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<DIV><SPAN class=703485121-25042004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Japanese translators commonly use a software program named Jammin
(Jamming?) that allows them to search multiple dictionaries with one
search.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=703485121-25042004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
generally just use online dictionaries, though. Functions I look for are the
ability to look up single characters (I do Japanese translation), name readings
of characters, and searches from either language. Notation of fields of
specialty indicated is sometimes welcome, though that can quickly become
burdensome when a word is used in multiple fields with the same
meaning.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703485121-25042004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Another important feature is spelling. With Eijiro, for example, you
often have to guess whether to use katakana, hiragana or characters to find
plant and animal names (although they have been working to make that more
consistent).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=703485121-25042004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>One
feature of the Microsoft Bookshelf J/E dictionary I really like is you can
search for a word within any entry. Sometimes this will yield a word being used
within an entry that indicates context sufficiently to use for
translation.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703485121-25042004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
ability to add words and especially to add words from a personal glossary would
be invaluable as well.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703485121-25042004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>HTH</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703485121-25042004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Benjamin Barrett</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Ron Moe
[mailto:ron_moe@sil.org] <BR><BR></FONT></DIV><TT>I would like to raise a new
issue. I know that some of you are translators<BR>as well as lexicographers. I
have observed that professional translators<BR>have dog-eared
dictionaries--they use them all the time. I attended a<BR>conference in Hong
Kong devoted to the topic of "Translation and bilingual<BR>dictionaries." The
professional translators at the conference were very<BR>interested in the
topic.<BR><BR>Here's the question: Assuming that you are a translator and
assuming that<BR>your dictionary is electronic, what kind of a dictionary do
you need and how<BR>would you use it? The question presupposes that you could
display your<BR>dictionary in various ways electronically. What kind of ways
would you want<BR>to display the data? How would you want to navigate through
the database?<BR>What kind of information would you want to find, how do you
want to find it,<BR>and how do you want it to look when you find
it?<BR><BR>Ron Moe<BR>SIL International<BR>Phoenix, Arizona</TT>
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