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About gadict
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``gadict`` is EN to EN/RU/UK dictionary.

There is `some linguistic information <MISC.html>`_ on English language.

Look to dictionaries online (large files, several MiB):

* `gadict En-Ru+Uk <gadict.html>`_
* `VOA Special English En-En <gadict_voa.html>`_

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Term of use is in `LICENSE <LICENSE.html>`_.

Download and installation instructions are in `INSTALL <INSTALL.html>`_.

To report issue just mail me <gavenkoa@gmail.com>.

Home page
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http://gadict.defun.work/
  Home page.
http://gadict.sourceforge.net/
  Home page (mirror).
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gadict
  SourceForge home page.

Project goals
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 * Maintain EN to EN/RU/UK dictionaries that cover frequent words.
 * Provide structural data on term of public domain.
 * Supply additional information about English language and tools for creating
   and maintaining dictionaries.

Project quality
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I check spelling with ``ispell``/``aspell`` like programs.

Pronunciation and translation of most words is cheched using free dictionries,
learning materials and automatic processing with NLP tools.

Some articles (especially new one) may have typos.

See `statistics <STAT.html>`_ on articles count for different dictionaries.

Project history
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Project was started in 2009-06-28 as collection of irregular verbs which I tried
to memorize.

Articles was formatted in *Stardict TAB format*. Later project switched to much
verbose *C5 dictfmt format*.

*C5 dictfmt format* can't present linguistic markup so proprietary format was
developed. There are writers that produce dictinaries in *dictd format*, *Anki
cards*, HTML form for online access.

Software directories
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https://www.ohloh.net/p/gadict
  ohloh home page for gadict