What is it?

NK Wakemaru is a Mac OS X 10.4 (a.k.a. Tiger) Dashboard widget, it allows you translate Japanese to Traditional/Simplified Chinese or vice versa. It utilizes eXcite! Japan's online translation service.

Front side of NK Wakemaru Widget.

Back side of NK Wakemaru Widget.

Preferences explained

• "Translate on the fly" -- when you type something at the input area, the widget will translate what you just type automatically (Without pressing "Translate" button).
• "Translate when cut/paste" -- When cutting or pasting anything onto the input area, the widget will translate the text inside the input area automatically.(Without pressing "Translate" button)

Currently it features English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese localization.

Features

• Traditional Chinese to Japanese translation
• Simplified Chinese to Japanese translation
• Japanese to Traditional Chinese translation
• Japanese to Simplfied Chinese translation
• English, Japanese Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese Localization

System Requirements

• Mac OS X 10.4 or later
• Internet connectivity

Download

• NK Wakemaru 1.0b4 (132KB)

Credit & Special Thanks!

• Programming & English/Chinese localization
  NK-Matsushima
• Japanese Localization
  MEJ (Special Thanks!)

Revision History

• 1.0b4 (Feb. 11, 2008)
  Parser updated to make it work as expected, again!
• 1.0b3
  Parser updated to make it work as expected
• 1.0b2
  MEJ's Japanese localization added
• 1.0b1
  English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese localization added
• 1.0a3
  Minor UI adjustments
• 1.0a2
  Perferences added
• 1.0a1
  Initial release