Le Grand Robert & Collins


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The Robert & Collins comprehensive French-English dictionary

The biggest French-English / English-French dictionary for Mac
With over 1 million translations, this dictionary is recognized as the best of its range.

Its very powerful search engine and intuitive interface will take you directly to the best translation in any given context. Differences between British and American English, levels of speech (standard, colloquial, old-fashioned, etc…) and cultural specificities are clearly indicated.
The application is optimized for Mac Intel.


1/ The biggest bilingual dictionary for Mac

The most comprehensive and up-to-date bilingual dictionary
- over one million translations
- 425,000 words and expressions
- 45,000 compounds
- 3,000 abbreviations
- all the latest words and phrases from the last edition

Digital extensions for the most accurate translations
- a dictionary of synonyms in each language
- 15,000 terms of business
- 100,000 audio pronunciations: the biggest database with 85,000 words in English and 15,000 in French
- a complete conjugation tool: all the French and English verbs in all modes and tenses

A complete tool for language learning
- 300 cultural notes provide insight into institutions, traditions and cultures of English- and French-speaking countries
- a “Language in use” supplement, organized in 27 topical chapters, helps you to communicate in a natural, idiomatic language in a variety of situations, and to avoid the trap of “word for word” translation


2/ Functionalities

- a powerful search engine to get quick access to all the translations of a word, a compound or a phrase
- a search through both the English and French lists of entries, examples and translations to save you the trouble of specifying the language of the search item
- all the results displayed by categories : words, compounds, phraseology, phrasal verbs

Full text navigation
- thousands of hyperlinks allow you to move from one word of the dictionary to another in just a click, and to access the various supplements (cultural and encyclopaedic notes, language in use, etc.)
- full hypertext allows you to explore the whole dictionary in both languages

Friendly and ergonomic interface
- optimized interface and display for greater readability
- colour-coded text (green for French and red for English)
- tree structure for all entries for better navigation

Other useful functions
- choose the interface language: French or English
- advanced search within an entry
- copy, paste and print functions
- browse the history of viewed entries
- zoom in and out

Online help
detailed and structured help accessible from all sections of the dictionary


3/ Required configuration

- Mac OS 10.4 or higher
- disk space: 820 Mb
- Mac Intel processor
- screen resolution: 1024 x 768 or higher


4/ More information

- on The Robert & Collins French-English / English-French Comprehensive dictionary:
http://www.lerobert.com/espace-numerique/telechargement/le-grand-robert-et-collins-mac.html

- on professional versions of the Robert & Collins French-English / English-French Comprehensive dictionary, for companies and organizations: http://www.lerobert.com/espace-numerique.html