Version (4.0) from 02/26/2001 of scripts. Improved work in console. Added ability to choose between dictionaries from menu, between Diary from menu. Added search in word entry, exit on Esc. Place of files had changed as in FHS (File Hierarchy Standard).
Dictionaries aren't changed. Place of files had changed as in FHS.
Scripts tried with Tcl/TK 8.0.5
www.chat.ru/~mueller_dic is a mirror of this site in Russia.
For a long time I suffered from the lack of a good English-Russian dictionary running under Linux. I wanted a dictionary that covered a decent amount of words, providing them with phonetic transcriptions, corresponding idioms and examples of usage. Management software providing convenient management of the dictionary and basic search capabilities (like search for a collocation at any position in a word entry) was also highly desirable. The number of accessible English-Russian dictionaries on the Internet is constantly growing (references to the other dictionaries). Nevertheless I haven't found a dictionary similar to the professional MultiLex2 of MediaLingua. On the other hand, I think, Linux doesn't need encrypted dictionaries (encrypting or compressing slow down work in my experiments). In my opinion, the compressed dictionary bases and patented interfaces necessitated by modern copyright law inhibit progress.
After an intensive search on the Russian Internet I found out that Sergey Starostin had implemented under DOS an electronic version of one of the most respectable English-Russian Dictionaries -- Mueller English-Russian Dictionary (7 edition) with phonetic transcription. Now this computer version is freely distributed and can be found at "starling.rinet.ru/download/dict.exe". I have transformed the dictionary into a new form, one more suitable for UNIX.
To use the Mueller English-Russian Dictionary under Linux I wrote interface scripts which actually can be used to manipulate any other dictionary prepared in a certain way. I call these scripts "MOVA" (Modernized Operable Versatile Ally).
Please, send notes and suggestions for improvement (especially concerning the 7-th edition) to Eugene Cymbalyuk: cymbalyuk@users.sourceforge.net. I'll be very pleased to place on the sitee suggested alternative packages for managing the Mueller dictionary. I will be very grateful for messages about references to other Russian (Ukrainian, Belorussian) dictionaries that run with Unix.
Acknowledgments. I am very grateful to Dmitry Mishchenko, Vladimir Stavrinov, Vitaly Moskovkin, Stas Angler, Serge Gavrilov, Igor Gots, Dmitry Galkin, Vjacheslav Fyodorov, Valeriy Gorelov, Denis Serebro, Serge Winitzki, Eugene Byrganov, Pavel Kurnosoff, Andrew Comech, Mikhail Tentyukov, for suggestions and improvements. I am also indebted to Victor Wagner for answers to questions about using Tcl/TK.
With the best wishes, Eugene.
7/29/99 Vitaly Moskovkin 12/04/99 Igor Gots tenders scripts
dividing dictionary on little files (using first letter of dictionary
article) and work with splitted dictionary. This method may accelerate work
with limited RAM in computer (32 MB) when you will search for
the first word of dictionary article.
6/16/2000 Vjacheslav Fyodorov offers
PHP3 scripts. These
scripts reflect transcription and make search in dictionary with
various options - see screenshot
7/19/2000 Andrew Comech offers script to
transfer MOVA to DICT format. Latest version of this script you would see
on his www page.
It has Mueller's Dictionary of 24 Edition in dict format also.
11/9/2000 Mikhail Tentyukov offers improved movaTK script, with search option in word window and solving some
problem of Tcl/TK 8.3.1 connected with russification.
01/26/2001 Dmitry Yusupov offers consol C program. It makes special hash file and finds first word of entry.
