GoldenDict did offer a functionality to translate the word under cursor(when scan popup been enabled) on Windows.
the technique used there is old and can not work crossplatform .
with the help of another great tool [Capture2Text](https://sourceforge.net/projects/capture2text/) ,GoldenDict can work with ocr seamlessly.
# Note
Capture2Text has offered Windows precompiled executable files.I think it would be easier and possible to make it work on Linux as some afforts have tried.
- [Capture2Text Linux Port](https://github.com/GSam/Capture2Text )
- [another on nixos](https://github.com/sikmir/nur-packages/blob/7c876e3fb20160781207a8f652fb052647e6da0d/pkgs/misc/capture2text/default.nix) from [sikmir](https://github.com/goldendict/goldendict/issues/1445#issuecomment-1022972220)