[Lexicog] Fwd: [Ishll] TshwaneLex News

[Benjamin Barrett]

Perhaps of interest. I have never tried this software. BB

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> From: "Gilles-Maurice de Schryver" <gillesmaurice.deschryver at UGent.be>
> Date: March 18, 2009 12:50:53 AM PDT
> To: <DSNA at yahoogroups.com>, <asialex at freelists.org>, <ishll at lists.le.ac.uk 
> >
> Subject: [Ishll] TshwaneLex News
> Reply-To: gillesmaurice.deschryver at UGent.be, "A moderated mailing  
> list for the International Society for Historical Lexicography and  
> Lexicology. An electronic news letter." <ishll at lists.le.ac.uk>
>
> Apologies to anyone who receives this posting multiple times.
>
> ---
> 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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