Quickly translate English to/from Japanese via Quicksilver

Nov 21, '06 07:30:02AM

Contributed by: Shumanfu

If you're Quicksilver user, and would like an easy English to Japanese dictionary look-up, you can quickly access Jim Breen's On-Line dictionary by bookmarking these URLS in your browser:

Make sure you've got Quicksilver's Web Search plug-in installed, though. Then, to use, do this:
  1. Activate Quicksilver
  2. Rescan your catalog (Command-R)
  3. Type in the name of your bookmark ( i called mine wejd and wjed)
  4. Tab for the Web Search Action
  5. Tab to type in search string.
Great for simple lookups -- results pop up in your web browser.

[robg adds: This trick will probably work with any of the launcher-type applications. In Butler (and probably others), for instance, you could assign these search engine shortcuts their own hotkey for really fast access.]

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