Itadaki

From Itadaki

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Downloads 3 License 4 Feature Tour 4.1 Dictionary 4.2 Furigana Wizard 5 Development Information 6 Thanks

Introduction

Itadaki is a Japanese language toolset integrated with OpenOffice, providing tools intended for students and translators of Japanese.

Downloads

The current release is 1.0 alpha 1.

• Downloads are available here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=188825
• Please follow the Installation Instructions to install Itadaki.

Note: Following these instructions is strongly recommended to avoid some pitfalls involving Japanese fonts and the setup of Java.

License

Itadaki is made available under the GNU LGPL, and is free to use, copy, and modify under the terms of that license.

The optional dictionaries provided for use with Itadaki are licensed under various other terms, including the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA 2.5 and the Ipadic license. A full breakdown of the license terms of Itadaki's components can be found in the Code Module Overview

Feature Tour

Dictionary

The Dictionary searches one or more standard EDICT format dictionaries (packages of the EDICT general dictionary and ENAMDICT name dictionary are available from the download area). The dictionary can be set to search on selection to allow fast lookups from within OpenOffice documents

• Dictionary Feature Tour

Furigana Wizard

The Furigana Wizard automatically applies furigana (reading annotations) to Kanji. For each sentence analysed, the best guess as to the correct readings is automatically presented; alternative or custom readings can be selected interactively.

• Furigana Wizard Feature Tour

Development Information

Development mailing list: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itadaki-devel

User enquiries (feedback, requests for help, feature suggestions, etc.) are also welcome on this list.

An overview of the code modules that comprise Itadaki is available.

• Code Module Overview

A guide to building Itadaki from source is available.

• Building Itadaki From Source

Thanks

Itadaki is built on ideas from a great number of other projects. Special thanks are due in particular to:

• JWPce and the venerable JWP for pioneering the concept of a text editor with integrated Japanese tools
• JGloss for the idea of using morphological analysis to apply furigana, and indirectly for several ideas concerning dictionary interfaces in Java
• Sen for the basis of a pure Java morphological analysis library (see GoSen for more information about the fork/upgrade of Sen used within Itadaki)