NDLI: Automatic aids to dictionary revision

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Reitz, Gerhard Mersel, Jules
Abstract	Updating a bilingual dictionary is a formidable task. The lexicographer has to have an intimate knowledge of both languages involved in all the pertinent fields. To this purpose, the work of professional translators could be used to good advantage. In a large majority of such translations, both the original word and the English equivalent chosen are found in already existing bilingual dictionaries. We are concerned with the case where either the source word or the English equivalent are not listed. The translator ordinarily does not relay his discovery or new interpretation to the lexicographer; he may be quite unaware of this. A side by side comparison of the original and the translation would reveal such deviations to the lexicographer. The original article is sufficient to indicate a missing word in the dictionary. The translation is needed to obtain its equivalent. A dictionary and the translation are needed to detect a new equivalent. This comparison is time-consuming and tedious. The following procedures, programmed at Ramo-Wooldridge relieve the lexicographer of this drudgery and yet supply him with the results.
File Format	PDF
DOI	10.1145/800029.808570
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	1961-01-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Automatic aids to dictionary revision