Multilingual dictionary construction and services
- case study with the Fe* projects
 

Author 

 
 Mathieu Lafourcade

Address at that time:  
GETA - CLIPS - IMAG Campus — B.P. 53 — 38040 Grenoble cedex 9 — France — Tél. : 04.76.51.43.80 - Fax : 04.76.51.44.05 — email: Mathieu.Lafourcade@imag.fr   
UTMK-USM — 11800 Penang - Malaysia — email: lafourca@cs.usm.my   

Last known address:   
LIRMM, 161 rue ADA — 34392 Montpellier Cedex 5 — France Tél. : 04.67.41.85.71 - Fax : 04.67.41.85.00 — email: mathieu.lafourcade@lirmm.fr  
 

Conference 

 PACLING’97 - September 2/5 1997 - Meisei University - Ohme, Tokyo, Japan  
pp 171-181.
 

Summary 

 This paper focuses on the building methodology for multilingual dictionaries and electronic distribution issues. Two projects of French-English-Malay and French-English-Thai dictionaries are presented and analyzed under these aspects. We describe how lexicographer works can be done with a low technological profile and how distribution can be made through different categories of dictionary services and tools. We make the distinction between dedicated dictionary tools and generic approaches, but we also point out the implication of local versus remote databases on both the technical level and user experience.  
 

key-words 

 Multilingual dictionaries, dictionary construction, dictionary services, tools and servers.

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