Horticultural%20Dictionary

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Horticultural Dictionary
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Goals of the project

• Dictionary containing terms from the
  green-world
• Several languages(5 dictionaries, may be
  extended in the future)
• On-screen translations
• Printed dictionaries in selected languages (not
  finished yet)

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Involved up to now

• Computer teacher
• Software development, user administration
• English and German language teachers
• Content, spelling...
• College students
• Content, filling in, transcription
• Special teachers
• Advisory, e.g. categories, proper terms

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In the future we would like to involve

• Another group of College students
• Content, filling in, transcription
• Special teachers
• Larger extend of advisory and control
  (e.g. categories)

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Practical realization

• Application runs on a web server(MySql database,
  Php scripts, Apache webserver)
• One database for all users(Everyone has actual
  data, no need for data synchronization)
• Everyone with an internet connection can use the
  dictionary for translations (guest)
• Only registered users (participants) can add,
  edit or delete terms in the dictionary(ies), for
  which they have appropriate access rights.

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Dictionaries in the system

• System contains several bilingual real
  dictionaries. These dictionaries are filled
  directly by participants (i.e. English-Czech,
  German-Czech). They have yellow/green mark on the
  screen and are listed first.

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Dictionaries in the system

• Virtual dictionaries are created on-the-fly
  by the system from real dictionaries (i.e.
  English-German dictionary uses English-Czech and
  Czech-German dictionaries). It heavily depends on
  correct and uniform writing of the words in
  real dictionaries. They have cyan/red mark on
  the screen and are listed last.

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Information kept in the dictionary

• Terms in both languages
• Owner of the term the user who filled the term
  in
• Pronunciation (not all dictionaries)
• Categories (each term can belong to several
  categories)
• Lock (each term can be locked and protected
  against other manipulation)
• Date and time of creation and last modification

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How to start

• Go to http//intranet.zas-me.cz/slovnik
• At the upper left corner, select the language of
  the user interface (language in which the system
  will communicate with you)

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Translation

• Select the dictionary real dictionaries have
  yellow/green marks, virtual dictionaries have
  cyan/red marks. Real dictionaries may be more
  accurate.
• Type the term you want to translate a few
  letters will usually be enough, system will list
  all terms that start with them. Start with to
  search inside of terms (i.e. shrub will find
  shrub as well as undershrub)
• Press the Translate button. System will list
  all matching terms in alphabetical order.

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Translation

• Here you can see the difference with and without
  the percent-sign at the beginning of the searched
  term

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Translation - tips

• Do not fill terms in both languages you usually
  do not really want such a restriction. Fill the
  searched term just in one language.
• When the term was not found, try fewer letters or
  start the term with a percent-sign, system will
  then list all items that contain the term
  (otherwise it lists only items that start with
  the term).

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Modifications of dictionaries

• Go to http//intranet.zas-me.cz/slovnik
• Click on the link log in on the bottom
• Type your user-name and password
• When succesfull, your username will appear at the
  bottom
• Select the dictionary only real dictionaries
  with yellow/green mark can be directly modified

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Translations participants

• You can check List just my own terms system
  will then include to the result just terms that
  were filled by you. This is often used by typing
  into searched term (or i.e. m to list your
  terms starting with m).
• Translation otherwise works in the same way as
  for guests.

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Modifications

• When you are logged in and have translated a
  term, you can use symbols near the translated
  term to edit or delete the term
• Yellow mark indicates terms of other users, blue
  one indicates your own terms
• You can lock or unlock the term (locked terms
  cannot be modified)
• There is a warning sign if categories are missing

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How to add a new term

• Click on the Add new word button
• Fill in the term in both languages
• Some dictionaries have a field for pronunciation
  then it should be filled too
• Check all categories in which the term should
  appear
• Press Store the changes to save data

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How to add a new term faster

• You can use another dictionary as a source of
  words this is done by setting Mode to
  Comparison with xxx then translate something
  () and add to dictionary.

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How to add a new term faster

• For example, if you are working on English-French
  dictionary, you can compare it with English-Czech
  dictionary. Use or a etc. as searched
  English term. After that you click Translate,
  you can use the plus sign to add the term into
  your (English-French) dictionary. This saves a
  lot of typing and prevents mistakes in new words
  that already are in another dictionary.

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Contact

• Please report any technical problems with the
  dictionary, as well as wishes and tips for
  improvements, to Karel Rys, rys_at_zas-me.cz
• Please consult any questions about the current
  work on the dictionaries with Hana Grátová,
  gratova_at_zas-me.cz