Software Solutions,

To write and recognize Chinese characters you have to change the properties of your computer or you download a Chinese programme. The common used programme is NJStar. It is available under the following website address: www.NJStar.com

The computer can be a useful tool to study Chinese. There is a lot courseware and other useful programmes available in the world wide web. We tried to compile the best addresses in the following list:

Chinese courseware:

http://www.drdo.info/

http://www.andante.org/chinese.html

http://www.hantrainerpro.de/

http://www.mandarintools.com/cedict.html

http://www.chinesisch-kurs.de

http://www.lchinese.com/

Chinese dictionaries:

http://home.iprimus.com.au/richwarm/cel/cel.htm

http://www.mandarintools.com/cedict.html

http://www.euroasiasoftware.com/english/chinese/dictionary/index.html

http://coolest.com/

Online Translations:

The following programmes can provide you with a fast – but not 100 per cent accurate – overlook of a Chinese text. These programmes can be used to get the coarse knowledge of the content.

http://coolest.com/

http://babel.altavista.com/tr