A state-of-the-art CD-ROM, packaged along with the latest edition of the best-selling Pocket Oxford Chinese Dictionary. The unique CD-ROM offers a rapid-access Chinese-English dictionary, searchable by entering Chinese, pinyin, or English words and phrases, and instant assistance with reading Chinese documents. Moving the cursor over Chinese text in the Instant Translation window gives pop-up access to the translations for more than 50,000 Chinese words. There is also full audio of Mandarin pronunciations for all single-character dictionary entries. It is an innovative and indispensable learning kit for anyone just starting to learn the language or for more advanced students who want to improve their pronunciation skills and increase their vocabulary. The dictionary, which has sold over 1 million copies worldwide, covers over 88,000 words and phrases of Chinese and English, and has been updated to include the latest vocabulary: from e-shopping and WAP phone to bioterrorism and SARS. Its clear, simple layout makes it accessible and straightforward to use, and the detailed indexing system leads you quickly to the entry you want. Chinese simplified characters, with orthodox forms for reference, and pinyin romanizations are given throughout. System requirements: 500 MHz CPU or faster; a minimum of 256 Mb of RAM; CD-ROM drive; minimum screen resolution of 800 x 600; operating System: Microsoft Windows® XP/2000/ME/98 Pocket Oxford Chinese Dictionary available without CD-ROM under ISBN 0-19-596458-6.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Nelly_dog
Format:Paperback
The dictionary is fine but the CD ROM, at the time of writing, cannot be loaded onto a PC that has Windows Vista, therefore it is for many obsolete. The OUP website indicates that the problem can be fixed by emailing customer services but that the solution is unsupported and so it is not suitable for everyone.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By davidal888
Format:Paperback
Whilst the printed dictionary is moderately useful and acceptable as a normal reference dictionary, the Talking Chinese Dictionary is comparatively useless [For example, typing in to the disc search engine some of the English words that appear in the printed dictionary returns zero results for a Chinese equivalent from the disc]. I would not recommend buying these before you invest in a learning program like Wenlin, which is far more useful and also provides audio for hearing how the words sound in Mandarin.
5 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By "ycheng96"
Format:Paperback
For those who do not know, when people refer to Chinese Language, they generally mean Chinese Mandarin, the main language used in China. That is the main distinction between Chinese and Cantonese (as used in Hong Kong and some parts of South-East China). I have the 2nd edition of the dictionary and it is strange for "kilikadrums" to say it is only for Chinese. For a start, what do you expect from a dictionary? To fully utilise it, you must learn the system of "pinyin" which I believe was developed for foreigners who wanted to learn Chinese/Mandarin (though I have never gone out of my way to find out), and in doing so you will understand that this is simply just a dictionary like any other. Learning a language is very difficult and I believe the previous reviewer may just not have got what he/she expected. At this moment in time I am considering purchasing this set (Dictionary + CD) mainly for the CD to help with pronounciation, as i have the dictionary already as I said earlier.
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