Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihnet.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!ihnet!eklhad From: eklhad@ihnet.UUCP (K. A. Dahlke) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Any English/X Dictionaries On-Line? Message-ID: <283@ihnet.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 14:22:31 EDT Article-I.D.: ihnet.283 Posted: Wed Aug 21 14:22:31 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 14:30:40 EDT Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 19 < x -> y > My computer (Unix) contains a spelling program for error detection. This program includes a list of all the common english words. Are there any english / foreign-language dictionaries on line? I envision a file containing line entries: english word -> counterpart word. This is a very simplistic approach, and many ambiguities arise. An english german cross-reference would have to contain the two entries "go -> gehen" and "go -> fahren". Without further information, you wouldn't know which verb to use. However, such a cross-reference would be a start. One of the first AI natural language projects (an overly ambitious one at that) was a russian/english translator. It must have had such an internal lexical map. I am primarily interested in german, russian, and french. Anything useful on line for these languages? -- This .signature file intentionally left blank. Karl Dahlke ihnp4!ihnet!eklhad