User manual SYSTRAN SYSTRAN 7

[. . . ] SYSTRAN Desktop 7 User Guide i Table of Contents Chapter 1: SYSTRAN Desktop 7 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SYSTRAN Desktop 7 Products Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Special Terms Used in this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Use Merge with next and Split words on the right-click menu to merge and split words to define a set of words that should be considered as a single token. Example In this entry we can tell the software that the words "plug and play" should be considered as a single entity. Right-click and select Merge with next to merge the terms. Sorting Dictionary Columns You can change the way the dictionary is displayed by sorting the entries based on any of the columns. Click a column title to sort by that heading. The first sort will be in ascending order. 194 SYSTRAN Desktop 7 User Guide If you click the column title a second time, SDM will sort the records in descending order. Marking Headwords SDM analyzes phrases entered in the UD and recognizes the keyword in each phrase. SYSTRAN Desktop 7 looks at the headwords when it is determining which word in a term should be made plural, a specific gender, or receive other linguistic treatment. To view the headwords in your dictionary, select Mark Headwords on the View menu. The part of the phrase that has been analyzed as the headword will be in boldface. Examples include panel in "control panel" and menu in "start menu". Finding Dictionary Entries You can search for UD entries in SDM when using SYSTRAN Business Translator and SYSTRAN Premium Translator. SDM provides a search feature that lets you locate terms in the dictionaries available on your PC. The Find dialog box appears. Option Match case Match whole word Description Locate terms that match the capitalization you used in the Find what field. Locate entire terms that match the entry you typed in the Find what field, and which are not part of larger words. SYSTRAN Desktop 7 User Guide 195 Option Current Dictionary All open Dictionaries Search Fields Description Search only the current Dictionary. Under Search Options, click any options you want to specify for this search. Under Search Scope, specify the location where the search is to take place: the Current Dictionary or All open Dictionaries. You will need to open any dictionary that you want to include in the search. SDM locates the next instance of the term in the location(s) specified that match the search options, and highlights this entry in the main window. Click Find All to display a Search Results panel listing all instances of the search text. Replacing Dictionary Entries You can search for and replace UD entries in SDM when using SYSTRAN Business Translator and SYSTRAN Premium Translator. 1. Enter the text to replace it with in the Replace with field. 196 SYSTRAN Desktop 7 User Guide Refer to Finding Dictionary Entries for information on using the other fields in the Replace dialog. SDM locates the instances of the term in the location(s) specified that match the search options and highlights these entries in the main window. Select Replace All to replace all instances of the text. Importing Files into a User Dictionary You can import UD entries into SDM when using SYSTRAN Business Translator and SYSTRAN Premium Translator. You can import Text (*. txt), Microsoft Excel (*. xls), TMX (*. tmx), Multiterm, TBX, or CSV files into SDM. You can also import or export binary format (. dct) files, which are useful for exchanging precoded dictionaries or for importing SYSTRAN 5 or SYSTRAN 6 dictionaries. The import process requires you to create a new User Dictionary or to merge the imported file into the current active dictionary. For Files of type, select the type of file you want to import. SYSTRAN Desktop 7 User Guide 197 4. If no dictionary is open, SDM imports the entries into a new dictionary. If at least one UD is open, SDM will propose merging the imported data into the currently active UD file. As a shortcut, you can double-click the file in the Open dialog box to import its contents into SDM. Exporting Files from a User Dictionary You can export UD entries from SDM when using SYSTRAN Business Translator and SYSTRAN Premium Translator. There may be times when you want to work on dictionary entries outside of SDM. [. . . ] 227, 228, 281 Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Buttons and Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 334 SYSTRAN Desktop 7 User Guide STPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Combining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 TXT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Translating15, 16, 41, 42, 43, 45, 107, 114, 116, 118, 129 Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]