ChineseCode 1.5b Review
ChineseCode 1.5b (free) is a small and get-to-the-point program that translates Chinese characters from traditional to simplified or vice-versa.
Apple also provides a program that performs a similar function called Chinese Text Converter. Chinese Text Converter, however, is something of a pain as you need to convert entire plain text documents; it has no way to convert copy and pasted text.
ChineseCode lets you skip the process of placing the text in a document altogether. It consists merely of a simple dual-pane window.
Paste simplified characters in one, and traditional characters appear in the other and vice versa. That's all it takes to get it done.
ChineseCode is not perfect, however. One of the characters I tried to convert converted into a question mark (pictured above). The character does exist in Mac OS X's simplified Chinese. It was available in the Character Palette, although it didn't show up when it typed in "ju2" or "ju" using the ITABC Standard input method, even though that was the reading listed in the Character Palette.
I was converting 147 characters and 146 out of 147 is a pretty good rate of accuracy for a free program. I recommend it highly if you need to go quickly between simplified and traditional Chinese.
Apple also provides a program that performs a similar function called Chinese Text Converter. Chinese Text Converter, however, is something of a pain as you need to convert entire plain text documents; it has no way to convert copy and pasted text.
ChineseCode lets you skip the process of placing the text in a document altogether. It consists merely of a simple dual-pane window.
Paste simplified characters in one, and traditional characters appear in the other and vice versa. That's all it takes to get it done.
ChineseCode is not perfect, however. One of the characters I tried to convert converted into a question mark (pictured above). The character does exist in Mac OS X's simplified Chinese. It was available in the Character Palette, although it didn't show up when it typed in "ju2" or "ju" using the ITABC Standard input method, even though that was the reading listed in the Character Palette.
I was converting 147 characters and 146 out of 147 is a pretty good rate of accuracy for a free program. I recommend it highly if you need to go quickly between simplified and traditional Chinese.
posted by Vincent at 10:51 PM
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