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Is Academic.ru having problems?
Thread poster: James McVay
James McVay
James McVay  Identity Verified
United States
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Jan 9, 2020

For two days now I've tried to use the bilingual dictionary look-up at Academic.ru for both Ru-En and Bu-En and got this error message every time: This site can't be reached. The site is still working for monolingual look-ups.

Does anyone know what's going on?
 
DZiW (X)
DZiW (X)
Ukraine
English to Russian
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OK Jan 9, 2020

James, I checked it two days ago and just now--everything is fine both from gray/white Ukrainian ip and via a vpn.
 
James McVay
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Same result Jan 9, 2020

Thanks for checking. I just tried it again and got the same error message. I also tried bilingual look-up using my iPhone and got a Safari error message saying it couldn't contact the server.

Maybe it's a US-only problem. Or maybe the site just doesn't like me.
 
Sergei Vasin
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Ukraine
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Member (2008)
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Down for Everyone or Just Me Jan 9, 2020

You can check whether any site is down just for you or for everyone using this useful site:

https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/
 
James McVay
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It's just me! Jan 9, 2020

Thanks, Sergei. I was not aware of that site.
 
Ian Mansbridge
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Not working here either Jan 10, 2020

It's not working for me either (in the UK).
 
James McVay
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Tried https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ Jan 13, 2020

Still having a problem… It's a shame, too, because this is one of my favorite dictionaries.

When I ran the URL for the site’s home page on downforeveryoneorjustme.com and got a response that said the website is up. I then tried running it with a URL for a Russian word (https//dic.academic.ru/другой/ru/xx/) and downforeveryoneorjustme.com responded that I had entered an invalid domain name.

[Edited at 2020-01-13 20:37 GMT]
 


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