国际计算机辅助词典编纂系统管窥

A Glimpse of Computer Assisted Dictionary Makingin the World

计算机技术在词典编纂中的应用把编者从繁杂的语料搜集和提取,以及文字卡片堆中解脱出来。集语料处理、词典编纂和编辑出版为一体的计算机辅助编写工具在西方出版界已得到普遍应用,而在国内使用的却还不多。文章从系统结构和功能特点、界面结构及功能特点、编辑功能特点,以及存在的问题和建议等几个方面系统地介绍国际上几款较有影响的词典辅助编纂系统,以作他山之石,为国内辞书现代化的创新提供参考和借鉴。

The application of computer technology to dictionary making has freed dictionary makers from intricate language material collection and extraction and piles of language knowledge cards.Though the computer assisted dictionary making tools that integrate language material treatment and dictionary compilation,editing and publishing have been in popular use in the Western publishing world,they are nevertheless not widely used in China.Such being the case,this article systematically introduces several influential computer assisted dictionary compilation systems in the world from the system structures and their functions,the interface structures and their functions,and the editing functions of the systems,pointing out the existing problems and putting forward suggestions for improvement,in an effort to provide reference for innovations in dictionary making in China.