Pavel Adamek wrote:
>
> > However, as I've explored the MDF format,
> > I've become rather disappointed with it,
> > since it doesn't seem like it can create a true bi-directional
>dictionary;
>
>Maybe the best bi-directional dictionary
>is a pair of uni-directional dictionaries :-)
>
>But conlanger usually deals at least with 5 languages:
>1) conlang;
>2) protolanguage;
>3) sub- or ad- or super-strate language;
What's a superstrate?
>4) conlanger's native L1;
>5) English.
A'course, many conlangers are L1 speakers of English ...
>So he needs either 5 * (5 -1) = 20 uni-directional dictionaries
>or one 20-directional dictionary.
>I think that the best solution is to have 5 dictionaries,
>each containing explanation, etymology and
>translations to several languages.
Ugh. That sounds way to organized!
Andreas
_________________________________________________________________
Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com