Titel:	Lingvo Universal English-Russian Dictionary: Making a Printed Dictionary from an Electronic One
Personen:	Anokhina, Julia
Jahr:	2010
Typ:	Aufsatz
Verlag:	Fryske Akademy
Ortsangabe:	Leeuwarden
In:	Dykstra, Anne/Schoonheim, Tanneke (Hgg.): Proceedings of the 14th EURALEX International Congress, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, 6 - 10 July 2010
Seiten:	539-548
Untersuchte Sprachen:	Englisch*English - Russisch*Russian
Schlagwörter:	Hypermedia/Hypertext*hypermedia/hypertext Publikationsform*form of publication Redaktionssystem*lexicographic editor
URI:	http://euralex.org/category/publications/euralex-leeuwarden-2010/
Zuletzt besucht:	10.09.2018
Abstract:	Lingvo Universal English-Russian Dictionary (Lingvo UERD) was the first electronic English-Russian dictionary published in Russia. It appeared in 1990, as part of the Lingvo software produced by the company ABBYY. Unlike many other dictionaries available on Lingvo, which are licensed electronic versions of high-quality paper editions, Lingvo UERD is the fruit of the company's own lexicographic research. As the dictionary database grew further, it was transformed into a multifunctional database, used to produce different kinds of dictionaries. The first printed edition based on its content was the ABBYY Lingvo Comprehensive English-Russian Dictionary, published in 2007. It was designed as an English-Russian dictionary for professional users and advanced learners; the dictionary entries were edited in the in-house DWS ABBYY Lingvo Content. The 2nd revised edition of it was initiated in 2008 by the publishing house ABBYY Press; the current article reports on this project. While preparing the dictionary lexicographers faced a whole range of problems related to different access to electronic vs. printed dictionary data, to different user tasks while accessing them and to the specific character of the Lingvo software format. Many difficulties were solved by ABBYY programmers who adjusted export algorithms of the DWS and improved its interface. All those improvements were added to the latest version of the DWS ABBYY Lingvo Content. Present-day dictionary databases tend to include as much linguistic data as possible in order to be used as a basis for different kinds of dictionaries, including printed editions. As an electronic database is a 166 book of abstracts big hypertext comprising multiple links and different kinds of specific data which cannot be exported to the 'paper' format, making a paper dictionary from such a database may be quite a challenging task. Working hand in hand with the publishing house editors enabled us to minimize the inevitable losses resulting from such a procedure. The other result of this work was the creation of a printed dictionary more in line with the needs of modern users, presented in a more convenient and user-friendly way.