| Summary: | ISLEX is a multilingual dictionary with modern Icelandic as source language and Danish,Norwegian and Swedish as target languages. The project is a collaboration of fourinstitutes in the Nordic countries with a central base in Reykjavík, Iceland.With 50.000 entry words, ISLEX is a medium sized dictionary. Set in a custom-maderelational database, it is designed as an on-line dictionary where the various possibilitiesof the web are utilised. So ISLEX has pictures and animated images, and pronunciationgiven as sounds. There is a special emphasis on Icelandic phrases and fi xed epressions, allof which are translated into the three target languages.The work on the dictionary takes place simultaneously in four countries. Theprocessing of the base language and coordination is based in Iceland, the Danish translationteam is located in Denmark, the Norwegian team in Norway, and the Swedish team inSweden. ISLEX is a six year project, begun in 2005. The aim is to complete the dictionaryin mid-year 2011.
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