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[lojban-beginners] Lojban-English full dictionary effort- request for assistance



I have been working on creating a full dictionary between English and Lojban, excepting place names.
I'm using "Webster's New World Dictionary-Thesaurus" 2nd Edition, (c)2002 to do this.

Basically, what I am doing is going through the book, and listing every entry with it's various meanings, then ascribing the following:
1: a gismu/ tanru with equivalent meaning, as precise as possible
2: a lujvo if applicable, built from the tanru from (1)
3: a fu'ivla for those of who that like such things

When I have finished the "a"s, I will be formatting it into a HTML-compatible table and posting it onto my geocities account, or the Lojban wiki, or both(?).

The help I am requesting is three-fold:
1: Help in completing the list- 61,000+ entries to transcibe is painstaking work, I have yet to finish all the entries in "a" and haven't even begun the actual translation efforts.
2: Help in pruning the list, i.e., deciding which English language entries to disregard, such as Aeneas, Atlanta, Aegean, etc. I am currently excluding all proper nouns and English grammar words, although I believe maybe the grammar exclusion was a bad idea....
3: Help in translation: Once the table is up on the wiki, I would appreciate help in translating the various definitions into Lojban.

Attached is an example of the table format.

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mu'o mi'e .topy'at.

.i.a'o.e'e ko klama le bende pe denpa bu
Title: English

English

Definition

Lojban (gismu/ tanru)

Lojban (lujvo)

Lojban (fu’ivla)

again

once more; another time; anew; in addition: Will you spell your name again, please?

 

 

 

 

in an additional case or instance; moreover; besides; furthermore.

 

 

 

 

on the other hand: It might happen, and again it might not.

 

 

 

 

back; in return; in reply: to answer again.

 

 

 

 

to the same place or person: to return again.

 

 

 

 

again and again with frequent repetition; often: They went over the same text again and again.

 

 

 

 

as much again twice as much: She earns as much again as I do.