Electronic Polish-English-Polish dictionary

[David Murphy]

Dear Prof. Swan,Sounds wonderful. Looking forward to using the dictionary.
David Murphy


On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 3:55 PM, <mlk18+ at pitt.edu <mlk18%2B at pitt.edu>>wrote:

> From Oscar Swan:
>
> Dear SEELANGS,
>
> I've asked Michelle Kuhn to  bring the beta version of my student's
> electronic Polish-English-Polish dictionary to people's attention. I'm
> still working on the data base, but the mechanics are in place, and it is
> already a workable tool, adequate for most student use. I use it myself,
> so  it's got not to be too bad. My students at all levels have adopted it
> and  use it pretty much exclusively for class work. It's free and can be
> found  at:
>
> http://polish.slavic.pitt.edu/~swan/beta/
>
> The dictionary supports whole and partial word searches, left-anchored
> string searches, right-anchored string searches, and can also look for
> best  left-hand matches. It is Polish-to-English oriented, but searches
> can be  set for either one language or the other or for both at the same
> time, and  also restricted for part of speech.
>
> Boolean searches can be used for compiling grammatical sets - for example,
>  nouns of the <imiE> type, verbs taking the dative, and so on. Entering a
> word like 'film', in addition to 'film' itself, gives a list of around 50
> film-studies words. I am continuing to work on enhancing the search
> possibilities, hence the 'beta' designation.
>
> A user can compile custom vocabulary lists which are saved from session to
>  session. Texts can be pasted into a notepad that can hold up to a
> small-sized book, with words instantly clickable for fast reading. I've
> found that for intermediate students this speeds up reading by a factor of
>  at least five, probably more. The need for glossed readers for all
> intents  and purposes is eliminated, although an instructor, if he or she
> wishes,  can use the notepad in combination with the list-maker to quickly
> assemble  a vocabulary list for some electronic text, like an on-line
> newspaper or  Wikipedia article.
>
> There is a feedback option for bringing comments and corrections to my
> attention, which I urge people to use. So far I haven't gotten any
> feedback, although I see that users from more than 30 countries have used
> the dictionary already, probably because someone entered it on Wikipedia,
> which is why I concluded I might as well officially announce the
> dictionary  to the AATSEEL membership in its still beta state.
>
> O. Swan
> University of Pittsburgh
>
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