Resource #7: PONS- German English dictionary
Site Name: PONS
URL: http://www.pons.eu/
Owner: Pons
Type of Resource: Dictionary and translation, as well as vocabulary practice tool. This is an open source, where individuals can add to dictionary.
Description: Financed from advertising revenue the new online dictionary www.pons.eu has been available on the net since 15 October 2008. Here users can consult 4.5 million words and phrases in the five language pairs German–English / French / Spanish / Italian / Polish, and many of these words can be pronounced via the computer's audio output. In addition a pictorial dictionary presents illustrations for a great many words. The feedback function lets users accessing the online dictionary contact directly the PONS dictionary editing team. All users can collaborate on www.pons.eu, and the Open Dictionary lets them enter additional entries that have not yet been included. All PONS offers on the internet are free of charge to users.
Uses: I was searching for the best on-line dictionary for English/German translation and found this site to be the best in the research I did. I like the fact that one can hear the words (audio output) and that there is a pictorial dictionary. Also one can practice learning new words
Usefulness: This resource can be used by teachers and students.
Quality: The quality of this website is excellent.
Authorship: The PONS brand is the hallmark of dictionaries and language learning materials for pupils and adults. The PONS publishing house, a GmbH or limited liability company since 2008, is headquartered in Stuttgart and has fifty staff in ten nations and authors from all over the world
Point of View or Bias: none, commercial.
Referral to Other Sources: none
Verifiability: I did not find any.
Currency: 2011.
Accessibility: WAVE (http://wave.webaim.org/) reports 90 accessibility errors!