Selected English-Chinese-English Dictionary (5th Edition) and Oxford Academic English Dictionary (English-Chinese Bilingual Edition) Book Cover Courtesy of the Commercial Press
Beijing, September 14 (China News Network) -- At the 28th Beijing International Book Fair on the 14th, the Commercial Press and Oxford University Press jointly held a new book launch conference to launch the "Selected English-Chinese-Chinese-English Dictionary" (5th Edition) and "Oxford Academic English Dictionary" (English-Chinese Bilingual Edition).
As early as the 1980s, Robert Birchfield, then editor-in-chief of oxford dictionaries, came to China to attend an academic conference and agreed to cooperate in the compilation and publication of the Selected English-Chinese-English Dictionary in an exchange with the Commercial Press, thus opening the successful cooperation between the Commercial Press and Oxford University Press for more than 40 years. This dictionary provides two-way query between English and Chinese, which is suitable for both Chinese to learn English and foreigners to learn Chinese. The Commercial Press and Oxford University Press are responsible for the preparation of Chinese-English and English-Chinese content, respectively.
In 1986, as soon as the dictionary was launched, it was welcomed by learners at home and abroad and became a best-selling product. After four editions, 35 million copies have been sold so far. The 5th edition continues the scale and framework of the previous edition, with a significant update of 40% revisions. The increase in revenue reflects the characteristics of the times, such as gamification (gamification), quantitative easing (quantitative easing), cyberbullying (cyberbullying) and so on. At the same time, the original content was comprehensively revised, so that the accuracy of interpretation and translation was further improved. This new "Selected English-Chinese-Chinese-English Dictionary" (5th edition), with its exquisite and practical characteristics and excellent quality, will bring powerful help to readers at home and abroad for the exchange and learning of Chinese and English.
Guests took a group photo at the press conference Ying Ni photo
If the Selected English-Chinese-English Dictionary (5th Edition) is a new generation of traditional brands, the Oxford Academic English Dictionary (English-Chinese Bilingual Edition) launched at the same time is a new development and the only learning English dictionary specifically for academic needs, which has won the British Council's "Learning Resource Innovation Award". This dictionary is designed to meet the needs of readers to learn advanced, to help readers use English as a medium, learn the professional knowledge of various subjects, and truly upgrade English from "for me to learn" to "for my use".
To compile this dictionary, Oxford University Press created an academic English corpus of 85 million words covering all disciplines in the life sciences, physical sciences, social sciences and humanities. There are also various learning sections within the dictionary to assist in the use of English: "Word Collocation" shows how to combine words in academic writing; "Vocabulary" explains how to achieve specific functions, such as how to discuss evidence or draw conclusions; and "Oxford Academic Writing Guide" helps students to plan their essays and write different types of articles. The launch of the Oxford Academic English Dictionary (English-Chinese Bilingual Edition) is expected to push domestic English learning to new heights. It is also the result of the coordinated development of the two wings of "content innovation" and "knowledge service" of the Commercial Press. So far, the Business-Oxford series dictionary has formed a full category, a wide range of fields, multi-level and large-scale product line pattern, with fruitful results and great views.
Joseph Nobel, Director of Collaboration and Innovation in English Teaching at Oxford University Press, who recorded a video specifically for the book launch, said: "Oxford University Press is very proud of its strong publishing collaboration with the Commercial Press for more than four decades, and this publication of Selected English-Chinese-English Dictionaries (5th Edition) is a testament to the power of collaboration, which we hope will help more learners around the world. We look forward to continuing to use dictionaries as a great work of language to help language teachers and learners around the world in future collaborations." ”
Jennifer Bradbury, Digital Product Development Manager, English Language Teaching At Oxford University Press, said in the video: "We are delighted to continue our long-term and fruitful partnership with the Commercial Press to launch this new dictionary for Chinese students (The Oxford Academic English Dictionary English Bilingual Edition). The Commercial Press has also published the Oxford Advanced English-Chinese Dictionary, which is ideal for students to use together in both general and academic English. ”
Yu Dianli, director and deputy general manager of China Publishing and Media Co., Ltd., attended the press conference and congratulated the new achievements of cooperation between the two sides. Gu Qing, executive director of the Commercial Press, said that the cooperation between the Commercial Press and Oxford University Press has been both traditional and innovative from the beginning. The cooperation between the two sides will enter a new stage in the future, jointly create a distinctive international cooperation publishing brand, become a useful supplement to the original brands of Oxford and Commerce, dedicate more high-quality products to the majority of readers, and promote the further exchange and integration of Chinese culture and world culture. (End)
Source: China News Network