1839 FREIBURG, Germany – August, 2009 - Paragon Software Group, the leading software developer of electronic dictionaries for mobile devices and desktop computers, announces the release of Oxford dictionaries for Mac OS – the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, the Concise Oxford Thesaurus, the Oxford Russian Dictionary and the Oxford German Dictionary, Third Edition.

The most authoritative coverage of English vocabulary is coupled with Paragon's advanced SlovoEd engine to bring premium dictionary content directly to the users' desk. The original dictionary was adapted to the electronic versions for Mac users' convenience to provide extensive translation or word definition by simply pointing the cursor over the word in question. Unknown words and phrases from any document, e-mail and web-page are defined in a matter of seconds. The detailed word definitions are accompanied by usage and a native British sound module of 20,000 words, transcription, grammar information, and color markup. Using unique compression technology, the dictionaries provide a very fast word database browsing and instant word search. There is no need to turn pages of imposing volumes to find the necessary word.

"Oxford University Press has been providing a wide variety of lexicographic works to generations of language enthusiasts, and today we are very excited to see the launch by software developer Paragon Software Group of a set of Oxford dictionaries for the Mac OS. With Apple selling over 9.7 million Mac's last year alone there is an enormous market for our content as imagined by the clever programmers at Paragon," said Evan Schnittman, Vice President of Global Business Development at OUP.

The Concise Oxford English Dictionary database contains more than 240,000 words, phrases and definitions, and is the most up-to-date dictionary of its kind available on the market.

The Concise Oxford Thesaurus contains over 365,000 synonyms and antonyms, and would be ideal for use in word games and puzzles, to improve your writing or to find the word on the tip of your tongue.

The Oxford German Dictionary includes more than 320,000 words and phrases, as well as 520,000 translations. The most essential grammatical information and word usage notes are available for both languages.

The Oxford Russian Dictionary covers more than 75,000 entries, 185,000 references, 290,000 translations including British and American English, regional Russian dialects along with numerous illustrative examples.

Features:
• Word definition look-up without leaving the active application and switching to the dictionary. Read e-mails, documents, and Web pages from your PC and get word translations by simply pointing the cursor over the unknown word.
• Word search in any grammatical form (plural nouns, adjectives, different verb forms) using built-in morphology module (available for English and Russian).
• Sound modules pre-recorded by native speakers (available for English and German).
• Grammar reference for every word in the dictionary.
• "Search history" and "bookmarks."
• Check yourself with the words you have added to "Flash Cards."
• "Fuzzy search" and wildcards ("*", "?", etc.) help find words even if you do not remember the exact spelling.
• Enter words in your native language faster by using on-screen virtual keyboard (available in many languages).
• Lists of irregular verbs (available in English and German dictionaries).

Compatibility: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard) powered by Intel

The Concise Oxford English Dictionary is available for 39,95 EUR (30,95 GBP); the Concise Oxford Thesaurus is available for 29,95 EUR (20,95 GBP), the Oxford Russian Dictionary and the Oxford German Dictionary are available for 69,95 EUR (55,95 GBP).

The dictionaries can be downloaded from:
http://www.penreader.com/mac-os-software/Oxford.html

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