I had seen a beta version of the Visual Thesaurus some time ago.Then when it was finally released I kept on coming back to their web site, like a child returning to the window of a toy store, but never purchased it (what's the use... I've already got several thesauri on paper plus more in my word processor and other applications).
Still, it kept tantalizing me: I never deleted the link from my favorites, and from time to time kept coming back to give it a new look.
Finally, a few days ago, I decided to try a monthly subscription (the tool comes either as a standalone installable application, or as a web subscription).
I think that I am going to upgrade both to a full yearly subscription and to the standalone version (just in case the web is down).
The web version includes a beta version of a multilingual thesaurus (click on screenshot above to get a bigger image) . Though the multilingual content is a bit patchy at the moment, it promises to become a great tool for translators. It already is a wonderful tool for anybody who writes in English, or who is in love with words.
Highly recommended.
Have you tried this useful bilingual "visual thesaurus" : http://dico.isc.cnrs.fr/dico_html/fr/index_tr.html
ReplyDeleteLexipedia found at http://www.lexipedia.com is a fully functional version of Visual Thesaurus however it is free and has an expanded view of words and languages.
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