tlReader Now Also Available In Polish!

tlReader, our free viewer application for TLex, tlTerm and tlDatabase files, is now also available in Polish, in addition to Chinese, French, Cilubà, English and Spanish. Thanks again to Bohan for this translation.

tlTerm 5 now available. Free upgrade for tlTerm 4 users.

tlTerm 5 Standalone (pre-release) is now available. tlTerm brings many of the powerful features of our TLex Dictionary Production Software to terminology/glossary compilation, and includes tools to help translators, such as Microsoft Word Integration. (Try Now »; Buy Now »)

All users of tlTerm 4 Standalone will automatically receive a free upgrade to tlTerm 5 Standalone.

New features of tlTerm 5 include improved TBX compatibility (the industry standard TermBase eXchange format), improvements to the integrated corpus tool, many new advanced document statistics functions, an advanced Word Count tool, an improved Character Information Tool, a 'Show Whitespace' function, numerous new Filters, and more.

New 'Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal' ('Dictionary of the Afrikaans Language') Online Dictionary Website!

Last month we completed and launched the new online dictionary website for the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (Elektroniese WAT Aanlyn). This huge work contains nearly 200,000 entries, spans 13 volumes covering letters A to R, and is also available in CD-ROM and hardcopy formats.

Following is the announcement from the WAT's Facebook Page:

Nuwe internetweergawe van die Elektroniese WAT (11 Junie 2010)
Die gebruikers van die Elektroniese WAT op die internet sou op Dinsdag 8 Junie 2010 gesien het dat ons woordeboek nou effens anders lyk as die afgelope sewe jaar.

Die Folio Views-sagteware waarmee die Elektroniese WAT oorspronklik in 2003 geprogrammeer is, word nie meer ondersteun nie. Die maatskappy TshwaneDJe Human Language Technology het die data vir ons omgesit na die TLex Online Dictionary Publishing System (kort vir TshwaneLex Online Dictionary Publishing System). Dit beteken dat nie net die inhoud van die Elektroniese WAT trots Suid-Afrikaans is nie, maar ook die program waarmee soektogte daarin gedoen kan word!

Die huidige intekenaars word nie geraak deur hierdie veranderinge in die agtergrond van die Elektroniese WAT nie. Hulle intekening gaan gewoon voort.

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English Translation:

New Version of the Online WAT Website (11 June 2010)
As of 8 June 2010, users of the Electronic WAT may have noticed that the dictionary now looks a bit different than it looked for the past seven years.

The Folio Views software used to build the original Electronic WAT in 2003 is no longer supported. The company TshwaneDJe Human Language Technology converted the data to the TLex Online Dictionary Publishing System (short for TshwaneLex Online Dictionary Publishing System). This means that not only are the contents of the Electronic WAT 'proudly South African', but also the software for using the dictionary!

Existing subscribers will not be affected by these changes taking place in the background.

Feel free to contact us if you have any comments.

More new features for the site are 'coming soon'.

We'll be at EURALEX 2010

We'll be at EURALEX 2010 (6 to 10 July). We'll be represented by Prof. Gilles-Maurice de Schryver; please pay a visit if you'd like to see our software (for dictionary production and publication, and more) or learn more about what we can offer.

Oxford Bilingual School Dictionary IsiZulu and English Now Available

In partnership with Oxford University Press, we have created the first major new bilingual Zulu - English Dictionary in 40 years!

Compilation of the dictionary was led by Prof Dr Gilles-Maurice de Schryver.

The dictionary, which is fully corpus-driven, was created using the TLex Dictionary Compilation Software.

Note that this dictionary is complementary to, and not related to, our electronic version of the isiZulu.net dictionary.

TLex 5 Beta Now Available

We are currently signing up beta testers for TLex 5, the next version of our industry-leading Dictionary Writing System (aka TshwaneLex). Beta testers may get a free copy of the software. The program is open to anyone interested. You can apply online by clicking here.

New Zulu - English Dictionary, Based On IsiZulu.net

TshwaneDJe now brings you a new Electronic Zulu - English Dictionary that is an offline version of the isiZulu.net Online Zulu - English dictionary. This is a software dictionary that can be installed on your computer.

The dictionary contains around 9,700 Zulu - English entries, and includes advanced Zulu compound-word "smart search" technology, allowing you to search for compound forms such as "sizobanqoba" and getting a breakdown of the component morphemes and search results for each (e.g. "si-zo-ba-nqoba") without requiring grammatical knowledge of the compound word formation - this is a major boon to learners of Zulu, as this area is one of the major challenges for novices. The dictionary also includes a search tool that integrates directly with Microsoft Word, providing immediate search results as you work. Try the dictionary now »

The dictionary was created using our Electronic Dictionary Publishing System. Authors of other works who are interested in publishing in this manner should contact us.

This will be the first of two interesting Zulu-related announcements from us; watch this space for the second one soon.

tlReader Now In Chinese And Other Languages!

tlReader, our free viewer application for TLex and tlTerm dictionaries and termbases, can now be used in Chinese!

Thanks for the translation goes to the Bohan Foundation, who are working in cooperation with Beijing Foreign Studies University.

This release also includes initial translations of tlReader into French (thanks to Jacky Maniacky), Spanish (thanks to Dr. Ignacio Navascués), and Cilubà (thanks to Prof. N.S. Kabuta).

We offer free copies of our software to users in exchange for translating the software into new languages - please contact us if you are interested!

tlCorpus Beta Available!

We are currently signing up beta testers for tlCorpus, our new standalone concordance software application. Beta testers will get a free copy of the software. The program is open to anyone interested. You can apply online by clicking here.

Newly Revamped 'Pharos Dictionaries Online' Website

We are pleased to announce the recent completion of the new Pharos Dictionaries Online website:

This impressive and useful resource contains over 580,000 entries spanning 20 titles, and is a 'must-have' for translators and other language specialists working with Afrikaans. The website was developed by TshwaneDJe using the TLex Dictionary Production System and our Online Dictionary Publishing system for Pharos Dictionaries, a division of NB Publishers (Media24, Naspers).

The website is fully localized into both English and Afrikaans, and includes the following titles:

Frasewoordeboek/Phrase Dictionary
Klassieke Eiename/Classical Names
Groot Tesourus van Afrikaans
Groot Woordeboek/Major Dictionary
New Words/Nuwe Woorde
Verklarende Afrikaanse Woordeboek
Brug/Bridge
Classical Names
Eiendomsekonomie/Property Economics
Bouwoordeboek / Building Dictionary
Ekonomiese en Bedryfswoordeboek/Dictionary of Economics and Business
Oseanologiewoordeboek/Dictionary of Oceanology
Wiskundewoordeboek/Mathematics Dictionary
SA Musiekwoordeboek / SA Music Dictionary
New Business Dictionary/Nuwe Sakewoordeboek
Polisiewoordeboek/Police Dictionary
Tegniese Woordeboek/Technical Dictionary
Teater-TV-Radio-Rolprentwoordeboek/Theatre-TV-Radio-Film Dictionary
Verklarende Biologiewoordeboek
Woordeboek van Regs- en Handelsterme