DEVELOPMENT OF AN ELECTRONIC LATIN-RUSSIAN DICTIONARY FOR STUDENTS OF MEDICAL SPECIALTIES

Abstract

The article describes the experience of developing an electronic Latin-Russian and Russian-Latin dictionary “Tempus” for medical students. The difficulties that students encounter when mastering medical terminology in Latin are described. Features of presentation of the material in paper and electronic dictionaries are compared; advantages of the latter in the educational process are presented. The necessity of developing this electronic Latin-Russian and Russian-Latin dictionary is substantiated; this dictionary is compared with the existing electronic dictionaries Abbyy Lingvo and Multitran. Examples of entries of the electronic dictionary “Tempus”, the search method in the electronic dictionary are presented. The proposed software product can be used by students in the classroom and during the independent work. This dictionary is an addition to the manuals developed by the authors.