Review: 德語圖解字典, German picture dictionary from Taiwan

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There aren't that many ressources for German -> Chinese with traditional characters, so I thought I might share this here. I found the book while browsing the language section (not that I don't have enough books already... ) in a Taiwanese bookstore (eslite). It's an illustrated dictionary for Taiwanese who learn German. I ordered it at http://www.books.com.tw/products/0010611592, check out the link for more information, some pictures of the illustrations and an overview over the content.

 

Since the intended usage is Chinese -> German:

- no pinyin or bopomofo

- a couple of pages about German pronunciation and grammar

- all explanations in Chinese

- supports one of those audio pens (Live Pen), have not tried it but it would probably provide German audio

- Focus on Germany

 

However, most pages just show many objects as pictures along with the German name in a large size and the Chinese in traditional characters a little smaller, so it's perfectly usable for German -> Chinese. The first chapter is all about Germany (food, geography, sights, ...) but the last chapter is about Chinese culture, so you won't have to miss out on stinky tofu ;-)

 

It also comes with a DVD with mp3 audio and a flash application.

 

Audio: One file for each (double) page, alternating German and Chinese + number in the book with short breaks in between, clear pronunciation

 

I haven't tried the flash application but while poking around in the folders I found that they actually provide the whole thing in a digital format. The pages as jpg can be found in /GGraph_01/GGraph_01/Illustr/pic/BG and all words with their translations in /GGraph_01/GGraph_01/Illustr/txt/Illustr.txt. I attached a small python script which I wrote to convert the Illustr.txt to a pleco format. Since .py is blocked for attachments, you have to rename it yourself (.txt -> .py). The result may not be perfect, though.

 

The dictionary contains 3225 words using 1859 characters.

 

Feel free to ask any questions!

 

Kurztest: 德語圖解字典

Ein Bilderwörterbuch aus Taiwan für Taiwanese die Deutsch lernen. Dementsprechend sind alle Erklärungen auf chinesisch und es werden ausschließlich traditionelle Schriftzeichen/Langzeichen verwendet. Außerdem gibt es kein Pinyin/Bopomofo.

Abgesehen davon ist das Buch sehr brauchbar für die entgegengesetzte Lernrichtung, da auf jeder Seite zahlreiche Bilder mit dem deutschen Wort und der chinesischen Übersetzung gezeigt werden.

Die DVD enthält das komplette Wörterbuch in digitaler Form und zusätzlich mp3 Dateien mit allen Wörtern in deutscher und chinesischer Sprache.

to_pleco.txt