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The Multilingual PC Directory

  A4 Format (210mm x 297mm; 8.27" x 11.69"),
  256 pages. Soft Cover, Perfect Bound.
  GBP35.(+ shipping)


1. Overview

If you need a wordprocessor to write in Arabic, a spelling checker for
Russian, a program to translate between English and Japanese, or some
Indian TrueType fonts for Windows, then you need The Multilingual PC
Directory.

And that's not all. If you've ever wondered where they speak Komi, which
language uses a 'damma' diacritical mark, and the difference between
Russian and White Russian, then you'll find it in the book too.


2. Book Contents

  1 How to Use the Directory                6 International Reference
                                                Telephone Country Codes
  2 Multilingual Products                       Telex Country Codes
     Consumer's Guide                           Payment Methods
     Degrees of Multilingual Support

  3 Product Profiles:                       7 Language Reference
     Languages Supported                        Scripts
     Comprehensive Description                  Alphabets
     Equipment Requirements                     Character Sets

  4 Languages On-Line                       8 Glossary
     CompuServe, Internet                       Computer Terms
     Language Lists                             Language Terms
     UseNet groups
                                            9 Bibliography
  5 Company Profiles:                           Product Reviews
     Publishers                                 Related Publications
     Manufacturers           
     International Affiliates              10 Comprehensive Index
     Address, Telephone, Fax                    By Language
                                                By Application
  6 International Reference
     Telephone Country Codes                11 Dozens of Illustrations
     Telex Country Codes
     Payment Methods




3. The Multilingual PC Directory, Description

The Multilingual PC Directory is the definitive guide to multilingual and
foreign language products for IBM PCs and compatibles. It includes details
of about 400 products, supporting as many languages, which are available in
over 70 countries from over a 1000 manufacturers, publishers and affiliates.

Each individual Product Profile describes and highlights the main features
and noteworthy multilingual or foreign language capabilities. Additional
information includes computer requirements, and languages supported.

The Company Profiles detail each product manufacturer or publisher, and
their international affiliates and dealers. The contact information
includes addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and some email addresses.

The Languages On-Line section details language resources that are accessed
with your modem, such as CompuServe and the Internet. It includes details
of how to connect to the Internet, UseNet user-groups, Language Lists, and
ftp sites.

Supporting chapters describe various aspects of multilingual and foreign
language products. Over thirty different types of product are summarised,
including wordprocessors, desktop publishing, fonts (including TrueType and
Postscript), translation packages, spellcheckers, and numerous applications.

The Language Reference includes a description of World's scripts, noting
localities, similarities, differences, and examples. Sample character sets
include ECMA-94 Latin 1-4 (ISO 8859/1-4), ECMA 113/86/88, and over a dozen
Codes Pages.

The appendices provide information on international matters (telephone and
telex country codes, faxing, methods of overseas payments), a glossary of
terms, bibliography and 14,000-entry index.


4. Purchasers

BBC World Service, Unisys World Trade, University of East Anglian,
University of Leeds, University of York, Queen's University of Belfast,
University of Cambridge, Interlingua Ltd, Harper Collins Publishing, the
Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, Atomic Energy Authority, Houghton Miffen Co.,
Microsoft, IBM, Adobe Systems, and many more!



5. What the Press Say


PC Magazine, Feb 8, 1994
  "If your work requires languages other than English, you'll be interested
   in Ian Tresman's Multilingual PC Directory.. even if you don't need it,
   you might enjoy browsing through it." - M David Stone.


BYTE Magazine, December 1993.
  "This is an invaluable resource for anyone who ever needs to write in
   more than one languages." - Raymond GA Cote


Gale's The Year in Reference 1993.
  "It is a pleasure to come across a reference book that is obviously      
   written by a human being, and one with a sense of humour! This book is
   certainly not overprices. This is a useful addition to the high-tech
   library, and has the rare distinction of being 'un-put-downable' even by 
   people with little interest in PC software!" - John Welford.

New Scientist, Babel for the computer, 1 February 1992
  "The Multilingual PC Directory provides a wealth of information to those
   interested in language software. It may well help avoid costly mistakes
   through having insufficient information to make a wise purchase."
   - David Patey



6. Language Support

The Multilingual PC Directory describes products which include the support
of these languages:

Acholi               Eskimo               Komi               Russian
Afrikaans            Esperanto            Kongo              Samoan
Albanian             Estonian             Korean             Sangs
Amharic              Ewe                  Kurdish            Sanskrit
Anglo-Saxon          Farsi                Lao                Serbian
Arabic               Fijian               Latin              Serbo-Croatian
Aramaic              Filipino             Latvian            Sinhalese
Armenian             Finnish              Lettish            Sinhi
Assamese             Flemish              Lithuanian         Sioux
Assyrian             French               Lu-Ganda           Slovak
Avar                 Fulani               Macedonian         Slovenian
Azerbaijani          Gaelic               Magahi             Spanish
Bambara              Georgian             Maithili           Sundanese
Bantu                German               Makua              Swahili
Bashkhir             Greek                Malagasy           Swedish
Basque               Gujarati             Malay              Syriac
Belorussian          Gurmakhi             Malayalam          Tadzhik
Bengali              Harari               Maltese            Tagalog
Bhojpuri             Hausa                Mandingo           Taiwanese
Birhari              Hawaiian             Manipuri           Tajik
Bohemian             Hebrew               Marathi            Tamil
Bulgarian            Hieroglyph           Mari               Tatar
Burmese              Hindi                Masai              Telugu
Buryat               Hiragana             Mizo               Thai
Byelorussian         Hungal               Moldavian          Tibetan
Caddoan              Hungarian            Mongolian          Tigrinya
Catalan              Ibo                  Munda              Turkish
Chechen              Icelandic            Naga               Turkmen
Chikaranga           Indonesian           Navaho             Udmurt
Chinese              IPA                  Nyanja             Ugaritic
Chippewa             Irish                Nepalese           Uighur
Choctaw              Iroquoian            Norwegian          Ukrainian
Chuvash              Italian              Oriya              Umbundu
Coptic               Japanese             Oromo              Urdu
Cree                 Kabardian            Ossetian           Uzbek
Croatian             Kalmyk               Pashto             Vietnamese
Cuneiform            Kannada              Persian            Visayan
Cyrillic             Kanuri               Pilipino           Welsh
Czech                Kashmiri             Polish             Yakut
Dakota               Katakana             Portuguese         Yiddish
Danish               Kazakh               Punjabi            Yoruba
Dari                 Khasi                Pushto             Yugoslavian
Devanagari           Khmer                Rajasthani         And more..
Dutch                Kirghiz              Rhaeto-Romanic
Dzongkha             Kishmiri             Rumanian



7. Printing History:

FIRST Edition published September 1991.
  Reprinted with revisions in Nov 1991, Apr Jul Oct 1992, and Jan 1993.
  
SECOND Edition published April 1993.
  Reprinted with revisions in May Jul Aug Oct Nov '93, Jan Feb Mar Apr '94.
  
THIRD Edition published July 1994.
  Reprinted with revisions every 2-3 months.   



8.                         Order Form/Proforma Invoice

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Pricing  (All costs in GBP UK Pounds Sterling)

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