Dictionary dudes

On May 31, I slipped across the border into Malawi and visited Steven Paas who was in Nkhoma. Steven is the editor of the Chichewa-English dictionaries that have recently come out. He and I had a lot of fun talking about electronic distribution and alternative means of sharing dictionaries (Kamusi and Lexique Pro). His English-Chichewa dictionary has more than 15,000 entries in it and the entire dictionary is a single Word file! The two-volume work represents more than a decade of work with students from Zomba Theological College.

It was nice to meet Steven and his wife during their brief visit in Malawi. They are now based in the Netherlands.