中英双语新闻实事学习-《牛津英语词典》网络版流行-2010年08月31日

《牛津英语词典》网络版流行 或将停止印刷

The Oxford English Dictionary will never appear in print again, its owners have announced. It was first published 126 years ago and is respected the world over. 《牛津英语大词典》在126年前首次出版，如今在全世界范围内受到尊敬。 But the Oxford English Dictionary will never appear in print again, its owners have announced.

然而该词典的所有者宣布，该词典将不会再出纸质版本。

Instead, the 80 lexicographers who have been working on the third edition for the past 21 years have been told the fruits of their labour will exist solely online. 在过去21年间修订第三版的80位词典编纂者被告知他们的劳动成果将只存在于网上。

The OED has been available on the internet for the past ten years and

receives two million hits a month from subscribers who pay £205 a year, plus VAT, to access it.

过去十年人们已经能够在网上读到《牛津英语大词典》，该词典每个月所用户点击量达两百万次，订阅费用为每年205英镑（含增值税）。

Oxford University Press says the dominance of the internet means the latest update to the definitive record of the English language - currently 28 per cent complete - will never be published in print.

牛津大学出版社说，由于网络已经占据主导地位，最新更新的英语词条（目前已完成了28%）将不会再出纸质版本。

'The print dictionary market is just disappearing - it is falling away by tens of per cent a year,' said Nigel Portwood, 44, chief executive of OUP.

牛津大学出版社的总裁——44岁的奈杰尔 波特伍德说：“纸质词典的市场正在消失，每年减少10%。”