese. Press Ctrl+S to hear the pronunciation again and again. iCE is a tireless tutor.
- Copy - copy only the Chinese characters to
the clipboard.
- Copy Entries - copies the highlighted entry
(or entries) including the Chinese characters, phonetics and
English translation.
- Lookup - search the dictionary for words or definitions using Chinese (simplified or traditional), phonetics (Pinyin) or English with wildcards (dic* matches dictionary and other words that start with "dic")
- Web Searches - without typing Chinese, search popular sites like Baidu, Flickr, Google, Wikipedia and more.
Version 5 Enhancements
The newest version of Loqu8 iCE incorporates a powerful new
iNtuition™ engine that dramatically expands support for more
applications.
- New! iCE now supports Mozilla Firefox 3 and the Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint) with LiveScan and formatted paste
- New! Highlight mode shows multiple words in one window
- New! Zoom fonts larger to show details of characters--deal for classrooms
- New! Build word lists by tagging as favorites
- Enhanced: Freeze LiveScan window with pin function
- Enhanced: Chinese/Pinyin-English dictionary expanded to over
70,000 words and phrases
