Description

Wenlin tackles the most frustrating obstacles for students, scholars, and speakers of Chinese with its versatile and easy-to-use interface. It is like having a seasoned scholar on your desktop! An integrated solution, Wenlin combines a high-speed expandable Chinese dictionary, a full-featured text editor, and unique “flashcard” system all in one intuitive environment. Wenlin is a comprehensive tool for beginning students, life-long speakers, and scholars alike. Wenlin 3 includes an expanded and improved version of the already huge ABC Chinese-English Dictionary edited by John DeFrancis, giving it a total of over 10,000 characters and approximately 200,000 words and phrases.Wenlin’s unique interface provides instant “point to” vocabulary look-up and “click” access to detailed vocabulary information. Wenlin’s extensive character descriptions and cross-referencing include pictures of characters in ancient and modern forms, simple and full form, and pinyin. Wenlin reads, writes, edits, and prints Chinese documents of any size and includes built-in selection of Chinese literature and current media. You can copy and paste Chinese text between Wenlin and other applications. Unicode, GB, Big5, and UTF-8 Encodings are supported. Automated drill and review includes scoring, tracking, interactive testing, multiple-choice and composed-answer. Other powerful features include animated stroke-by-stroke display, handwriting recognition, and audio-CD quality studio recordings of all Mandarin syllables. Multi-user packs are available.The Power of WenlinDictionary InterfaceHigh speed customizable and expandable Chinese dictionaryOver ten thousand characters, over 200,000 words and phrasesInstant “point to” vocabulary look-upClick access to essential vocabulary infoExtensive character descriptions and cross-referencingPictures of ancient and modern forms of Chinese charactersDesktop access to important Chinese scholarship and literatureClick access to all words that contain a character, including definitions, ordered by frequency of usageCharacter look-up by component, including groups that share componentsFast automatic search access to huge selection of literature, for finding examples in contextCharacter lists arranged by stroke-count and pronunciationAutomatically updated listingText EditorReads, writes, edits, and prints Chinese documentsSupports Unicode format, the most widely recognized world standard, as well as GB, Big5, UTF-8 and HZBuilt-in selection of Chinese literature, current new media includedWord-wrap, undo, cut, copy, paste, search, and replaceUnlimited document sizeCharacters and words entered using phonetic conversion or handwriting recognitionInstant dictionary integrated with text editorCombines simple and full form Chinese characters, pinyin, and English in one documentCompatible with other Chinese language applications, pen/tablet tools”Flashcards” SystemAutomated drill and reviewInteractive testing, multiple-choice and composed-answerScoring and trackingDictionary access while memorizing vocabularySimultaneous display of documents, definitions, lists, and flashcardsLearningAnimated Stroke-By-Stroke DisplayInstant Handwriting RecognitionAudio-CD quality studio recordings of all Mandarin syllables