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Assyrian Dictionary

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:42 pm
by ethan
http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/ ... liest-days

It only took 90 years to create :) but now you can translate your own cuneiform.

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:17 pm
by philqw78
Is it on google translate yet?

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:35 pm
by ethan
philqw78 wrote:Is it on google translate yet?
I read somewhere that there is a free online version. Supposedly it is much more than a dictionary and includes a lot of discussion around the usage and meaning of terms.

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:22 pm
by hazelbark
philqw78 wrote:Is it on google translate yet?
"At various points during the project’s long history, scholars tried to modernize the process, including attempting to put portions of the project on IBM hole punch cards in the 1960s. Transferring all the cards onto computers would have taken decades, Roth said. Instead, they now are going into a safe archive."

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 11:15 am
by spike
ethan wrote:
philqw78 wrote:Is it on google translate yet?
I read somewhere that there is a free online version. Supposedly it is much more than a dictionary and includes a lot of discussion around the usage and meaning of terms.
http://www.event12.com/babylonian/index.html

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 11:16 am
by spike
spike wrote:
ethan wrote:
philqw78 wrote:Is it on google translate yet?
I read somewhere that there is a free online version. Supposedly it is much more than a dictionary and includes a lot of discussion around the usage and meaning of terms.
http://www.event12.com/babylonian/index.html
Ok thats a bit of a joke but you did ask!