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Collins Multilingual Translator Translator
Meeting All your Language Needs
in print • online • on your mobile
Collins Multilingual Translator
A database of 26 languages – 10,000 words – 2,000 phrases – audio files for all content. Translate from any language into any language within the set. Ideal for digital and print products.
Our database lends itself to exploitation in a wide variety of areas such as:
Collins Multilingual Translator allows the translation of any one of the following 26 languages into any other within the set:
• print products (phrasebooks and dictionaries)
American English • Arabic • British English •
• software products in a variety of formats
Chinese (Mandarin) • Croatian • Czech • Danish • Dutch •
• handheld devices such as e-dictionaries, PDAs, GPS and notebooks
Finnish • French • German • Greek • Italian • Japanese • Korean • Norwegian • Polish • Portuguese (Iberian) • Portuguese (Brazilian) • Russian • Spanish (Iberian) • Spanish (Latin American) • Swedish • Thai •
• mobile services (WAP/SMS)
Turkish • Vietnamese
• internet websites and portals • learning and educational games
Collins has used its world-renowned language expertise to develop a multilingual databank of thousands of words and phrases: Collins Multilingual Translator. This linguistic resource is suitable for both business and leisure travellers and language learners alike and can be exploited both in print and digitally.
We can develop this database to suit your requirements adding further languages and/or number of words and phrases. All words and phrases are accompanied by text-to-speech audio files.
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Collins Multilingual Translator consists of two parts: Wordbank The Wordbank consists of 10,000 entries per language. All words come with relevant linguistic information such as part of speech and gender. Feminine and irregular forms are provided where appropriate. Disambiguating information is provided for homographs (words that are written the same but pronounced differently).
Phrasebank The Phrasebank consists of 2,000 phrases per language, organised under 12 main topics that are subdivided into 67 subtopics. Topics covered are: talking to people, getting around, accommodation, shopping, leisure, communications, practicalities, health and beauty, exchange visitors, eating and drinking, and time. All phrases include the masculine and feminine forms where appropriate. The database is available as xml files. This format gives developers the ultimate flexibility when designing translation products for their customers.
Example of xml structure
Meeting All your Language Needs in print • online • on your mobile
Possible uses of Collins Multilingual Translator: Print products Basic dictionaries We can create a range of bespoke printed dictionaries and phrasebooks based on your particular needs. The dictionaries include: • one word translations or basic glosses • sample sentences to illustrate the use of a particular word • phonetic transcription (IPA or approximate pronunciation) • part of speech These dictionaries can include extra content such as menu readers, mini grammar section and cultural and etiquette tips.
Digital products
Travel audio phrasebook
Online dictionary
MP3 Phrasebook and Dictionary
Electronic dictionary
Mobile phone translator
Contact Details For information about licensing our Collins Multilingual Translator database or any other Collins language data, please contact: Tim Jolly Collins Language Tel: +44/0 208 307 4502
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www.collinslanguage.com
