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Subject:Re: Best dictionary? From:Jane Bergen <janeb -at- ANSWERSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 8 Jan 1996 11:31:35 +0000
> >Could you be more specific? I have around 150 dictionaries
> >(Engl/Czech/Slovak). Could you be more specific as to exactly what
> >you need and what is your price range.
> Thanks for a very polite reply. The question, of couse, isn't if I
> could be more specific, but if I could be more vague. The
> communications/publications team is well-set for dictionaries. What
> I'm charged with procuring is a batch of cheap, English,
> general-purpose dictionaries for the administrative offices of a
> small US company. The price range? As inexpensive as is reasonable.
Tom, wouldn't it be more cost-effective (and easier to maintain) to
just invest in a really GOOD online dictionary that everyone could
access? Then you'd all be "singing from the same sheet of music" by
using the same source. Some online dictionaries also allow you to add
your own words.
Just a thought.
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Jane Bergen
Technical Writer
janeb -at- answersoft -dot- com or janeb -at- airmail -dot- net
"The difference between the right word and the almost right word
is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug" (Mark Twain)
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