Collins Dictionary Publishing Heritage

In this video, Collins invites you into its dictionary publishing archive in Glasgow, Scotland, to tell you about its pioneering and innovative history.

Find out how words get into the dictionary, how new words are monitored, how the Collins Corpus came to be one of the most important developments in the history of dictionary publishing, and discover more about the vision of the company's founder, William Collins:


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Enter the competition!

To enter, simply send your CV along with examples of three new words going into the new Collins English Dictionary (the answer is in the video!) to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by midnight on 14th October 2011. The internship will be organised to suit your availability, and further details will be confirmed with the lucky winner.

Fingers crossed, and Happy European Day of Languages!

Oh, and don't forget this competition too... To win fame and an iPad2, click here: