<s>
PowerWord	B-Library
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
Chinese	O
,	O
English	O
and	O
bilingual	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
and	O
supporting	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
published	O
on	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
in	O
China	O
by	O
Kingsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
produced	O
for	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
platform	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
now	O
available	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
Java	B-Language
for	O
Nokia	B-Language
smartphones	I-Language
,	O
and	O
is	O
available	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
often	O
prominently	O
carries	O
the	O
label	O
"	O
CIBA	O
"	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Chinese	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
can	O
be	O
set	O
to	O
be	O
either	O
Chinese	O
or	O
English	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
program	O
contains	O
a	O
text	O
box	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
,	O
into	O
which	O
may	O
be	O
typed	O
(	O
or	O
pasted	O
)	O
an	O
English	O
or	O
Chinese-character	O
word	O
or	O
phrase	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
dictionary	B-Operating_System
entries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
speech	B-Application
synthesizer	I-Application
is	O
available	O
to	O
read	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
English	O
entries	O
(	O
in	O
an	O
American	O
accent	O
)	O
by	O
clicking	O
on	O
the	O
small	O
loudspeaker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2002	O
version	O
of	O
PowerWord	B-Library
contained	O
some	O
obscene	O
English	O
words	O
as	O
default	O
translations	O
of	O
common	O
Chinese	O
terms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerWord	B-Library
corrected	O
this	O
in	O
later	O
versions	O
,	O
but	O
many	O
users	O
failed	O
to	O
upgrade	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
obscene	O
English	O
words	O
were	O
commonly	O
seen	O
in	O
Chinese	O
shop	O
signage	O
as	O
late	O
as	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Translations	O
in	O
the	O
PowerWord	B-Library
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
are	O
in	O
general	O
very	O
brief	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
word	O
's	O
full	O
connotations	O
are	O
not	O
always	O
explained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
newer	O
versions	O
of	O
PowerWord	B-Library
this	O
situation	O
can	O
be	O
improved	O
by	O
selecting	O
better	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
from	O
the	O
main	O
program	O
window	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Text	O
can	O
be	O
copied	O
from	O
a	O
dictionary	B-Operating_System
and	O
pasted	O
elsewhere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
translations	O
in	O
PowerWord	B-Library
's	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
are	O
brief	O
,	O
the	O
application	O
works	O
best	O
when	O
dealing	O
with	O
well-defined	O
,	O
unambiguous	O
technical	O
words	O
rather	O
than	O
normal	O
words	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
supplied	O
with	O
several	O
additional	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
of	O
technical	O
words	O
in	O
specific	O
fields	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
choice	O
of	O
fields	O
is	O
biased	O
toward	O
areas	O
of	O
high	O
commercial	O
profit	O
,	O
as	O
can	O
be	O
seen	O
from	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
below	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2002	O
edition	O
of	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
contains	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
83	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
,	O
as	O
follows	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basic	O
dictionary	B-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
is	O
always	O
installed	O
with	O
the	O
program	O
(	O
the	O
others	O
can	O
be	O
selected	O
or	O
de-selected	O
in	O
the	O
advanced	O
installation	O
options	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
PowerWord	B-Library
was	O
blamed	O
by	O
a	O
furniture	O
company	O
for	O
a	O
racial	O
slur	O
printed	O
on	O
the	O
label	O
of	O
a	O
couch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
has	O
corrected	O
this	O
in	O
the	O
2007	O
release	O
of	O
PowerWord	B-Library
.	O
</s>
