Re: Designing a language database - issues?
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:44:06 -0700
Message-ID: <hg68c1p1qtbl8kai1ni1ve0aauvlp601nm_at_4ax.com>
On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 14:38:36 +0100, Paul <paul_at_see.my.sig.com> wrote:
>As a hobby project, I want to write a dictionary (basically of
>Hungarian for English speakers - but I don't suppose that the
>languages themselves matter fundamentally. It will be a bit more
>complicated than just a simple word list - I want to put in grammar
>and usage also.
Fundamentally? Maybe not. Practically? Quite likely. Consider an alphabetic language vs. one that is not (Chinese). And different alphabets. And left-to-right, right-to-left, top-to-bottom, and probably other variations.
>Has any work been done on this - design of tables &c? I did Google,
>but couldn't see anything satisfactory.
>Any references, tips, hints or help appreciated.
http://orangecow.org/pythonet/sketches/hungry.htm
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko Received on Thu Jun 30 2005 - 18:44:06 CEST