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《牛津英语词典》网络版流行 或将停止印刷[文章来自:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ /n"Uu @28 y.van]
Death of the published dictionary: Oxford English Dictionary to exist solely online[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ sH_�oB [-9A0l=EtJFroG]
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It was first published 126 years ago and is respected the world over.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ gSm7d4WrpT4ULWqFroG]
But the Oxford English Dictionary will never appear in print again, its owners have announced.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ V$5$e)S,yk0 .$FroG]
Instead, the 80 lexicographers who have been working on the third edition for the past 21 years have been told the fruits of their labour will exist solely online.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ 5 vfR T=)fA305O8FroG]
The OED has been available on the internet for the past ten years and receives two million hits a month from subscribers who pay £[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ -7{CkM UF3Jj[qihqFroG]
Oxford University Press says the dominance of the internet means the latest update to the definitive record of the English language - currently 28 per cent complete - will never be published in print.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ !(elsh#+ca/IjSk& FroG]
'The print dictionary market is just disappearing - it is falling away by tens of per cent a year,' said Nigel Portwood, 44, chief executive of OUP.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ P9s$J$G}ZD"M[ BgGOvFroG]
'Our primary purpose - and this takes a bit of adjusting to - is not profit, it is the dissemination of knowledge,' he said.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ RP-l&.([[% /z�QMIFroG]
'Print is still pretty important round here but, wherever possible, if there is an opportunity, we are moving out of it.'[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ d[4+[: I1v&0xJOa}FroG]
The printed dictionary has a shelf life of another 30 years, he predicts.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ .qm[:u DnJ[sFroG]
The third edition is only expected to be completed by 2037. The OUP has already stopped producing illustrated reference books because of the growing popularity of the Wikipedia website.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ 9)W,RJAo CNeb?hFroG]
Erin McKean, co-founder and chief executive of Wordnik, an online dictionary, said: 'I want my young son to think of the print dictionary like an eight-track tape - a format that died because it was not useful enough.'[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ 4 o-JPKMWK3Dn4 FroG]
《牛津英语大词典》在126年前首次出版，如今在全世界范围内受到尊敬。[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ { C=+hhG2RTjeuFroG]
然而该词典的所有者宣布，该词典将不会再出纸质版本。[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ )qq]nwh@HSER9/BBUFroG]
在过去21年间修订第三版的80位词典编纂者被告知他们的劳动成果将只存在于网上。[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ ? BznmW�a XF zyFroG]
过去十年人们已经能够在网上读到《牛津英语大词典》，该词典每个月所用户点击量达两百万次，订阅费用为每年205英镑（含增值税）。[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ 7.k( ,Bun ?,pzo FroG]
牛津大学出版社说，由于网络已经占据主导地位，最新更新的英语词条（目前已完成了28%）将不会再出纸质版本。[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ *r/v6'\~S?v: p/=5&FroG]
牛津大学出版社的总裁——44岁的奈杰尔•波特伍德说：“纸质词典的市场正在消失，每年减少10%。”[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ nyFO;W8D fB!BZvq+4FroG]
他说：“我们的主要目的不是赚钱，而是传播知识，要实现这个目的还需要一些调整。”[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ Lf sE VC#)c(s[G?%FFroG]
“印刷在我们这一行业依然相当重要，不过，只要有可能，只要有机会，我们会舍弃这一途径。”[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ 4nLIgG13twSd:9swLF&FroG]
他预言说，纸质词典还有30年的寿命。[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ s:rUeC_yWQZ3B[vMIkFroG]
第三版预计在2037年才会修订完毕。由于维基百科网站越来越受欢迎，牛津大学出版社已经停止出版带插图的工具书。[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ ,b ~{2{iW�b}_4�Z(FroG]
网上词典Wordnik的联合创始人兼总裁艾琳•麦凯恩说：“我想让我年幼的儿子把纸质词典看作像八轨道磁带一样的老古董，一种因为用处不大而消亡的形式。”[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ Zw5.F2) (GUa8wE3FroG]
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