Re: [edict-jmdict] Combining entries

[Darren Cook <darren@*********>]

> The rule I developed years ago was a "two-out-of-three"
> approach for entries with kanji parts (and one-out-of two if
> there were no kanji.) It has worked pretty well.

Sorry, I couldn't understand that. Two what out of three what?

> Jim has raised the matter of country names, e.g. should
> the current ケニア; ケンヤ (n) Kenya entry, be expanded
> by adding the full form (ケニア共和国/ケニアきょうわこく,
> tagging ケニア and ケンヤ as "nokanji".

ケニア:  Kenya
ケニア共和国: The Republic of Kenya

I'm not sure "Republic of Kenya" is a good translation of ケニア, and
the same for "Kenya" as a translation of ケニア共和国. Do you want to
represent that difference?

In MLSN, and Wordnet, they are a single entry, because they are just
synonyms for the same place; but a dictionary has slightly different
goals doesn't it?

Darren


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