Aargh! Please help me download something!

xiaophil
 December 03, 2009, 01:28 AM posted in General Discussion

I have the new perakun translator installed in firefox.  It requires a Chinese-English dictionary plugin, and the link to said plugin is available at the developer's website.  The problem is, his website is blocked in China.  Can someone be a champ and go there, download the file and then email it to me?  I would be very grateful.

phil.g.beckwith@gmail.com

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xiaophil
 December 03, 2009, 02:09 AM

Anybody?  I promise I won't spam you.

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changye
 December 03, 2009, 11:11 AM

Hi xiaophil

Thanks a lot! I made it. It seems the dictionary has been actually improved. The character "石" shows two pinyin "dan4" and "shi2" this time, but the old dictionary only showed "dan4", which is rarely used in modern Chinese.

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xiaophil
 December 03, 2009, 02:14 AM

Thanks Changye, but actually I think the new perakun has solved some of the accuracy problems and have added a few useful features.

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changye
 December 03, 2009, 02:36 AM

Hi xiaophil

Please tell me when you get the file, hehe.

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xiaophil
 December 03, 2009, 02:38 AM

Changye, I will!  ...  Non-at-China poddies help!!!

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xiaophil
 December 03, 2009, 03:23 AM

Anybody?  (Please don't be annoyed by my insistence.  I'm just trying to keep this near the top so it won't get passed over easily.)

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xiaophil
 December 03, 2009, 05:16 AM

knock, knock... anybody home? ;)

By the way, I originally provided my email above, but it has turned to 'PM me'.  Fairly annoying, since as far as I know, we cannot send attachments this way.  If you send me a PM, I will email you back.

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bababardwan
 December 03, 2009, 05:41 AM

Mate,I'm at work but I'll try it late tonight for you.

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changye
 December 03, 2009, 02:11 AM

Hi xiaophil

I had the same problem and found a new pop-up translator "Mandarin Pop-up". I think this addon is just great, although it is still not perfect. I feel "pinyin" shown by Mandarin pop-up are more accurate than those by  Chineseperakun. Good luck.

https://addons.mozilla.org/ja/firefox/addon/9931

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jckeith
 December 03, 2009, 06:11 AM

I've uploaded it to a file hosting site. If this link doesn't work and Bababardwan doesn't get back to you, send me a PM.

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xiaophil
 December 03, 2009, 06:35 AM

jckeith

I'm downloading as I type.  Thanks!  You're great!

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jckeith
 December 03, 2009, 07:02 AM

不客气。:)

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changye
 December 03, 2009, 09:50 AM

Hi xiaophil

I've just finished downloading the file (4.55 MB), and it's on the desktop now. Also I already installed Chineseperakun, but I still can't use the addon. What shall I do next?

Hi jckeith

Thanks for your contribution!

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changye
 December 03, 2009, 10:04 AM

I dragged and dropped the file onto the Firefox icon, and the file seems to be succussfully installed into the browser, but still nothing happens. Default toggle key is "alt + 0", but it doesn't work. Of course, both perakun and the Chinese dictionary are "operative" now. The version of my Firefox is 3.0.15.

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xiaophil
 December 03, 2009, 10:16 AM

Hey Changye

Look on the bottom part of your browser.  There should be a new button.  Don't use the old blue button.  Does that work?

Another thing is, make sure you have the most current version of pera kun.  I think you know that, but I want to make sure as I think this version has been recently updated at the Mozilla website.

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xiaophil
 December 03, 2009, 05:50 AM

Thanks a lot!  You're the man.  My email is phil.g.beckwith@gmail.com.  You might have to download it with something other than Firefox, as if you use Firefox, it might try to install it rather than download it.