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<DIV><FONT size=2>Yes, Ron, revisions can be made to the info on the website.
Because I am so busy, I always appreciate it if others make the revisions and
post them themselves. As a list subscriber you (or anyone else) has posting
privileges on the list website.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Wayne Leman</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Periodically someone on the LexicographyList asks for
advice on choosing a software package for their dictionary project. I’m not
sure if we are all aware of the resources on our LexicographyList website. (I
wasn’t.) There is a page on the website that contains links to quite a few
software packages. The URL is:<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A
href="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lexicographylist/links/Software_001073452817/">http://tech.<WBR>groups.yahoo.<WBR>com/group/<WBR>lexicographylist<WBR>/links/Software_<WBR>001073452817/</A><O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I’ve compiled the information I have into a Word
document and have pasted the contents below. There is some overlap between my
list and the list on the LexicographyList page. I would welcome any additions
and corrections. It would be nice if we could expand our website page to
include all the resources that we are aware of and if we could give a brief
review and/or endorsement of those that we have used. [note to <ST1>Wayne
Leman</ST1>: <ST1><ST1>Wayne</ST1></ST1>, can the information below be added
to the website and modified as necessary?] Then we can merely refer future
inquiries to that page.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Ron Moe<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoTitle><B><FONT size=6 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Lexicography Software<O></O></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<H1><B><FONT size=5 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Professional
lexicography software<O></O></SPAN></FONT></B></H1>
<H3><B><FONT size=4 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Fieldworks
Language Explorer (FLEx)<O></O></SPAN></FONT></B></H3>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Fieldworks is still being developed (as of 2009) but
is perhaps the most well developed and complete system for investigating,
managing, and formatting dictionary data. It is based on a well-thought
through and sophisticated model of the lexicon and has very powerful tools for
rapidly developing a dictionary. It is designed to describe a single language,
and enables you to produce a monolingual, bilingual, or multilingual
dictionary of that language. It has an active email user support group that is
very good at answering user questions.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Their website gives the following
description:<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">FieldWorks Language Explorer is the lexical and text
tools component of SIL Fieldworks. It is an open source desktop application
designed to help field linguists perform many common tasks. It can help
you:<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<UL type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">elicit and record lexical
information<O></O></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">create dictionaries<O></O></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">interlinearize texts<O></O></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">study morphology<O></O></SPAN></FONT> </LI></UL>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">FieldWorks was reviewed in vol 1 of Language
Documentation & Conservation: </SPAN></FONT><CODE><B><FONT color=black
size=2 face="Courier New"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><A
href="http://hdl.handle.net/10125/1730">http://hdl.handle.<WBR>net/10125/<WBR>1730</A>
</SPAN></FONT></B></CODE><O></O></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Website: <A
href="http://www.sil.org/computIng/fieldworks/">http://www.sil.<WBR>org/computIng/<WBR>fieldworks/</A>
<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Cost: free<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H3><ST1><ST1><B><FONT size=4 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Indiana</SPAN></FONT></B></ST1></ST1> Dictionary
Database.<O></O></H3>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Their website gives the following
description:<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“A multimedia dictionary database program that has
been created specifically for compiling dictionaries of American Indian
languages. The program, now in its final stages of development, is designed to
support standard textual linguistic material as well as sound data, graphical
images, and video clips.”<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Website: <A
title=blocked::http://www.indiana.edu/~aisri/software/index.shtml
href="http://www.indiana.edu/~aisri/software/index.shtml">http://www.indiana.<WBR>edu/~aisri/<WBR>software/<WBR>index.shtml</A><O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Cost: (unknown, password
needed)<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H3><B><FONT size=4 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Lexique
Pro<O></O></SPAN></FONT></B></H3>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Lexique Pro was designed to display and publish a
dictionary, both in print and electronically. It was not designed to
facilitate the production of a dictionary and has limited editing capability.
However some people have used it to edit a dictionary. It accepts files
created by Toolbox (MDF), FieldWorks, and WeSay. Their website gives the
following description:<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“Lexique Pro is an interactive lexicon viewer and
editor, with hyperlinks between entries, category views, dictionary reversal,
search, and export tools. It's designed to display your data in a
user-friendly format so you can distribute it to
others.”<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Website:
http://www.lexiquep<WBR>ro.com/<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Cost: free<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H3><B><FONT size=4 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Lexus<O></O></SPAN></FONT></B></H3>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Their website gives the following
description:<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“Lexus is an [sic] web-based tool to create and edit
lexical databases.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“LEXUS is the web based lexicon tool currently being
developed by the Technical Facilities Group at the MPI [Max Planck
Institute].”<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Website: <A
title=blocked::http://www.lat-mpi.eu/tools/lexus/
href="http://www.lat-mpi.eu/tools/lexus/">http://www.lat-<WBR>mpi.eu/tools/<WBR>lexus/</A>
<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H3><B><FONT size=4 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Matapuna<O></O></SPAN></FONT></B></H3>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Their website gives the following
description:<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“The Mâtâpuna Dictionary Writing System is a free,
easy to use, web-based, multi-user, multilingual dictionary writing system. It
is currently being used to compile <A href="http://www.tetaurawhiri.govt.nz/"
target=_blank>Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Mâori</A> / The Mâori Language
Commissions monolingual dictionary of the Mâori
language.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“The system assists with many aspects of lexicography,
including team collaboration, routine error and consistency checking, corpus
searching, publishing, and progress monitoring in addition to the traditional
headword and entry management.”<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Website: <A
href="http://www.matapuna.org/">http://www.matapuna<WBR>.org/</A>
<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Cost: free<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H3><B><FONT size=4 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Multi-Dictionary
Formatter (MDF)<O></O></SPAN></FONT></B></H3>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">MDF is not essentially a software package, but a
standardized list of database fields. It was designed to be used with the
popular Shoebox (now called Toolbox) dictionary data management software. MDF
includes software tools to print a Shoebox/Toolbox dictionary, but its primary
contribution has been to provide a set of standard format markers. Other
software such as Lexique Pro will accept MDF formatted files. MDF has a
published user guide:<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Bibliography><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Coward, David F., and Charles E. Grimes. 1995. Making
dictionaries, a guide to lexicography and the Multi-Dictionary Formatter.
Waxhaw: Summer Institute of Linguistics.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">You can download the user guide from the MDF website.
The MDF website gives the following description:<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“Printing a dictionary frustrates many linguists and
anthropologists. Converting lexical databases to formatted documents has been
so difficult that—for some—it never gets done before editing is completed. The
Multi-Dictionary Formatter (MDF) enables ordinary computer users to print a
dictionary. Removing the difficulty from printing saves time; adding the
ability to inspect fully formatted lexical entries throughout the
dictionary-making process improves quality.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“MDF is flexible enough to organize lexical data from
all over the world for a variety of purposes and print it in several formats.
It defines about 100 data field markers. The average dictionary compiler will
use about 20 to 30 of them on a regular basis. The markers follow a mneumonic
system for ease of learning and recall. Please note that
</SPAN></FONT><STRONG><B><FONT color=#333333 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #333333">Shoebox does
</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><EM><B><I><FONT color=#333333 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #333333; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">not</SPAN></FONT></I></B></EM><STRONG><B><FONT
color=#333333 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #333333">
require you to use MDF</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG>. If you already have a
well-organized set of markers for lexical data, you can continue to use them
(by defining your own database type).<O></O></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“Shoebox includes MDF as a kind of export process in
the Export command (on the File menu). If you use its system of data field
markers, MDF can automatically format your lexical data as a dictionary or
reversed index (finderlist)<WBR>.”<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Website: <A
href="http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/MDF.html">http://www.sil.<WBR>org/computing/<WBR>shoebox/MDF.<WBR>html</A>
<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Cost: free<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H3><B><FONT size=4 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Shoebox/Toolbox<O></O></SPAN></FONT></B></H3>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The original Shoebox program was rewritten to support
Unicode and renamed Toolbox. The greatest advantage of Toolbox is its extreme
flexibility. It can be used to manage any sort of dictionary project. It has
been around for a long time and has been used by hundreds of projects, perhaps
as many as a thousand. However it is based on older technology and lacks
features that newer programs have. Their website gives the following
description:<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“Toolbox is a data management and analysis tool for
field linguists. It is especially useful for maintaining lexical data, and for
parsing and interlinearizing text, but it can be used to manage virtually any
kind of data.”<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Website: <A
href="http://www.sil.org/computIng/toolbox/">http://www.sil.<WBR>org/computIng/<WBR>toolbox/</A>
<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Cost: free<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H3><B><FONT size=4 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">TshwaneLex
Dictionary Compilation Software<O></O></SPAN></FONT></B></H3>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The TshwaneLex website gives the following
description:<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“TshwaneLex is a professional commercial software
application suite for the compilation of dictionaries ('dictionary writing
system') or terminology lists. It contains many specialized features that
allow any organisation producing dictionaries to <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">dramatically reduce dictionary compilation
time</SPAN></B>, increase the quality and consistency of their dictionaries,
and manage larger projects with larger teams. These features include an
integrated Corpus Query System, immediate article preview, <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">full customisability</SPAN></B>, styles system,
automatic cross-reference tracking, automated lemma reversal, online and
electronic dictionary modules, export to MS Word and typesetting systems (such
as InDesign and XPP), and <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">teamwork (network
/ multi-user)</SPAN></B> support.”<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">TshwaneLex was reviewed in vol 1 of Language
Documentation & Conservation: </SPAN></FONT><CODE><B><FONT color=black
size=2 face="Courier New"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><A
href="http://hdl.handle.net/10125/1729">http://hdl.handle.<WBR>net/10125/<WBR>1729</A>
<O></O></SPAN></FONT></B></CODE></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Website: <A
href="http://tshwanedje.com/tshwanelex/">http://tshwanedje.<WBR>com/tshwanelex/</A>
<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Cost: 1900 Euro (commercial version), 150 Euro
(academic license)<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H3><B><FONT size=4 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">WeSay<O></O></SPAN></FONT></B></H3>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">WeSay is being designed as a tool for native speakers,
rather than professional lexicographers. However lexicographers can use it to
engage speakers of the language in the development of a dictionary for their
language. It is designed to work on small inexpensive battery-operated
machines that can be taken to remote areas. Their website gives the following
description:<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN>“WeSay is an Open Source project aimed at
providing computer tools to help communities perform several language
development activities on their own. It is extremely simple, task oriented,
and will be available on hardware that is appropriate to their
environment.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN>“Our first version helps people build a
dictionary in their own language. It has various ways to help native speakers
to think of words in their language and enter some basic data about them (no
backslash codes, just forms to fill in).”</SPAN><O></O></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Website: <A
href="http://www.wesay.org/wiki/Main_Page">http://www.wesay.<WBR>org/wiki/<WBR>Main_Page</A><O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Cost: free<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H1><B><FONT size=5 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Other useful
lexicography tools<O></O></SPAN></FONT></B></H1>
<H3><B><FONT size=4 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Dictionary
Development Process (DDP)<O></O></SPAN></FONT></B></H3>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">DDP is a method for rapidly collecting the lexemes of
a previously undocumented language. It uses a list of 1800 semantic domains to
help native speakers of a language to think of and write down the words and
lexical phrases of their language. Each domain includes elicitation questions
and sample words. Several hundred dictionary projects have used DDP to collect
10,000-25,000 lexemes in a two week workshop. The DDP materials have been
incorporated into Fieldworks Language Explorer. Other software such as Toolbox
and LexiquePro support DDP.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Website: <A
href="http://www.sil.org/computing/ddp/index.htm">http://www.sil.<WBR>org/computing/<WBR>ddp/index.<WBR>htm</A>
<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Cost: free<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H1><B><FONT size=5 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Wikis (online
collaborative dictionary projects)<O></O></SPAN></FONT></B></H1>
<H3><B><FONT size=4 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">DACCO<O></O></SPAN></FONT></B></H3>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">DACCO is an online collaborative Catalan-English
English-Catalan dictionary project.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Website: <A
href="http://www.catalandictionary.org/eng/">http://www.cataland<WBR>ictionary.<WBR>org/eng/</A>
<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Cost: free (online wiki)<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H3><B><FONT size=4 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">LingoZ<O></O></SPAN></FONT></B></H3>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">LingoZ is an online collaborative dictionary of
English with definitions in English and seven other major
languages.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Website: <A
href="http://lingoz.com/en/">http://lingoz.<WBR>com/en/</A>
<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Cost: free (online wiki)<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H3><B><FONT size=4 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Wiktionary<O></O></SPAN></FONT></B></H3>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Wiktionary is an online collaborative project to
support the development of a dictionary for any language in the world.
Unfortunately it does not appear to be possible to upload an existing
dictionary.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Website: <A
href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page">http://en.wiktionar<WBR>y.org/wiki/<WBR>Wiktionary:<WBR>Main_Page</A>
<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Block><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Cost: free (online wiki)<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H3><B><FONT size=4 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Leo<O></O></SPAN></FONT></B></H3>
<P class=Bibliography><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Leo appears to be an online collaborative project to
produce bilingual German dictionaries. They welcome additions and suggestions,
but it appears that the content of each dictionary is managed by editors.
Currently they have German-English, German-French, German-Spanish,
German-Italian, and German-Chinese.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=Bibliography><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Website: <A
href="http://dict.leo.org/">http://dict.<WBR>leo.org/</A>
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