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TshwaneLex Lexicography Suite

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TshwaneLex is a professional, feature-rich, fully internationalised, off-the-shelf software application suite for compiling dictionaries or terminology lists. It has been adopted by many major publishers, government organisations and individuals across the world, as it delivers excellent ROI.

TshwaneLex contains many specialized features that allow you to dramatically reduce dictionary production time and increase the quality and consistency of your dictionaries (from single-user projects to large teams). These include an integrated Corpus Query System, real-time preview, full customisability, advanced styles system, "smart cross-references" with tracking and auto-updating, automated lemma reversal, automated numbering and sorting, export to MS Word and typesetting systems (such as InDesign, Quark and XPP), multi-user support for managing teams, and much more. Publish to hardcopy, Web, or CD-ROM / software.

TshwaneLex supports virtually all of the world's languages (over 6000 languages), and is based on industry standards such asXML and Unicode.

Version

4.0

Developer

TshwaneDJe Human Language Technology

Supported

forum or wiki

Supported Operating Systems

Windows, Windows 9x, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003/Home Server, Windows Vista

Unicode Support

Yes

Suitable tasks

  • LINGUISTICS
  • Create and edit a lexical database (modeling morphology if necessary)
  • Validate the structure of lexical data
  • Define dictionary entries while grouping them together by semantic domain
  • Supply additional information such as word category, example sentences, lexical relations
  • Create distributable media products (audio CDs of stories, illustrated audiobooks, cultural videos, etc.)
  • COMMON: Common Tasks and Foundational Technologies/Utilities
  • Can compare/merge edits to the same data across multiple computers
  • Version control and backups
  • Archive data in Unicode in a long-life file format (e.g. XML)

Interface Language

English

License

Commercial

Download Page

Website

User Group

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