The Developement of an Electronic Dictionary System and Its application to Asian and African Languages.

两个独立的电子词典系统已被开发，第一个“DICSEARCH”用于使用拉丁字母的语言，第二个“DICSEARCH X”适用于非拉丁字符，两个系统使用相同的字典数据文件。因此，只需要生成一次文件。“DICEARCH”以较快的速度检索和显示字典数据。文件组织基于Ashton-Tate dBASE III格式。要设置“DICSEARCH X”，需要几个准备步骤。他们是；1)使用字体编辑器设计字符字体集；2)将设计的字体分配到键盘上的特定位置；3)变换规则的定义。最后一步是强制性的字符系统，有许多位置变化的字符，如阿拉伯文字。“DICSEARCH X”可以处理任何类型的字符系统，从汉字到阿拉伯文字。这对处理亚洲文字系统非常有帮助，而这一系统一直被电子词典的出版商所忽视。这两个系统都在NEC PC-9801系列计算机上运行。日语手册描述了所有的功能。

Two Sepatate systems of electronic dictionary have been developed, the first "DICSEARCH" being for the languages using Latin alphabets, and the second, "DICSEARCH X", suitable for non-Latin characters, Both systems use the same dictionary data file. Therefore, file generation needs to be done only once."DICEARCH" retrieves and displays the dictionary data with a fast speed. File organization is based on Ashton-Tate dBASE III format. For setting up "DICSEARCH X", a few preparatory steps are required. They are ; 1) Designing the character font-set with a font-editor ; 2) Assigning the desingned font-set to a specific position on the keyboard ; 3) Definition of the transformation rules. The last step is obligatory for the character system that have many positional variations for a character like Arabic script. "DICSEARCH X" can handle any kinds of character systems, starting from Kanji down to Arabic script. It is extremely helpful to deal with the Asian script system which have been, so far, ignored by the publishers of electronic dictionaries.Both system run on NEC PC-9801 series computers. The Japanese language manual describes all the features.