Software for onverting Chinese characters to pinyin

[multiplex77]

Hi,

Is there any software that I can input large amounts of Chinese simplified characters (eg, a whole newpaper article) and it returns:

(1) The original characters

(2) The pinyin with intonations below each character

(3) The English translation (optional).

Please do recommend if you have used anything like this. Thanks.

[flameproof]

If you just want Pinyin only you can use ZDT. Works also on larger text fine.

Has of course the "normal" issues with such transformations, i.e. 说 may come out as shui4 and not shuo1

[imron]

Also you could check out one of the several other threads on this topic (found by searching for "convert characters to pinyin"):

http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/12-horse-horse-tiger-tiger-slang-and-idioms881&highlight=convert+characters+pinyin

http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/2171-instant-chinese-character-to-pinyin-conversion-in-ms-word&highlight=convert+characters+pinyin

http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/135-foreigner-arrested-for-taking-photos77&highlight=convert+characters+pinyin

http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/2-favourite-chinese-musician1059&highlight=convert+characters+pinyin

http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/12245-hanzi-to-pinyin-in-excel&highlight=convert+characters+pinyin

http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/9124-how-do-you-convert-chinese-characters-into-pinyin-with-tones&highlight=convert+characters+pinyin

http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/6972-adding-pinyin-to-hanzi&highlight=convert+characters+pinyin

http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/5395-how-to-convert-long-chinese-texts-into-character-and-pinyin-ruby&highlight=convert+characters+pinyin

http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/4689-character-pinyin-program&highlight=convert+characters+pinyin

[chilli-hot]

http://www.mandarintools.com/ is brilliant!!! You can read a whole newspaper and navigate around a website!!!

Cheers from Shanghai

[johnmck]

DimSum of Mandarin Tools will even give you a full vocabulary list of your article (with the English translation). It includes a dictionary that can be accessed by English, pinyin, Chinese or even by drawing the character with your mouse. DimSum is a must have, and it is free!

[multiplex77]

Thanks for all your replies. After going through almost all the links, I found http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php was just what I was looking for.