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AVAILABLE TRANSLATION DICTIONARIES Driven by market forces and the ambitions of Linguists , translation dictionaries exist for nearly every combination of popular languages:
VARIETIES Translation dictionaries range greatly in size, scope, and in form. Some are included as compilations in larger dictionaries. Many travelling translation dictionaries are of a hand-held or vest-pocket variety, designed as instant on-the-spot aids to travellers to foreign countries. Many vest-pocket sized electronic varieties also exist, and are often simply called translators. Many of these that even offer Audio Clip s of pronunciations. MANUFACTURERS OF HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC TRANSLATORS
FICTIONAL TRANSLATION DICTIONARIES In Douglas Adams ' Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy , a mythical creature called a Babel Fish was inserted into a traveller's ear to provide instant, fluid translations between interstellar travellers. The utopian idea of such a creature lead to SYSTRAN 's licensing of the name for their own Computer-assisted Translation software, though it has been described as somewhat less fluid in the user's ear (see Round-trip Translation ). SEE ALSO |
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