The Nijmegen Arabic/Dutch Dictionary Project
1.14 Interesting Conclusions and Observations
Some interesting conclusions and observations can be made after completing the dictionaries, and after writing such an extensive report on how the project was carried out etc.
My conclusions concern:
coverage of the Arabic vocabulary in a dictionary containing 24.000 Arabic entries
comparison between existing dictionaries
descriptions as a means to bridge the gap of lacking equivalents
lexical gaps in Arabic and/or in Dutch
disappointingly few useful practical indications in a book devoted to the compilation of Arabic dictionaries for foreigners