Vestnik of Samara University. History, pedagogics, philologyVestnik of Samara University. History, pedagogics, philology2542-04452712-8946Samara National Research University617410.18287/2542-0445-2016-22-3.2-130-142UnknownWHAT YOU EVER READ? AUTOMATED COMPARISON OF PUBLISHING VARIATIONS IN A CONTEMPORARY LANGUAGE ROMAN TEXTStahlPetermorenov.sv@ssau.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097Julius-Maximilians-University (JMU) Wurzburg in Bavaria02032016223.21301420106201801062018Copyright © 2016, Stahl P.2016<p>This article describes a project comparing 11 editions of ThomasManns novel The Magic Mountain (1924). The aim hereby is todevelop computer-based tools that enable automated text-processingwith only a small amount of additional manual work. After scanninga few chapters of the novel the pictures are converted into text-files.The texts are dehyphenated, OCR-errors are corrected automatically.<br />By way of comparison all differences between them are revealed,i.e. punctuation, spelling and lexical modifications. The text of thefirst edition from 1924 and the variants found in all other editionsare combined to a new critical edition.</p>Thomas Mann, “Magic Mountain”, text-processing, comparing texts, critical edition, errorsТомас Манн, роман «Волшебная гора», машинная обработка текстов, сравнение текстов, критическое издание, ошибки.