Largest English-Chinese dictionary published

The FLTRP Oxford English-Chinese, Chinese-English Dictionary was published on the Beijing International Book Fair on Aug. 31.

This is the largest preparation-scale dictionary, which has realized the synchronous public in more than 170 countries around the world. Many frequently used Web words have also been collected.

The dictionary uses modern and colloquial speech to interpret the entries. About 60 experts from China, America and Britain complete their work through an Internet synchronous system over six years.

By Wang Qianyuanxue, People's Daily Online