{"id":301,"date":"2015-01-28T20:13:02","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T20:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/PLD\/?p=301"},"modified":"2017-08-30T20:13:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T20:13:19","slug":"if-you-are-drowning-in-paper-dictionaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/PLD\/2015\/01\/28\/if-you-are-drowning-in-paper-dictionaries\/","title":{"rendered":"If You Are Drowning in Paper Dictionaries\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Maria Helena Brenner Kelly (PLD Member)
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If you are lost amid tons of paper dictionaries, I hope you didn\u2019t miss the presentation at\u00a0ATA\u2019s 55th Annual Conference<\/a>\u00a0by PLD member Tha\u00efs Lips, \u201cFahrenheit 451? You Don\u2019t Have To Burn Your Dictionaries\u2026 Learn To Research in a Savvier Way<\/strong>.\u201d Even if you did miss it, you can still take advantage of the tips she offered. Read on!<\/p>\n

Tha\u00efs, who is President of the\u00a0Colorado Translators Association<\/a>\u00a0(CTA), an ATA chapter, explained that her idea for the presentation came up when she realized that many colleagues still rely mainly on paper dictionaries, even when the same or similar dictionaries are available in digital format. As examples of digital dictionaries, Tha\u00efs listed\u00a0Oxford<\/a>,\u00a0Michaelis<\/a>,\u00a0Merriam-Webster<\/a>,\u00a0Granada<\/a>,\u00a0Aur\u00e9lio<\/a>,\u00a0Houaiss<\/a>,\u00a0Collins<\/a>,\u00a0Larousse<\/a>,\u00a0Britannica<\/a>, and the\u00a0Oxford Thesaurus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After a brief review of the evolution of the tools translators use in their daily work, from the fourth century all the way down to digital dictionaries, Tha\u00efs noted that having these dictionaries in the computer is not enough. To take real advantage of them, one needs a dictionary manager, a piece of software that allows for easy storage and searching of digital dictionaries.<\/p>\n

Tha\u00efs discussed two alternatives,\u00a0GoldenDict<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Babylon<\/a>, using the latter for her examples, since this is the software she uses every day.<\/p>\n

To use a dictionary manager, she said, you first need to load the digital dictionary into the software. Tha\u00efs pointed out that there are several free and paid monolingual and bilingual dictionaries, as well as glossaries in a variety of subjects and languages. You can even easily create your own dictionaries and glossaries.<\/p>\n

Tha\u00efs walked the audience through the steps for loading dictionaries and glossaries into the software and for using shortcuts to search effortlessly. She also showed an extra feature of Babylon that allows for easy conversion of measurements and currencies.<\/p>\n

At the close of the presentation, Tha\u00efs noted two compelling reasons to use dictionary managers: you will have more time to attend to style and terminology choices, and you will increase your word-per-hour average by at least 25%. And who doesn\u2019t want that?<\/p>\n

To learn more about what Tha\u00efs does, please visit her website,\u00a0Translation Decoder<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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MARIA HELENA BRENNER KELLY<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was born and raised in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil. After working with \u00a0both finance and IT for 25 years, ten of which for IBM in the USA, she moved to the Brazilian state of Bahia. She is a freelance translator and holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in statistics from USP and a graduate degree in business administration from FGV. She also holds a certificate in translation from NYU.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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