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07-01-2009, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by MMM View Post
Jim Breen has lots of things SpaceALC doesn't, and vice versa. I usually have both open at the same time.

For example, a word as fundamental as 金星 (planet Venus) is "dazzling victory" in Jim Breen.

On the other hand, many katakana names appear in Jim Breen that don't appear in SpaceALC, so when in doubt I check both.
You make a very strong point. I think the fact that Jim Breen actively involves himself in the development of WWWJDIC at a grassroots level is the reason there is such an abundance of katakana names and such. He's a good guy. Hangs out on USENET at sci.lang.japan. Pretty smart.
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