I'm looking for a decent Spanish-English dictionary. I've tried Ultralingua ($30) and can't stand it -- the verb conjugator alone is enough not to use it, but in general it's just a pain and the translations are limited. I've also tried English-Spanish Dictionary X ($25) but it's not very comprehensive. Cost is not a consideration. I would willingly pay 2-4x more for a decent program.
My needs:
-lots of translations
-easy-to-use verb conjugation reference (I'd take this as a separate program, along the lines of
Verbulator)
-teh snappy -- I will be using it all the time and don't want to wait around for the program to catch up with me; that said, I don't need to be able to get a definition from within Word or something like that
-decent search function
-idiomatic phrases
-not internet-based
For French I use Le Robert & Collins, mixing two of the best French dictionaries out there. Despite its limitations, it is the best billingual dictionary I've used, though expensive (~80 euros). It's got a huge amount of sample phrases, idiomatic stuff, etc. in both languages and is easily searched.
It also finds a verb even if you've conjugated it and you can click on a button to see the conjugations, which are grouped in tabs, instead of using specific popup menus to display a single type of verb (e.g. preterit). This is nice because sometimes you don't know what tense a verb is, which is often why you're looking it up in the first place. I hate how Ultralingua makes you choose a very specific tense, which essentially means its trial and error until you get better at verbs.
Any recommendations?
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