TopDictionaries Hebrew-English Translator

First of all, I should mention that I'm having no technical problems with this app and it is safe to buy. I was initially afraid to buy it, having seen a number of reviews complaining about v. 2.8.4 crashing, but since I'm not having those problems, I assume either that the issue has been fixed, or it was an installation problem. I give the translator points for being inexpensive, reasonably comprehensive, and not requiring Wi-Fi access. Typical dedicated electronic Hebrew translators like TextOn will cost you much more, especially the models with an autocompleting search engine, like this one has. There is even a fair bit of engineering and math terminology translated in this dictionary, which would have been useful for me back when I was a foreign student in Israel at the Technion. The quality of the translations are quite decent, although you do have to watch out for a few Hebrew expressions which have been translated a little too word-for-word into English. For example, the expression "indecent hint" doesn't exist in English and is an over-literal translation of a Hebrew expression. Probably, they were looking for "innuendo". The sad thing about this translator, however, is that like most others, it is designed more for Hebrew speakers learning English rather than vice versa. The Hebrew is not voweled, which is a feature that most Hebrew speakers won't care about and which allows the word capacity of the dictionary to be increased, but is a major inconvenience for English speakers learning Hebrew. Back in the 90s you could find a few voweled English-Hebrew translators, but unfortunately, it's been discontinued. Since Hebrew speakers offer the bigger market, the economic reasons behind this decision are obvious, but that doesn't mean I have to reward the decision with high ratings here, especially when computer memory is so cheap. To make matters worse, instead of spending extra computer memory for Hebrew vowels, the app dedicates extra memory pretty uselessly to providing Wiki and Google links for all the translations. This feature is to allow you, after performing a translation, to link to related web pages for an expanded discussion on the word you've just looked up. I don't really understand the logic of this feature. If I'm translating the word "car", I probably know a lot about cars already in at least one language, and it's taking away memory from better features as discussed above. Also, the links are often badly matched with the current word. After correctly finding the Hebrew translation of "repay", I followed a wiki link to a web page about camels... Another drawback is that the TopDictionaries app doesn't have a reverse translation feature. Most electronic translators allow you to "translate a translation" that you have just performed. This allows the device to act like a thesaurus and let you check which among several translations is the correct meaning you are looking for. Sadly, this app doesn't have it. Despite the negatives though, the app is good for people who already have a fair knowledge of Hebrew and want to use it to help with bedside reading. I hope it continues to improve.

Can't wait for next version.

I didn't believe it when the guy said that this was junk. I type 2 letters and it crashes. I hope the developers can fix it.

This app doesn't even work. It crashes the second I type a letter.

I am using top dictionary for almost 5 years, and in the past 2 years on the iPhone . Tried other Non can compare, If you need a dictionary Top in the answer. And if you need there advise / support they are there for you.