Requirements For An English-Sinhala Smart Bilingual Dictionary: A Review

Abstract

This paper presents a review on existing English-Sinhala Dictionaries while considering today’s requirements for enhancing English language skills for users who are not fluent in English . Dictionaries are becoming popular as a means for interactive communication between languages. Dictionaries, and language professionals, in general, have long claimed that dictionaries are deficient, especially regarding accessing and updating content. Some authors have also noted that these deficiencies are compounded by the fact that language professionals do not receive proper training in dictionary use, and due to those deficiencies, they do not fully benefit from them. Electronic dictionaries include new search capabilities, not found in traditional dictionaries, that could meet users’ needs efficiently. So, this review, it’s discusses the features of the dictionaries with a comparison to existing dictionaries. Finally, its state the features that should be added to those existing ones to become a smart bilingual dictionary.