Dictionary and corpus data in a common portal: state of the art and requirements for the future

Abstract

Some recent dictionaries include corpus lines, links to concordances or to internet pages, or other links to dictionary-external data. Lexicographers present such external data to the user either to complement their lexicographic descriptions, or even instead of such lexicographically processed material, when the latter would be redundant to an authoritative source, or when it is simply not available. In this article, we critically review some dictionaries that offer such devices, and we make an attempt at a classifi cation of the ways in which dictionary-internal data and dictionary-external material are related. On this basis, we come up with some proposals both for future research on the topic and for future lexicographic realizations. 1

Establishing evaluation criteria for e-dictionaries

“…A lay person, semi-expert or expert will require information at different levels of complexity and might prefer less or more detail to be given. More data does not necessarily have to be included in the e-dictionary, but can be links to external sources (Bothma, 2011, p. 80; Heid et al , 2012, pp. 274-276).…”

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“…e.g. Heid, Prinsloo and Bothma 2012) and enhanced adaptive and interactive features will indeed lead to innovative electronic dictionaries that can better address the specific, individualised information needs of users in different situations.…”

“…What is at stake in the medium term are improvements in access possibilities of electronic dictionaries, including (but not discussed in this paper) access to more information presented by linking the dictionary with other online sources, cf. Heid, Prinsloo and Bothma (2012).…”

Reflexiones sobre el papel y diseño de los diccionarios de traducción especializada

“…Otra posibilidad es el diseño del modelo de artículo por el propio usuario mediante técnicas interactivas para tener una presentación individualizada en la pantalla de los tipos de datos requeridos. Bothma (2011), Heid et al (2012), Prinsloo et al (2012) y Fuertes Olivera & Tarp (2014) discuten varias de estas y otras técnicas que abren nuevos y grandes horizontes para la lexicografía online en general y la lexicografía de la traducción especializada en particular.…”