Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The Quality of Online Urdu to English Dictionaries


With the advent of the internet, the lives of many people changed for good. It can help one with literally anything. There was a time when there was nothing much on the internet for the people who speak Urdu and for the people who want to learn Urdu. However certainly, the times have changed now.
There are so many resources regarding Urdu present on the internet. The internet is replete with a variety of the Urdu to English dictionaries. Fortunately, there are many options to choose from. The dictionaries also offer almost countless features.
The quality of these Urdu to English dictionaries on the internet remains questionable. The language experts are constantly raising their concerns on this matter. They say that often the dictionaries do not generate accurate results linguistically.
For any word in any other language, the Urdu language has a variety of options. The difficulty level also varies widely. Other than that, some words might have different connotations. However, the dictionaries generate the most basic of the options. Often, many dictionaries generate no more than two meanings. Along with that, the linguists also complain that the meanings are sometimes not the most appropriate ones.
So from this situation, the real question that arises is that who can use these Urdu to English dictionaries? Well the answer is that many people still use these dictionaries and they are beneficial to them. Many people who do not Urdu can use these dictionaries for basic communication with Urdu speaking people.

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