| Titel: |
Online APEC multilingual dictionary: An essential tool for mutual understanding |
| Personen: | Kwary, Deny A. |
| Jahr: |
2011 |
| Typ: |
Aufsatz |
| Verlag: |
SEAMEO Regional Language Centre |
| Ortsangabe: |
Singapore |
| In: |
Ward, Christopher (Hg.): Language Education: An Essential for a Global Economy |
| Seiten: |
159-174 |
| Untersuchte Sprachen: |
Englisch*English |
| Schlagwörter: |
Internet-Lexikografie/Online-Lexikografie*internet lexicography/online lexicography
Übersetzung*translation
zweisprachige bzw. mehrsprachige Lexikografie*bilingual/multilingual lexicography
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| Abstract: |
In working to meet the Bogor Goals of free and open trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region, a mutual understanding among APEC member economies becomes highly important. The barriers such as different languages and differences in understanding terms used in a particular language have to be addressed. In this case, an online APEC multilingual dictionary can be used as a tool for mutual understanding. The dictionary does not only integrate the different languages used in APEC member economies but also features cultural notes in the dictionary articles especially for the terms which may be interpreted differently by users from different language communities.
This paper starts by examining culture-dependent words in the English language which are not only translated differently, but also interpreted differently by various APEC member economies. It also reviews the current dictionaries available in other multinational organizations, i.e. the European Union and the United Nations. The paper then proposes some principles to create an Online APEC Multilingual Dictionary in order to eliminate the misinterpretation of the words and to reach mutual understanding as well as satisfying the needs of the users. Throughout the process of creating the dictionary, an emphasis is given to the significance of cooperation between language professionals and economists, as well as the pooling of resources within the region in order to achieve lexicographical solutions which lead to the lowest lexicographical information costs. |