\_ \_ Actually, the real problem lies in the assumption made who knows \_ when, by people who made translation dictionaries, that such \_ dictionaries need contain only words and their translations. mmmmm.... I think the problem comes from people using basic translation dictionaries and assuming they've got the entire multi-thousand-year-old language in a happy little book. :-) \_ There is a simple, albeit time consuming, + proc + memory + disk .... :-) David