CONTEXT 6.0 - DICTIONARIES FOR EVERYONE!

September 27, 2004
JSC Informatic the leading Russian developer of linguistic products, presents CONTEXT 6.0, a set of electronic dictionaries new version. It includes the following packages: Basic package, Standard package, Professional package and Russian collection.

CONTEXT is a system of professional electronic dictionaries that includes a developed shell and a large set of multilingual dictionaries, both those of common words and specialized. The search system is considerably improved. Translation is performed at higher speed. The active development of CONTEXT dictionaries system make it convenient and reliable assistant for those who learn foreign languages or work with them.

The new version interface was considerably improved. New possibilities in setup of font and color schemes appeared. New smart help system and a convenient navigation allow using the program most effectively for translation. Some new features were added and functionality of a user dictionary was enhanced. There were also improved operating speed, viewing, replenishment, editing and merging of user dictionaries. Showing accents in Russian Heritage dictionary becomes now available. The information about searched word is shown more detailed now: it is possible to browse input synonyms, labels, examples and definitions at user?s will. The speed of searching increased and the structure of a word article is enhanced. The content of vocabulary bases is updated. The packages replenished with new dictionaries and new additional features.

For more detailed information about CONTEXT: www.dics.ru

Basic package
The Basic package includes 4 English-Russian-English dictionaries: Common Words, Business, Computer and English Grammar Reference. The package contains basic vocabulary with numerous examples of usage. The total volume is more then 600,000 word articles. The package includes the English Grammar Reference dictionary, that contains the most common English words and phrases, that causes difficulties and mistakes in usage. Articles in this dictionary are provided with comments about the character of a possible error. The Basic package is a perfect assistant for those who begins to learn English.

Standard package
The Standard package includes 9 dictionaries: 8 English-Russian-English dictionaries (Common Words, Business, Computer, English Grammar Reference, Automotive, Medical, Polytechnic, Legal) and 1 Russian dictionary (Russian Synonyms). The total volume is more then 1,200,000 word articles. Because of wide lexical coverage, it is possible to get the most accurate translation of any word. The Standard package may be interesting and useful for learning English. It will serve as a convenient tool to make a translation from Russian into English and vice versa.

Professional Package
The Professional package is upgraded considerably and consists of 16 dictionaries. It includes English-Russian-English dictionaries: Common Words, Computer, Business, Automotive, Polytechnic, Computer Abbreviations, Medical, Legal, English Grammar Reference, Oil and Gas, Telecommunications, Advertising and Marketing, Finance and Economics, Environment and also Russian dictionaries: Russian Synonyms, Russian Heritage. The total volume of the package is more then 1,700,000 word articles. You can attach to the Professional package necessary dictionaries specialized in any field of knowledge. For the Professional package there exist enterprise solutions with the possibility to determine the composition of special dictionaries. The package is intended for professional translators, however it will be useful for a wide range of users.

Russian collection
It is unique package with a collection of Russian dictionaries: Heritage, Foreign Words in Russian Language, Russian Dictionary by Dahl, Geographic Names, Synonyms, Antonyms and Paronyms. The total volume is more then 240,000 word articles. This package will be useful both for learning Russian and for literary processing of texts in Russian. The dictionaries of the Russian collection contain Russian words and word-combinations, idioms, words and expressions borrowed from other languages and words derived from Greek and Latin stems. Word articles are provided with definitions and examples of usage. The dictionary of Paronyms is intended for differentiate meanings of similar words. The dictionary of Synonyms will help to select a proper word or word-combination. The dictionary of Antonyms will find a word with the opposite meaning. The dictionary of Geographic Names allows realizing better fiction or historical literature. Now the package includes the most famous Russian heritage dictionary by Vladimir Dahl. The Russian collection is a package of dictionaries, that will help to learn and understand better the Russian language.

The primary functions of the CONTEXT are:

• The color marking of the dictionaries showing the type of information found in the dictionary (translation of words, translation of phrases or word as part of a phrase only);
• Showing of all word-combinations containing a searched word;
• Definitions, grammar comments, examples of usage, transcription and many other things;
• Translation from any Windows application by hotkeys;
• The possibility of setting the user's own hotkey combinations;
• Translation of words and phrases in any grammatical form;
• A Supporting Dictionary option for more precise translation;
• The possibility of searching in one dictionary and in all active dictionaries;
• The possibility to create bidirectional user dictionaries;
• Fast-typing support;
• The compact ergonomic and easy customizable interface;
• Improved system of searching and fast-time output of translation;
• English and Russian interface;
• Fast translation in Internet Explorer;
• Fast translation in MS Word where all the word combinations with the selected word are recognized.

The price of the system of electronic dictionaries CONTEXT 6.0:
Basic package - $4, Standard package - $12, Professional package - $59, Russian collection - $18.

Victor Bondarenko, INFORMATIC head of Marketing Department: - CONTEXT dictionary is a very useful and needful product, so we give much attention to the quality of dictionaries and to the convenience of their usage. We are sure that every user will choose the package of the new version that he or she needs. Soon we are planning to organize access to free of charge additional CONTEXT dictionaries.?.

About INFORMATIC

Informatic was founded in 1989. It develops and implements linguistic technologies. Informatic's products enjoy popularity in many countries. ORFO linguistic technologies developed by INFORMATIC company are used by the license agreement in the Russian versions of Microsoft Office.

INFORMATIC products:

• CONTEXT: the system of electronic dictionaries;
• ORFO: the multifunctional proofing tool;
• Multilingual morphological modules for developers.