《臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典》音字系統一致性的校正──資料庫管理程式在辭典校對作業上的用例

Improvement of the Consistency between Sound and Character in The Dictionary of the Most Frequently Used Words of the Min'nan Language: The Application of Database Management System in Dictionary System Revision

辭典常做為釋疑辨異的主要依據。辭典的字形、字音和釋義，理當遵照嚴格的系統化標準。就臺灣閩南語而言，腔調的複雜和用字的混亂，是民間長期存在的客觀事實。閩南語辭典字形和字音的釐定工作，因而更形困難。教育部主編的《臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典》，歷經編輯群的撰稿、審核，在2005年大體定稿。在審稿過程中，偶爾仍會發現字形、字音前後不一的現象，個人乃提議進行本辭典音字系統一致性的校正工作。個人運用資料庫管理程式，先對辭典內容進行初步剖析，校正部分體例；接著進行辭典內部閩南語用字和字音的媒合，並整理出本辭典閩南語字音的音韻系統；完成不合理音節的校正作業之後，再歸併各個用字的所有音讀，交由編輯小組進行人工檢校。透過電腦軟體的輔助，提高了本辭典的校對速度和精確性。本文擬分享資料庫管理程式在辭典校對工作上的使用經驗，以做為爾後相關作業的參考。

A dictionary is usually regarded as a standard grammar; however, generally the Taiwan Southern Min lexicography is not considered to be user-friendly due to inconsistent characters and sound variants in Taiwan Southern Min. Although the Dictionary of the Most Frequently Used Words of the Min'nan Language, edited by the Ministry of Education, had finally been confirmed in 2005, we still find some mismatches between characters and pronunciations. Hence, this study aims to correct these mistakes according to several procedures, such as using the database management system Visual FoxPro to primarily investigate the dictionary content and to do hand-checking correction. Then, we built up the character and pronunciation mapping system of Taiwan Southern Min by organizing all possible combinations with Excel. Meanwhile, we revised the invalid mappings, and put the sound variants into their corresponding character sets. Finally, all sets containing characters and pronunciations were examined and checked artificially. With the help of the computer software, the rate of speed and accuracy is improved. All in all, we would like to share our experiences in revising dictionary system for your reference.