Madura English-Sinhala Dictionary
| Developer(s) |
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|---|---|
| Initial release | November 23, 2002 |
| Development status | Active |
| License | Freeware |
| Website |
maduraonline |
Madura English-Sinhala Dictionary (Sinhalese: මධුර ඉංග්රීසි-සිංහල ශබ්දකෝෂය) is a free electronic dictionary service developed by Madura Kulatunga.[1] It is available as computer software, an online website and an android app.[2] The dictionary contains over 230,000 definitions including various technical terms.[3] As of 2015, the dictionary has been downloaded approximately 1,000,000,[4][5] and ranks 50th most visited sites in Sri Lanka.[6] The dictionary is distributed as freeware.[7] It was initially released on November 23, 2002.[2]
Development
Kulatunga, a Sri Lankan computer engineer, [8] [9] wrote a program in Visual Basic for an English-Sinhala dictionary, using the dictionary entries from the English-Sinhalese Dictionary of Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera.[10][11] The program was marketed from 23 November 2002.[10] In 2008 he started a free internet version of it, the first online English-Sinhala dictionary.[11] Kulatunga later admitted that he had infringed the copyright of the Malalasekera English-Sinhala dictionary in creating his software, but he said in 2015 that he no longer infringed on copyrights.[10]
References
- ↑ "English - Sinhala Dictionary in the computer". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 2004-01-26. Archived from the original on 2015-07-03.
- 1 2 "Madura’s moxie". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) - Youth Observer. 2015-05-17. pp. 8–9. Archived from the original on 2015-09-02.
- ↑ "Madura Kulatunga, a commendable contribution". The Island (Sri Lanka) - Watchout. 2015-05-24. p. 15. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26.
- ↑ "Madura English-Sinhala Dictionary - Free download and software reviews - CNET Download.com". download.cnet.com. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- ↑ "Madura Online - Android Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- ↑ "maduraonline.com Site Overview". alexa.com. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- ↑ "Madura Dictionary - Review by Software Informer Senior editor - Tyler Vidd". software.informer.com. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- ↑ Wickramasinghe, Kamanthi (15 July 2015). "A humble success story Madura Kulatunga". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) - Features (Wijeya Newspapers). pp. A12–A13.
- ↑ "Effectively bridging the language gap". Ceylon Today - Hello (Ceylon Newspapers). 26 July 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015.
- 1 2 3 Devapriya, Uditha (21 June 2015). "Madura’s story". The Nation (Sri Lanka) - insight (Rivira Media Corporation). p. i10. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015.
- 1 2 "Madura Kulatunga’s Notable Achievements". The Sunday Leader - Weekend Leader (Leader Publications). 30 August 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015.
