On November 20th, the 13th Annual Conference and Symposium of the Chinese Dictionary Society, an academic event in China's dictionary circle, was held in Beijing, hosted by the Chinese Dictionary Society, and hosted by the Commercial Press and Hebei Normal University. According to the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, the meeting adopted a combination of online and offline methods, and the offline venue was set up at the Commercial Press. Nearly 400 experts and scholars from universities, scientific research institutions and publishing houses across the country attended the meeting online and offline.
Jiang Lansheng, member of the Faculty of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and honorary member of the Chinese Dictionary Society, Liu Hong, deputy director of the Department of Language and Writing Information Management of the Ministry of Education, Li Yuming, president of the Chinese Dictionary Society, and Gu Qing, executive director of the Commercial Press, jointly launched the official website platform
The opening ceremony was presided over by Gu Qing, executive director of the Commercial Press, Zheng Zhenfeng, vice president of Hebei Normal University, Li Yuming, president of the Chinese Dictionary Society, delivered a speech and made a work report, and Liu Hong, deputy director of the Department of Language and Writing Information Management of the Ministry of Education, attended and spoke. At the meeting, Deputy Secretary-General Yu Guilin presided over the launch ceremony of the official website of the Chinese Dictionary Society, zheng Zuozhi, the person in charge of the website, introduced the design of the platform, and Jiang Lansheng, honorary member of the Chinese Dictionary Society, and Liu Hong, deputy director, President Li Yuming, and gu Qing, executive director, jointly launched the official website platform.
Although the annual meeting was compressed due to epidemic prevention reasons, the agenda was compact, and two academic lectures were organized with the theme of "Contemporary Dictionary Life and Chinese Dictionary Cause", which were presided over by Vice President Tan Jingchun and Vice President Liu Guohui, and many experts shared the experience of upgrading and innovating famous brand dictionaries, as well as the academic thinking of the compilation of original large-scale dictionaries in the new era. A "President-in-Chief Editors Forum" was also set up, chaired by Deputy Secretary-General Shen Wei, to conduct special discussions on how to speed up the research and development of media dictionaries. In the interactive session, the delegates Feng Haixia, Zhang Hui, Wang Donghai, Yuan Shixu, Kang Shiyong, Li Hongyin, Tan Jingchun, Wang Huimin, Wang Zhuying, Sun Shuxue, Ma Aimei, Chu Zexiang, Geng Yundong, etc. successively asked questions to the speakers and received corresponding answers.
Carry forward the "spirit of boat weaving" of the lexicographer
Li Yuming, president of the Chinese Dictionary Society, delivered a speech and made a work report
This year coincides with the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, and in the past hundred years, our party has formed its own spiritual genealogy, and these spiritual genealogies also have the contributions of Chinese lexicographers. At the juncture of the centenary of the founding of the party, it is very important to carry forward the "spirit of compiling boats" of Chinese lexicographers. In the past three years, the Chinese Dictionary Society has served the overall situation, kept its integrity and innovation, and led the development of the Society with party building work, and a number of major national dictionary projects, such as the Xinhua Dictionary (12th Edition), Cihai (7th Edition), and the Hanyu Da Dictionary (2nd Edition) have been published one after another. Many brand dictionaries have developed digital versions and actively moved towards the goal of media dictionaries, such as the third edition of the Chinese Encyclopedia, the Judian Data Open Platform, and the Commercial Press Language Resources Knowledge Service Platform (Hanfen APP), which has made a good start for the transformation of traditional dictionaries into media dictionaries. The concepts of "dictionary life" and "media dictionary" proposed by the society are also gradually advancing.
Chairman Li Yuming pointed out that the dictionary is the collective memory of a nation and the spiritual existence of the nation; the lexicographer is the teacher behind the scenes of the people, the collector, collator, and inheritor of knowledge, and the repairer of the spiritual homeland of the nation. We should let the society understand the dictionary, understand the lexicographer, and understand the spirit of the lexicographer. Now there are many people in the world who use movies to express lexicographers, such as Japan's "The Chronicle of the Boat" (2016), the Korean "Dictionary" (2019), and the Irish "Professor and the Madman" (2019) and so on. China's literary circles, film and television circles should also pay attention to Chinese lexicographers, publicize the "spirit of boat editing", and look forward to China's "Boat Compilation".
Liu Hong, deputy director of the Department of Language and Writing Information Management of the Ministry of Education, delivered a speech
Deputy Director Liu Hong fully affirmed and highly praised the work of the Society, hoping that the Dictionary Society would take the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China as the guide, conscientiously implement the spirit of the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" Scientific Research Work Conference of the State Language Commission, vigorously promote the construction of language and writing standards, actively organize forces, participate in the research and research of major scientific research tasks of the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" language and writing standards, and jointly promote the implementation of scientific research plans.
Create an original dictionary for the new era
Jiang Lansheng, member of the Faculty of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and honorary member of the Chinese Dictionary Society, made an academic report
Today, in the 21st century, the people's cultural life is becoming more and more abundant, the basic norms of modern Chinese have taken shape, and the social language has also shown a multi-level and diversified appearance, and a complete, scientific and innovative "Modern Chinese Dictionary" is an important original work of epochal significance, which will be an important cultural product dedicated to society by my Chinese scholars in the new stage of development.
Jiang Lansheng, member of the Faculty of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and honorary member of the Chinese Dictionary Society, made a report entitled "The Academic Nature of the Modern Chinese Dictionary". She said: After the publication of the "Modern Chinese Dictionary," Mr. Lü Shuxiang and Mr. Ding Shengshu proposed that they should compile a "Modern Chinese Dictionary" and use it to revise the "Modern Chinese Dictionary." Mr. Lü has always stressed that the compilation of dictionaries is the most taboo thing to be the same, and to compile it, it is necessary to break through the predecessors, and it must have characteristics and new ideas, otherwise there is no need to compile them. Mr. Lu used very popular words, hoping not to compile a "fat dictionary". She repeatedly experienced Mr. Lü's teachings and instructions, and finally positioned the Modern Chinese Dictionary as a large-scale original language dictionary that systematically records the face of modern Chinese vocabulary for a hundred years under the guidance of modern linguistic theory and theory and practice of lexicography. What is valuable is that the "Modern Chinese Dictionary" presided over by Jiang Lansheng has always adhered to the academic as the guide, and has first established research on the intentional innovation points of the dictionary, and organized the implementation on the basis of research. In highlighting the user's perspective, there are many innovations in dictionary conception, positioning, design, word collection, interpretation, illustration, etc., which everywhere embodies the compilation concept of combining synchronicity and diachronicity, normative and descriptive, and academic and practical. The academic guidance of the dictionary and the study style of rigorous interpretation have set a new benchmark for lexicographers.
Wei Xiangqing, vice president of the Chinese Dictionary Society, professor of Nanjing University and director of the Bilingual Dictionary Research Center, made an academic report online
Wei Xiangqing, professor of Nanjing University and director of the Bilingual Dictionary Research Center, took the compilation of the World Canal Dictionary (Concise English-Chinese Comparative Edition) as an example, introduced the characteristics of the compilation of the dictionary, and deeply analyzed the value and advantages of the compilation and publication of paper media dictionaries in the era of integrated media, and further explored the theoretical paradigm innovation of the research of dictionary users in the new era, the conceptual essence and practical rationale of the media dictionary in the new era from the perspective of academic theory.
Summarize the experience of brand dictionaries
The history of China's dictionary compilation has a long history, from the ancient "Explanation of Words" to the modern "Ciyuan" and "Cihai", and then to the "Xinhua Dictionary", "Modern Chinese Dictionary", "Hanyu Da Zidian", "Hanyu Da Dictionary", "Chinese Encyclopedia", etc., these symbolic cultural achievements have grown up on the land of China, have Chinese wisdom, Chinese characteristics, and are valuable assets of the Chinese dictionary industry, which is worth summarizing.
Cheng Rong, a researcher at the Institute of Linguistics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, made an academic report
Cheng Rong, a researcher at the Institute of Linguistics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the host of the 12th edition of the Xinhua Dictionary, introduced the revision of the 12th edition of the Xinhua Dictionary from multiple angles such as word collection, zhuyin, interpretation, examples, and appendices. She particularly stressed that the revision team adheres to the leading of academic research, pays attention to the principle of attaching equal importance to standardization and practicality throughout the multi-faceted and multi-angle revision of the whole book, and strives to make the Xinhua Dictionary better serve the new era, which is a new practical exploration of contemporary normative dictionary revision.
Zhang Min, deputy editor-in-chief of Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House, made an academic report online
Zhang Min, deputy editor-in-chief of Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House and co-ordinator of the paper edition of Cihai, focused on the revision of the seventh edition of Cihai, pointing out that in the revision, we always adhere to the "spirit of Cihai", adhere to the concept of integrity and innovation, pay attention to the interpretation of discourse in the new era, update and standardize the content of knowledge, and adjust and improve the knowledge system. She also made a reflection on the future development of "Cihai" in the context of digitalization, such as the comprehensiveness of "Cihai" will be enhanced; the breadth and depth of interpretation will be increased; the quantity and quality of pictures will be greatly improved, and the form and content will also be expanded.
Wang Huimin, deputy editor-in-chief of Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House, gave an academic report online
Wang Huimin, deputy editor-in-chief of Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House and specific person in charge of the revision of the Hanyu Dictionary, introduced how the Hanyu Dictionary adheres to the concept of "combining ancient and modern, paying equal attention to source and flow" from the aspects of adding four large corpora, absorbing the research results of the academic community, combing chinese character glyphs, adding ancient sounds, adding new words and new languages, supplementing missing meanings, and exploring the source of documentary evidence, etc., and puts forward the new thinking on the revision of dictionaries in the digital era, such as in the digital era, the length of the dictionary is no longer limited by physical space Where are the boundaries of the received words; how to achieve the multi-source dictionary revision under the condition that readers and editors can interact in real time.
Liu Hang, deputy editor-in-chief of China Encyclopedia Publishing House, made an academic report
Liu Hang, deputy editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of China Publishing House and head of the daily work of the encyclopedia, from the urgency and significance of compiling the Encyclopedia of China (the third edition), explained the overall design and implementation of the online version of the Encyclopedia of China (the third edition). He pointed out that the core of the online version of the project is the construction of the digital compilation platform, introduced the goals and achievements of the platform construction, the compilation process and technology, the difficulties and breakthrough directions in the compilation work, and made a prospect for integrated publishing, such as establishing a composite high-end editing talent team with international level discipline experts and strong information processing capabilities, and quickly exploring the establishment of a set of independent operation and maintenance mechanisms with hematopoietic functions.
Promote the research and development of media dictionaries
The future development of China's dictionaries will gradually transform from flat dictionaries to media dictionaries, through the combination of authoritative content and Internet technology, the formation of a new way of producing dictionary content, which is an iterative process, not particularly difficult in technology, the most important thing is the need for policy environment and market environment support.
Shen Wei, deputy secretary general of the Chinese Dictionary Society, presided over the "President-in-Chief Editors Forum" session
In the "President-in-Chief Editors Forum", the president and editor-in-chief started from the work practice and held a heated discussion on the theme of "how to speed up the research and development of media dictionaries", involving the advantages and disadvantages of media dictionaries and paper dictionaries, the difficulties and countermeasures faced by media dictionaries, the research and development model and cooperation mechanism, the development status and prospects, etc., sharing the experience of the multi-dimensional layout of various societies and looking forward to the development prospects of media dictionaries.
Gu Qing, Executive Director of the Commercial Press, delivered a speech
Regarding the prospect of the media dictionary, Gu Qing, executive director of the Commercial Press, proposed that first, the media dictionary must be continuously iteratively upgraded; second, it is necessary to aggregate resources, talents, etc. in order to talk about development, otherwise it cannot be realized. He stressed in particular that to distinguish between information and knowledge, publishing houses provided the accumulation of knowledge. We must be wary of capital wrapping up content and doing four different things, so a good media dictionary still depends on the publishing house to do it. Grafting knowledge and networks and markets is the direction of the future development of Rong Media Dictionary.
Liu Guohui, vice president of the Chinese Dictionary Society and executive director of the Encyclopedia Dictionary Publishing House, delivered a speech
When talking about the dilemma faced by the research and development of the media dictionary, Liu Guohui, executive director of china Encyclopedia Dictionary Publishing House, summed up with the three words of "specialized, scattered and weak", "specialized" refers to insufficient professionalism, "scattered" is insufficient aggregation, and "weak" is insufficient funds. He believes that the research and development of media dictionaries can not rely solely on the strength of the publishing house, it is necessary to strengthen external cooperation, and in the cooperation, it is necessary to grasp the cooperation between content and technology, open up the cooperation between different systems, straighten out the cooperation between authors and editors, and achieve seamless docking between the two links of compilation and marketing.
Xu Jianzhong, vice president of the Chinese Dictionary Society and editor-in-chief of the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, delivered a speech
Regarding the development status of media dictionaries, Xu Jianzhong, editor-in-chief of the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Publishing House, believes that at present, it is still in the initial and exploratory stages in terms of content production methods, compilation and editing modes, content presentation forms, and communication service methods. Although every publishing house faces many common problems, these are both challenges and opportunities, and publishing houses must give full play to their own advantages, have the responsibility to take responsibility, and face difficulties.
Zhang Guoqiang, deputy editor-in-chief of Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House, spoke online
When talking about how the media dictionary goes from concept to concept to practice, Zhang Guoqiang, deputy editor-in-chief of Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House, believes that in the "era of competition", the core competitiveness of dictionaries is "not to forget the original heart", and the "media" in the media dictionary is not the more the better, but to use it properly, because "text" is still the core of the dictionary.
Yang Bin, vice president of the Chinese Dictionary Society and president of Sichuan Dictionary Publishing House, spoke online
How to view the relationship between the investment and return of the media dictionary, Yang Bin, president of the Sichuan Dictionary Publishing House, believes that to take a long-term view, the integration and development of the publishing industry cannot be achieved overnight, and it is necessary to continue to exert efforts and make long-term achievements; it is necessary to make full use of various policies and resources; to build on the strengths and avoid the shortcomings, and strengthen cooperation and development with technology companies.
Looking forward to the future of the media dictionary, everyone is soberly aware of the difficulties, but more full of confidence, there has never been a savior, and the only way to develop is to rely on the efforts of the lexicographers themselves. Therefore, we have the courage to change, actively innovate, have readers in our hearts, technology in our eyes, and markets in our goals. Every lexicographer should not stop on the track he has cultivated, hoping that every lexicographer will be able to run to the end and see the sun at the end. It is gratifying that Shanghai Century Publishing Group and Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House have taken the lead in developing the Judian Data Open Platform, which has found an effective solution for real-time inspection in digital reading. At the seminar, Tong Lijun, deputy editor-in-chief of Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House and head of Judian Data Open Platform, focused on the business logic and technical principles, content characteristics and data security of "Judian Data Open Platform", shared operational data, and further considered the transformation of digital publishing of reference books, believing that transformation is essentially a change in the way of thinking, and the road to transformation is bound to grasp content with one hand and technology with the other.
Zhou Hongbo, Secretary General of the Chinese Dictionary Society, presided over the General Assembly of Members
Yu Guilin, deputy secretary general of the Chinese Dictionary Society, made an explanation of the changes in the relevant matters of the society
At the closing ceremony, Zhou Hongbo, secretary general of the society, presided over the general meeting of the members of the Chinese Dictionary Society, and Deputy Secretary-General Yu Guilin made an explanation on the revision of the Constitution of the Chinese Dictionary Society, and an explanation on the change of the vice president, executive director and director of the Chinese Dictionary Society.
Zhou Xian, vice president of the Chinese Dictionary Society, made online conference paper views sharing
Zhou Xian, vice president of the society, shared views based on the papers submitted to the conference. A total of 106 papers or abstracts were received at this seminar, which was the largest number of papers received at the annual meeting of the Society in the past, reflecting the enthusiasm of the majority of scholars for participating in the seminar. In addition to the conference report, three highlights worthy of attention were summarized from the papers or summaries of the original planned group report: first, the "Modern Chinese Dictionary" is an eternal topic; second, the research is multi-angle, deep and refined; third, on the journey towards a strong country in the dictionary, the dictionary industry must not only make itself bigger, stronger and more realistic, but also play a role in radiation, leadership and leadership.
Zhang Yihua, Vice President of the Chinese Dictionary Society and Director of the Academic Committee, summarized the conference online (data map)
Zhang Yihua, vice president of the society and director of the academic committee, made a summary of the conference. Although the annual meeting and academic seminar are short in time, the academic content is high. The fusion media dictionary has been advancing in exploration, but the academic community seems to have paid little attention to it, and it is recommended to discuss the innovation of the media fusion and dictionary theory. Overall, one of the cores of media lexicography is "fusion", which is characterized by the integration of all levels of the dictionary through a cross-media digital platform, including dictionary information production resources, text content, communication methods and media. The second core of media lexicography is "integration" or "connection", which is characterized by the connection of two or more aspects that are not directly related through cross-media platforms, including dictionary texts of different media, authors and users of dictionaries, dictionary texts and users. All of this requires us as a writer to constantly explore, especially in the hope of young scholars.