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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 11:04:31 +0530
From: Ragaavendra R
Dear Moderator kindly circulate.
OXFORD DICTIONARIES GOING BILINGUAL
With internet making print dictionaries redundant, Oxford University Press
is now focusing on bilingual dictionaries and mobile applications to
maintain its presence in the market.
"Though our print dictionaries continue to sell in India but there has
been a slowdown in demand. However, the demand for our bilingual
dictionaries has been growing at the rate of 20-25 per cent per year,"
Ranjan Kaul, Managing Director of Oxford University Press India, told PTI
here.
The publishers of the world's most definitive work on English already have
bilingual dictionaries in Hindi, Marathi, Odia, Kannada, Gujarati and
Telugu while their Bengali one was launched here recently.
"We are now trying to add more Indian languages on the list like
Malayalam, Punjabi, Assamese, etc., as the aspiration to learn English is
growing in smaller towns and cities all over the country," Kaul said.
FOR COMPLETE READ AND REFERENCE LINK:
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/oxford-dictionaries-going-bilingual...
Best Regards,
Raghvendra R
