[Lexicog] News and Offers from TshwaneDJe

[David Joffe]

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March 9, 2009: General News Roundup


SPECIAL OFFER

All TshwaneLex Suite orders placed between now and 3 April will 
receive a 30% discount; Academic License Upgrades are discounted 
50%! (Visit http://tshwanedje.com/ for details.)


NEW FEATURES AND LICENSING OPTIONS

TshwaneLex Suite 4.0 pre-release is currently available, and 
includes many new features, such as Microsoft Word Integration, 
dynamic "Smart Styles", script-based filters, tags, better 
statistics and error-checking, and many other improvements.

TshwaneLex can also now be used 'in' Spanish, French and Cilubà 
(thanks to our users who have translated the user interface using 
the built-in localization tools).

TshwaneLex and TshwaneTerm are also now available for individual 
users (e.g. freelance lexicographers or translators) via a lower-
cost 'Personal License' option.


OTHER IMPROVEMENTS

We've made several improvements to our ordering process, including 
increased automation, the ability to accept credit card payments, 
and 'instant software activation'. We have also upgraded to a more 
robust downloads server (hosting provided by Matogen Corporate Web 
Development - http://development.matogen.com/).


WE'RE EXPANDING

In January, we opened our new head office in Stellenbosch (in 
addition to our Pretoria office), where we have put together a team 
of several new programmers. This will allow us to develop more new 
features and products, and do more work, faster.


NEW SWAHILI - ENGLISH DICTIONARY

We've recently launched an electronic Swahili - English Dictionary, 
with many interesting features, including Microsoft Word integration 
for instant translations at the user's fingertips. For more 
information, screenshots, or to try it out, visit:

http://africanlanguages.com/swahili/dictionary/

This has been published using the TshwaneLex Electronic Dictionary 
Publishing Framework (http://tshwanedje.com/electronic/); if you are 
interested in producing a downloadable or CD-ROM dictionary, let us 
know.


OTHER NEW DICTIONARIES

We have also completed a Northern Sotho – English Dictionary 
(http://www.oxford.co.za/pls/cms/oup.show_pub?p_isbn=0195765559), 
published by Oxford University Press Southern Africa. Following on 
the success thereof, we're currently hard at work on a Zulu - 
English Dictionary, also to be published by Oxford University Press 
Southern Africa. We are truly excited about these groundbreaking 
dictionaries.

All of our dictionaries are corpus-driven, and all are created with 
the TshwaneLex Dictionary Compilation Software.


TSHWANELEX/TSHWANETERM ON THE MAC

Although the TshwaneLex Suite does not yet run natively on Mac OS X, 
several users have reported running it smoothly in the Parallels 
environment on Intel-based Macs. One of our users has also gotten 
TshwaneLex running on the Mac in the 'Crossover' environment, and 
has posted instructions online 
(http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/i-crossed-over/).


"CREATED WITH TSHWANELEX" SHOWCASE

The 'Diccionario integral del español de la Argentina', from Voz 
Activa (Tinta Fresca, Grupo Clarín), contains over 40,000 entries, 
80,000 meanings, over 90,000 usage examples, and many other useful 
features. Visit the website for more information and a smart 
preview: http://www.voz-activa.com.ar/flipdiccionario/


Regards,

 - David Joffe
CEO: TshwaneDJe Human Language Technology - http://tshwanedje.com/




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