Don't let dictionary apps mislead the children (Voice of Readers)

　　It has become the habit of college students, middle school students and English learning enthusiasts to look up and recite words on the mobile APP. The electronic dictionary on the APP has almost replaced a large paper dictionary.

However, a reporter from "Xinhua Viewpoint" found that many English learning apps that are frequently used by users over 100 million have frequent spelling, phonetic transcription, and translation errors.

　　Search the English vocabulary corresponding to "School System" on the NetEase Youdao Dictionary, and the result is shown as eductional systme.

Check the "School System" entry in the "New Century Chinese-English Dictionary" published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, and the result is educational system.

Two words in the entry of NetEase Youdao Dictionary were spelled incorrectly.

　　Such errors are not uncommon in many "dictionary apps".

Search for the entry a crisis of capitalis in the Shanghai-Jiang Xiao D dictionary, and the Chinese entry obtained is "capitalist crisis".

In the "English-Chinese Dictionary" published by Shanghai Translation Publishing House and the "Oxford Advanced English-Chinese Dictionary" published by the Commercial Press, one of the definitions of crisis is "crisis", but the word capitalis cannot be found; refer to "New Century" In the Chinese-English Dictionary, the English word for "capitalist" is capitalist.

　　Who cares about the errors of "dictionary apps" and "learning apps"?

The local market supervision department stated that it was not qualified to investigate and deal with it; the publishing department stated that it could only restrict copyright-related issues; and the education department also stated that although APP involves education, the education department cannot control these apps.

It's not that these departments are arguing, but that they really don't have the authority to manage such issues.

　　An error in the "dictionary app" and "learning app" is not a trivial problem.

When these wrong words are "accustomed to" by students, it will not only affect "examination results", but the key is to master "wrong knowledge".

Learning tools and dictionary tools were originally meant to guide students, but they ended up misleading their children, which is really regrettable.

　　The error of "dictionary apps" and "learning apps" is that the commercial organizations that organize the development of such apps do not have professional personnel, or the so-called "professionals" they hire are not professional enough.

Moreover, the content of this kind of "electronic dictionary" is not rigorous and careless in the process of compiling and reviewing, and there is no professional review agency responsible. Unlike the paper products of publishing houses, which have a three-review system, errors are almost inevitable.

Only considering profit, but "unintentional to learn" is the root cause of errors in "dictionary apps".

　　For "dictionary apps" where errors occur in many departments but "no authority to manage", it is necessary to formulate new management rules as soon as possible to allow the education department, publishing department, marketing department, and cultural department to intervene, just like "managing paper dictionaries" "Manage electronic dictionaries".

　　How to introduce the content of the "paper dictionary" into the "electronic dictionary" and prevent the "electronic dictionary" from harming others is a problem that requires in-depth consideration. Publishing organizations themselves or cooperating with other institutions to launch "electronic dictionaries" is a way out .

As we continue to expand, we often find it difficult to find authoritative and accurate interpretations on the Internet, which should also cause concern.

　　It is about the accuracy of knowledge. How can the mistakes of dictionary apps continue to mislead people?