Re: [tlug] [tlug-digest] A better J/E in electronic dictionary

[Joseph Essertier <essertier@example.com>]

David Riggs wrote:
> Many folks concur that "The Genius (ジーニアス) E/J and J/E
> dictionaries seem to be included in many electronic dictionaries. They
> suck. Try to get something else."
>
> I did-- the tiny Seiko SR-M6000 has the better Kenkyusha Collegiate,
> and also a better searching system for the Kojien. Still lots of
> problems, esp the usual lack of a good way to search for longer
> expressions, but at least the core dictionary is pretty good. Sadly
> the E/J is still the Genius but it also has the Readers E/J which can
> be better sometimes.
>
>
> David Riggs
>
> Kyoto
>
The Genius dictionaries included in electronic dictionaries are the best
i have seen yet for Japanese students of the English language.  Unlike
other dictionaries, every English word i have had the students look up
in the last few months has been included--maybe 20 words i have had them
look up--and the word frequency scale that they use seems to correspond
well to the same scale used by the CoBUILD dictionaries, which is a
great improvement over the unreliable scales used by other
dictionaries.  The Japanese language equivalents they list for English
words also almost always seem like good translations--better in that
dept. than many other dictionaries.  Genius is good for Japanese
students of English i think.  That is why Genius has such a good
reputation, perhaps.  But none of us are such students, so...

This discussion about dictionaries has been very useful for me though. 
Thanks.
Joe