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W O R D T R A N S L A T O R version 3.52 Copyright (c) 1990-93, Translation Experts Ltd. All rights reserved. Translation Experts Ltd. 2 Laverton Place London SW5 OHJ England International tel: +44 71 373 6354 International fax: +44 71 244 8397 In United Kingdom tel: 071-373-6354 In United Kingdom fax: 071-244-8397 TABLE OF CONTENTS page 1. Introduction........................................1 2. System Requirements.................................1 3. Word Processor Compatibility........................1 a) DOS version.....................................1 b) Windows and Macintosh versions..................2 4. Installation........................................2 a) First Make a Backup.............................2 b) Hard Disk Users.................................2 c) Floppy Disk Users...............................3 5. Changing the Default hotkeys after installation.....3 6. How to Call Word Translator.........................3 a) From Current Directory..........................3 b) From "autoexec.bat".............................3 7. Keys................................................4 a) ESC.............................................4 b) F1-Help.........................................4 c) F2-Grammar......................................4 d) F3-Add..........................................4 e) F4-Delete.......................................4 f) F5-Remove.......................................4 g) PgUp/PgDn.......................................4 h) <return>........................................4 8. Translation.........................................4 a) Translating a Word From the Screen.............4 b) Typing Your Own Word/Phrase....................5 9. Adding More Translations............................6 10. Deleting Translations..............................6 11. Setup Menu.........................................7 12. Spell Checking.....................................8 13. Document Translation...............................8 14. Prediction.........................................9 ____________________________________________________________ Table of Contents: page 1 of 2 15. Uninstall Word Translator..........................9 16. Change Accent / Type in Russian....................10 17. Printing Russian characters........................10 18. Fast Addition of New Words and Phrases.............10 19. Authorized Distributors............................11 20. Microsoft Windows Version..........................12 21. Macintosh Version..................................12 22. About The Authors..................................12 23. New Versions.......................................13 24. Found Any Problems? / Have New Ideas?..............13 25. Tutorial...........................................14 Sample Session 1: Translate a word ..................14 Sample Session 2: Translate another word ............15 Sample Session 3: Translating a phrase...............15 Sample Session 4: Add a new translation to a word....16 Sample Session 5: Delete a translation from a word...16 Sample Session 6: Add a new word with translations...17 Sample Session 7: Using the help menu................17 Sample Session 8: Using the grammar help.............17 Sample Session 9: Bilingual spell checking...........18 Sample Session 10: Translating a document............18 Sample Session 11: Using the 'prediction' feature....19 ____________________________________________________________ Table of Contents: page 2 of 2 1. Introduction Word Translator Can: * look up foreign words on your computer * save time in writing letters, reports, memos and facsimile * help you study for quizzes and tests * speed up your homework * help you improve your language skills Word Translator is a pop-up electronic bilingual dictionary. It can translate words from one language to another with just a few key strokes. Word Translator will happily work inside your favorite word processor. It will translate words from one language much faster than you can flip the pages of your dictionary. Word Translator 3.5 - shareware version is fully functionally equivalent to the end user (registered) version. There are however two extra things that registered users receive: 1) language modules with significantly greater number of words in them and; 2) for certain language modules there is a very useful grammar help file. To see the latest language modules that we offer please see the "invoice.doc" file. 2. System Requirements * IBM - PC/XT/AT, or compatible computer, DOS 2.0 or greater. * A hard drive with at least 3.5 MB of free space. * For users of the Russian dictionary a EGA, VGA or Hercules Graphics Plus with Ramfont monitor is required. 3. Word Processor Compatibility a) DOS VERSION The DOS version of Word Translator has been found to be compatible with the following word processors: 1. Word Perfect 5.1 (NB:If using Word Perfect 5.1 with the Russian language module you MUST call Word Perfect by typing: wp/cp=866 <return> and you MUST also have the RUSCII standard chosen in the Setup.) 2. WordStar 6.0 3. Microsoft Word 4.0 (will not work with 5.0 and 5.5) 4. Professional Write 2.0, 2.2 5. Other simple editors (QEDIT etc.) 6. Borland C, C++ compiler editors ____________________________________________________________ page 1 7. Symantec Q & A For other word processors, editors or applications you will have to test the software to see whether it is compatible. b) WINDOWS AND MACINTOSH VERSIONS Word Translator for Windows will work with all windows applications. The same goes for the Macintosh version (i.e. it will work with all Macintosh applications). 4. Installation a) First Make a Backup Insert the disk labeled "Word Translator" into drive a:. Insert a blank, formatted disk into drive b:. Type copy a:*.* b: <return>. Label the previously blank disk "Word Translator" and store the original disk in a safe place. b) Hard Disk Users Insert the disk labeled "Word Translator" into drive a: or b:. Change your current drive to be the one you just inserted the disk labeled "Word Translator". Type: install <return>. During installation you will be asked the following questions: 1. "Please enter the source drive? (A or B):" - here you should type 'a' or 'b' indicating the drive where you have inserted the first Word Translator disk into. 2. "Please enter the destination drive? (default=C):" - here you should type the name of the drive where you would like to install Word Translator onto (e.g. 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', etc.). If you do not type a destination drive letter and only press <enter> the installation program will take 'c' drive as the default. 3. "Are there any more Word Translator disks? (F10=yes):" - if you have bought a registered version of Word Translator and you have received more than one installation disk then you will be answering 'yes' to this question by pressing 'F10' until you have inserted all the disks that you have been sent. Otherwise you can press any key except 'F10' as a 'no' answer to this question. 4. "Do you want to install Word Translator in your "autoexec.bat" file? (F10=yes):" - if you would like to have Word Translator be called automatically every time you boot up your machine then you should answer 'yes' to this question by pressing 'F10' otherwise you should answer 'no' by pressing any key except 'F10'. For more information of what an "autoexec.bat" file is and its function please refer to your DOS manual. ____________________________________________________________ page 2 5. "Do you want to define your own hotkeys? (F10=yes):" - for those users that find the default hotkeys used by Word Translator interfering with some commands of their word processor (or any other program) that they use they may define their hotkeys. You may also change the default hotkeys after installation by using the "setup.exe" program. c) Floppy Disk Users Some shareware companies distribute the shareware version of Word Translator in such a format where the software need not be installed at all but can be used straight from the floppy disk. This is possible because the shareware version contains language modules that have approximately 10,000 entries each. With this modest number of entries the language modules will fit on a floppy disk. For users that would like to obtain a registered version with many more entries in a language module a hard drive is required with at least 3.5 Mb of free hard disk space per language module. 5. Changing the Default hotkeys after installation Change your current directory to be the one that you have installed Word Translator onto. Type: setup <return> Press 'F10' as a 'yes' answer to the question: "Do you want to define your own hotkeys? (F10=yes):". For each hotkey you will be given the ability to keep the default or change it. Each hotkey may consist of a maximum of three (3) components. The first component may be ALT, CONTROL, LEFTSHIFT, RIGHTSHIFT. The second component may be ALT, CONTROL, LEFTSHIFT, RIGHTSHIFT or a Function Key. The third component may be left out (i.e. blank) or it may be a Function Key or a Letter. This gives quite a wide range of possibilities for hotkeys and there should be no trouble in finding an appropriate hotkey for each function that Word Translator can perform. 6. How to Call Word Translator a) From Current Directory Type: wordtran <return>. b) From "autoexec.bat" Calling Word Translator from your "autoexec.bat" will allow you to have Word Translator automatically loaded into memory every time you boot your machine. During installation you need to answer 'yes' to the following question: "Do you want to install Word Translator in your "autoexec.bat" file? (F10=yes):" by pressing the 'F10' key. the 'y' key. For a description of what an "autoexec.bat" file is please refer to your DOS manual. ____________________________________________________________ page 3 7. Keys ESC - press the escape key to exit from Word Translator without performing any further actions. F1 - press function key number one to get a help menu. F2 - press function key number two to grammar help. F3 - press function key number three to add new translations. F4 - press function key number four to delete translations. F5 - in document translation mode you may delete (remove) a word from the screen by pressing function key number five PgUp/PgDn - press the page up or page down keys to move up or down in the current pop-up window. <return> - press <return> in order to chose the current highlighted translation or highlighted field in the help or grammar menus. 8. Translation a) Translating a Word From the Screen First follow the instructions under the heading: "How to Call Word Translator". After making Word Translator memory resident load your word processor. Now you can either type something on the screen or you can load an existing file into your word processor. Position the cursor on top of a word or one space to the right of a word on the screen. Press the "Ctrl" and "Left Shift" keys simultaneously. The word that was under the cursor or one space to the left of the cursor will now appear in the top box of Word Translator under the heading: "Word/Phrase to Translate". The second box will have the heading: "CHOOSE Word/Phrase". If the word under the cursor exists in the dictionary then you can now press <return> to translate this word. If the word under the cursor does not exist in the dictionary you can either add it to the dictionary by pressing F3 now or your can choose another word from the dictionary. In order to choose another word to be translated from the dictionary you can use the "PgUp" or "PgDn" keys to scroll up or down through words and you can use the up arrow and down arrow keys to highlight different words. To translate a word either press a number from one to five or use the up arrow and down arrow keys to highlight the word to translate and then press <return>. Press the "ESC" to exit out of Word Translator without choosing any of the words given. ____________________________________________________________ page 4 The pop-up window will now change displaying the heading: "CHOOSE Translation" in the second box from the top of the pop-up window. Choose a translation in the same way that you chose a word in the "CHOOSE Word/Phrase" box. Simply use the arrow up or arrow down to highlight different translations and then press <return> on the translation that you prefer. The same choice can be made by pressing a number between one and five. If all the translations cannot fit on the screen then you will be able to use the "PgDn" and/or "PgUp" keys to scroll through all the translations for the given word. Press the "ESC" key if you do not want to choose any translations. IMPORTANT: If at any point you wish to exit out of Word Translation without performing any further actions simply press the "ESC" key. If after pressing "ESC" you return to the previous Word Translation window then press "ESC" again to exit out of Word Translator without performing any actions. b) Typing Your Own Word/Phrase First follow the instructions under the heading: "How to Call Word Translator". After making Word Translator memory resident load your word processor. Now you can either type something on the screen or you can load an existing file into your word processor. Position the cursor on part of the screen where there are no words under the cursor nor any words just to the left of the cursor. Press the "Ctrl" and "Left Shift" keys simultaneously. The Word Translator window will pop-up on the screen with the heading: "Word/Phrase to Translate" in the top box. The cursor will be in this box. Now type a word or phrase that you would like to translate. A maximum of thirty four characters are allowed. You may use the backspace key to delete any characters in the word or phrase that you are typing. When you are done press <return>. The second box will have the heading: "CHOOSE Word/Phrase". If the word under the cursor exists in the dictionary then you can now press <return> to translate this word. If the word under the cursor does not exist under the cursor you can either add it to the dictionary by pressing F3 now or your can choose another word from the dictionary. In order to choose another word to be translated from the dictionary you can use the "PgUp" or "PgDn" keys to scroll up or down through words and you can use the up arrow and down arrow keys to highlight different words. To translate a word either press a number from one to five or use the up arrow and down arrow keys to highlight the word to translate and then press <return>. Press the "ESC" to exit out of Word Translator without choosing any of the words given. The pop-up window will now change displaying the heading: "CHOOSE Translation" in the second box from the top of the pop-up window. Choose a translation in the same way that ____________________________________________________________ page 5 you chose a word in the "CHOOSE Word/Phrase" box. Simply use the arrow up or arrow down to highlight different translations and then press <return> on the translation that you prefer. The same choice can be made by pressing a number between one and five. If all the translations cannot fit on the screen then you will be able to use the "PgDn" and/or "PgUp" keys to scroll through all the translations for the given word. Press the "ESC" key if you do not want to choose any translations. IMPORTANT: If at any point you whish to exit out of Word Translation without performing any further actions simply press the "ESC" key. If after pressing "ESC" you return to the previous Word Translation window then press "ESC" again to exit out of Word Translator without performing any actions. 9. Adding More Translations If the word you have either entered or Word Translator has picked up from the screen is not found in the bilingual dictionary then you will be able to add this word/phrase to the dictionary together with its translations by pressing "F3". The "F3" function key is also used to add single translations to an existing set of translations when the second box from the top has the heading: "CHOOSE Translations". 10. Deleting Translations When the second box from the top has the heading: "CHOOSE Translations" then you will be able to use the "F4" function key in order to delete single translations at a time from the existing set of translations. This done first highlighting the translation to be deleted by using the up and down arrow keys and then pressing "F4". You will then be asked whether you are sure that you want to delete the highlighted translation. Be sure to answer this question correctly because if you do not then nothing can help bring back the deleted translation. 11. Setup Menu The setup menu is called by pressing the Alt and Right Shift keys simultaneously (Alt+Right Shift is the default hotkey). Once these keys are pressed you will see the following options: ____________________________________________________________ page 6 0 - Word Translation ON 1 - Spell Checking OFF 2 - Spell Checking Beep OFF 3 - Document Translation OFF 4 - Prediction OFF 6 - Speed of Return Buffer MEDIUM 7 - Current Language ENGLISH-SPANISH-ENGLISH You cannot have Word Translation ON at the same time as Spell Checking, Document Translation or Prediction. You can have only one of these on at any time. If now you press 1 you will see that both Spell Checking and Spell Checking Beep are now ON. If you now press ESC to exit the setup menu spell checking will have been activated. The Spell Checking Beep option shows that Word Translator will beep every time a word is misspelled or it cannot find it in its bilingual dictionary. You may turn the beep off once Spell Checking has been chosen by pressing the number 2. The fourth option is Document Translation. Before activating this option you should first load a document that you wish to translate into your word processor and then position the cursor in your word processor on top of the first word in the document. Now press Alt + Right Shift (Alt+Right Shift is the default hotkey) in order to call the setup menu. Press the number 3 in order to turn Document Translation ON. If you press number 4 to turn on Prediction another choice labeled number 5 will come up that reads "5 - Activate Prediction after XX characters." After this choice comes up you may press number 5 a few times and you will see that the XX changes incrementally and after reaching a count of 15 will start again from one. This number denotes after how many typed characters the prediction function will be activated. For more details on what the Prediction mode does please refer to the "Prediction" section in the table of contents. You can change the speed at which Word Translator returns words/phrases into your word processor by pressing number 6. By pressing number 7 repeatedly you will be able to access different language modules (if they have been installed). In the Russian language you will be given the possibility to choose between CYRILSCII and RUSCII character standards (by pressing number 8). When using the Russian language module you will also be able to change the keyboard layout by pressing 9 and you can also disable the Russian keyboard driver by pressing F10. The information given later on how to print Russian is valid only for the CYRILSCII standard and therefore we recommend that you use the CYRILSCII standard unless you prefer the RUSCII standard for some reason. ____________________________________________________________ page 7 12. Spell Checking Word Translator 3.5 has the ability to spell check in two languages as you type. Every time a space is pressed Word Translator will see if it needs to spell check and if it does it will spell check the word just before the last space pressed. If a word is misstyped or it is not in the bilingual dictionary then Word Translator 3.5 will beep and display a window with suggested spellings. You may scroll up and down the window using the PgUp and PgDn keys and you may choose a word in order to replace the one just typed in your word processor. Move the highlight bar to the correct spelling and then press <return> or just press the number of the correct translation. This will replace the incorrectly spelled word with the correct spelling. If you type extremely fast then because it takes time to spell check each word some letters will appear of the screen with a slight delay, but no typing will be lost if the spelling was correct. To activate spell checking please follow the steps shown above under the heading "Setup Menu". You may deactivate the beep whenever you like by changing the setup menu which is called by pressing Alt+Right Shift. When ever you like you may deactivate the spell checking feature altogether by changing the setup menu also. 13. Document Translation Document Translation enables the user to translate a whole document from one language to another inside your favorite word processor. It will do word-by-word and phrase-by-phrase translation with phrases made up of 5 or less words. This will not be a perfect sentence translation because the word order might be different in the two languages but it is a good first approximation to a valid translation and can serve as a good aid in translation. You might find that you can use this feature to translate most parts of the sentence and that some parts you will have to edit yourself. Inspite its limitations Document Translation, as it is now, is a good tool that can assist in translating documents from one language to another. The Document Translation feature is activated as shown under the heading "Setup Menu". Once it is activated Word Translator 3.5 will start translating the document beginning with the word that is under the cursor. The well known Word Translator translation window will come up. At this point you can choose to translate the word by picking a translation or you may choose not to translate the word by pressing ESC or you may stop the document translation process by pressing F4. ____________________________________________________________ page 8 14. Prediction The prediction feature is the latest addition to Word Translator. While you are typing in your word processor suggestions (i.e. predictions) as to what you want to type will be given to you after a certain number of keystrokes. The number of keystrokes can be changed in the Setup menu. The prediction feature also does a form of spell checking at the same time as it is giving you a prediction of what you want to type. By using the prediction feature skilled translators may significantly reduce translation time because the computer does most of the typing. To activate the prediction feature press the Setup hotkey (Alt + Right Shift by default). Now press 4 to turn ON the Prediction mode. You may press 5 to change the number of keystrokes after which Word Translator will predict what you want to type. Now just press the "ESC" key to exit the setup menu. Start typing. After the allocated number of keystrokes has been exhausted on one side of your screen you will seen a pop-up window with the choices 0-9,F1-F12 and one of the choices will be highlighted. You may change the highlighted choice by the Up and Down arrow key. To choose a highlighted choice either press <enter> or its hotkey (0-9,F1-F12). You can get the translation for each line displayed on the screen by pressing Shift + choice hotkey (0- 9,F1-F12). If a key other than the choice hotkey, Shift + choice hotkey or <enter> have been chosen Word Translator will exit from the pop-up window and do nothing. It might take a little practice to get the most benefit out of the "prediction" feature but try it out and you will find that the invested time is worth while. 15. Uninstall Word Translator 3.5 There might be cases when your will want to free your memory from Word Translator 3.5 in order to use the memory for some other purpose. In this version of Word Translator it is easy to do this. Exit your word processor so that you are in DOS. Press Ctrl+Alt+E keys simultaneously. The message: "Word Translator 3.5 has been removed from memory." will appear on the screen. Now just press <return>. This effectively frees the memory of your computer that was previously taken up by Word Translator. You can also uninstall Word Translator by calling it with the /u command line parameter: wordtran /u <return>. This option is provided so that you can uninstall Word Translator from a batch file. ____________________________________________________________ page 9 16. Change Accent / Type in Russian 1) To change an accent a) You must not be using the Russian language module. b) You should place the cursor after the character that you want to accent. c) You should press the accent hot key (Alt+C by default) repeatedly until the current accent is displayed on the screen. 2) To type in Russian a) You must be using the Russian language module. NOTE: to change language modules please refer to the Setup section in this manual b) If you are not using Word Perfect with the Russian language module then the following applies: If, when typing, you see Roman characters then by pressing the Russian language hotkey (Alt+C by default) once, you will be able to type in Russian. To switch back to typing in Roman characters press the Russian language hot key (Alt+C by default) again. 17. Printing Russian Characters If you are not using Word Perfect with the Russian language module then to print Russian characters you need to use additional software that can be obtained from: Xenotechnix Inc. 3412 Progress Drive Bensalem, PA 19020, U.S.A. tel: 1-215-639-2996 fax: 1-215-639-2932 No. To Print On You Need Disk(s) # 1 Epson FX and JX 105 compatible printers 2 Epson FX-85 (9-pin dot 116 dot matrix) compatible printers 3 Epson LQ-850 (24-pin dot 106 + 116 matrix) compatible printers 3 Laser printers 113-115,119-124 (laser fonts only) 18. Fast Addition of New Words and Phrases A special utility for fast addition of many new words and phrases in one go is provided for registered users. The new words and phrases have to be entered into an ASCII file in a certain format and the utility will read from this ASCII file and add all the word and phrases to the bilingual dictionary that you specify. Please contact us if you would like to have this utility. ____________________________________________________________ page 10 19. Authorized Distributors 1. Denmark, Netherlands 2. Norway, Sweden and Finland Jens Rex Consult Arkeo A.S. - Word Office Benloese Skel 4G Hellestvedveien 42 DK-4100 Ringsted, Denmark 3965 Herre, Norway tel: (+45) 53-619-042 tel: (+47) 3-966-700 fax: (+45) 53-619-391 fax: (+47) 3-966-656 3. North America 4. North America - Russian only Mr. Halldor Gislason XenoTechnix Inc. P.O. Box 1933 3412 Progress Drive Fairfield, Iowa 52556, U.S.A. Bensalem, PA 19020, U.S.A. tel: (+1) 515-472-1521 tel: (+1) 215-639-2996 fax: (+1) 515-472-4434 fax: (+1) 215-639-2932 5. United Kingdom 6. United Kingdom Testware U.K. Ltd. SMS Shareware 46 The Avenue 19 Carshalton Road Harrogate, N. Yorks. Camberley, Surrey GU15 4AQ United Kingdom, HG1 4QD United Kingdom tel: (+44) (0)423 886415 (24hrs) tel: (+44) (0)276 681-864 tel: (+44) (0)423 880471 fax: (+44) (0)276 643-82 7. Austria, Germany & 8. South & Central America Switzerland Patrick Awart G. Ceballos Marchfeldstr. 16-18/4/7/28 Calle 64 No 42 - 103 A-1200 Wien Medellin Austria Columbia tel: (+43) 1-33-00-659 South America tel: (+43) 1-55-88-755 9. Germany 10. Germany EDV Studio 2001 CDV Software Hausener Weg 90 Ettlinger Strasse 5 6000 Frankfurt 90 7500 Karslruhe Germany Germany tel: (+49) 69-789-4737 tel: (+49) 721 2 22 95 tel: (+49) 69-781-162 fax: (+49) 721 2 13 14 11. Russian Federation Megapolis Russia 454000 Chelybinsk Lenin Ave. 59, apart. 317 tel: (+7) (0)3512-389-511 fax: (+7) (0)3512-336-623 ____________________________________________________________ page 11 20. Microsoft Windows Version We are happy to say that Microsoft Windows users can now have Word Translator working for them. The Windows version is very similar in operation to the DOS version (speed and file access) but it has the characteristic Windows look and feel. It will work with all Windows word processors, editors, and other Windows application programs. Please look in the "invoice.doc" file for ordering and pricing information. 21. Macintosh version We are very happy to announce that a fully operational Macintosh version of Word Translator is also now available to interested customers. The Macintosh version has been engineered and designed by Mr. Halldor Gislason and is an outstanding piece of software engineering. Please contact us if you would like to have the Macintosh version of Word Translator. 22. About The Authors Nenad Koncar - Principal software engineer and designer of Word Translator software for DOS. Holds M.S. degree in Computer Science at MIU, Fairfield, Iowa, USA. Now doing a Ph.D. on using neural networks in natural language translation. Koert Zeilstra - Software engineer and co-designed of Word Translator for DOS. Holds M.S. degree in Computer Science at MIU, Fairfield, Iowa, USA. Now working as software engineer in Virginia, USA. Halldor Gislason - Author of the Macintosh version of Word Translator. Most experienced software engineer in the whole team with several years of experience of working in a software company. Currently student at MIU, Fairfield, Iowa, USA. Robert Devcic - Microsoft Windows expert, responsible for the Windows version of Word Translator. Holds B.S. degree in Computer Science, Zagreb, Croatia. Now does computer consulting work as well as software development for interested clients. Jens Rex - Main idea engine. This man has given us the best ideas about what our software should do and how. He is the biggest shareware distributor in Denmark and a leading figure in the proliferation of shareware programs in Denmark. He has seen the usefulness of Word Translator from the very start and has given us both moral and financial support. Distributor of Word Translator software for Denmark. Dictionary authors and copyright holders: Language Author and copyright holder Spanish Patricio Burbano Portuguese Americo de Almeida Danish Jens Rex Russian Vadim Nisichenko Croatian Zeljka Martinis ____________________________________________________________ page 12 23. New Software/Hardware Versions a) New software versions will have: 1) More languages 2) More words in each dictionary 3) Several languages in one dictionary 4) Thesaurus in both languages 5) More sophisticated document translation that will consider phrases and whole sentences using grammar rules, parts of speech and will do automatic verb conjugation. b) New Hardware Versions New hardware versions will have: 1) The ability to have the computer speak out the word it had just translated so that you can learn how to pronounce the translated word. 2) The ability to type a whole sentence in one language and have the compute automatically say this whole sentence in another language. This would be very useful for an international businessman with a notebook computer when talking to another businessman form a country other than his own. 3) Custom made hardware, like a pocket calculator, that will have an LCD screen key pad, and Word Translator inside its ROM. 24. Found any problems? / Have new ideas? First of all please register with us so that we can continue to keep upgrading Word Translator software. Secondly if you find any problems in the operation of our software please report this immediately to us and we will see that the problem is removed as fast as possible. We love to hear all your ideas for our software. What new features would you like to see? Which new language modules would you like to see? Those users that have significantly modified a language module by adding new words/phrases and their translations or have created entirely new custom dictionaries are entitled to receive at a significant discount any new releases of our software as well as other language modules. If you are such a user please contact us because we would like you to send us the dictionary files that you have enhanced in return for the above mentioned discount. Please note that we will not accept any dictionaries that have been simply copied from other sources. The dictionaries should be the intellectual property of the user that created them. If the dictionary is both the intellectual property of the user and he/she can prove this to us and the dictionary is of a sufficient size then we also offer contracts for using such dictionaries in our software. Dictionaries do not have to be ____________________________________________________________ page 13 typed into Word Translator they may also be typed in any ASCII word processor in any consistent and systematic manner. We suggest the following format for ASCII files: word_or_phrase_1\translation_1\translation_2\...\translation_n . . . word_or_phrase_n\translation_1\translation_2\...\translation_n Where word_or_phrase is any word or phrase in the source language and translation_1, translation_2, translation_n are either words or phrases in the target language. Any comments regarding words or phrases should be in open brackets like (noun) following the word or phrase. The same is true for translations. If you are a bilingual speaker with a large bilingual vocabulary then you just might be the right person to be an author of one our dictionaries that will be used by millions of people from all over the world. 25. Tutorial NOTE: Some of the sample sessions might be invalid for certain language modules because they lack the required word/phrase and its corresponding translation(s). We will lead you step by step through a few sample sessions of using Word Translator 3.5. Before any session make sure these two steps have been done: I) Follow the instructions on how to make Word Translator memory resident II) Load your word processor Sample Session 1: Translate word a from your word processor screen. Perform and/or observe the following steps: 1) Type a word in English. For example: "car". Press the "Ctrl" and "Left Shift" keys simultaneously. 2) The Word Translator Screen will come up. 3) Press <return>. 4) Another Word Translator screen will come up. 5) Press the "Down Arrow" key. 6) Press <return>. ____________________________________________________________ page 14 7) Now the translation for "car" will replace the word "car" in your word processor. Sample Session 2: Translate another word by typing it into Word Translator. Perform and/or observe the following steps: 1) Position the cursor on a position in your word processor screen where there are no words under or just to the left of the cursor. 2) Press the "Ctrl" and "Left Shift" keys simultaneously. 3) The Word Translator Screen will come up with an empty line under the heading: "Word/Phrase to Translate". 4) Type the word "beautiful" or some other word and then press <return>. 5) Another Word Translator screen will come up. 6) Press the number "1". 7) Now the translated word will be put into your word processor at the place where your cursor was positioned in your word processor before calling Word Translator. Sample Session 3: Translate a phrase from your word processor screen. Perform and/or observe the following steps: 1) Type a phrase on your screen. 2) Move the cursor to be on the first letter of the first word in the phrase that you just typed on the screen. 2) Press Ctrl + M. 3) Press the Right Arrow key a number of times so that the whole phrase becomes highlighted. 4) Press <return>. 5) Press the "Down Arrow" key. 6) Press <return>. 7) A Word Translator screen will come up. 8) Move the cursor by using the Up or Down arrow keys so that the word or phrase that you want to use for translation is highlighted. ____________________________________________________________ page 15 9) Press <return>. 10) Now the translation for the phrase given on the screen will come up in your word processor. Sample Session 4: Add a new translation to an existing word. Perform and/or observe the following steps: 1) Type the word "car" in your word processor. Press Ctrl and Left Shift simultaneously. 2) Press <return> to choose "car". 3) Press F3 to add a new translation. 4) Press 'F10' to say "yes" for the question: "Are you sure?". 5) Type '1' and then press <return> for the question: "Number of translations :". 6) Now type any word that you like for fun and press <return>. 7) Press any key. 8) Press Ctrl and Left Shift keys again. 9) Press <return>. 10) Now the new translation will be visible on the screen. Sample Session 5: Delete a translation from an existing word. Perform and/or observe the following steps: 1) Type the word "car" in your word processor. Press Ctrl and Left Shift simultaneously. 2) Press <return> to choose "car". 3) position highlight bar on the translation you want to delete. (Maybe the one you had just added in Sample Session 3.) 4) Press F4 to delete the translation under the highlight bar. 5) Press 'F10' to answer "yes" to the question: "Are you sure?" 6) Press any key. 7) Press Ctrl and Left Shift keys again. ____________________________________________________________ page 16 8) Press <return>. 9) Now the translation you just deleted will no longer be present on the screen. Sample Session 6: Add a new word with a whole set of translations for that word. Perform and/or observe the following steps: 1) Type a word that is not in the bilingual dictionary in your word processor. 2) Press Ctrl + Left Shift keys. 3) Press F3 to add a new base word and its translations. 4) Press 'F10' to acknowledge action. 5) Type '3' for "How many translations : " and then press <return>. 6) Type three words of your choice for the translation of the word typed in Step number 1. After each word has been typed press <return>. 7) Press any key. 8) Press Ctrl + Left Shift keys. 9) Press <return>. 10) Now you will see the translations for the word under or just to the right of the cursor in your word processor. Sample Session 7: Using the help menu. 1) Press F1. 2) Press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow keys to select a highlighted word. If you press <return> when a word is highlighted then that word will be explained in more detail. 3) Press PgDn or PgUp for further help topics. 4) Press ESC (Escape) to exit the help menu. Sample Session 8: Using the grammar help. 1) Press F2. 2) Press PgDn or PgUp for further other pages. 4) Press ESC (Escape) to exit the grammar help menu. ____________________________________________________________ page 17 Sample Session 9: Bilingual spell checking 1) Press Alt + Right Shift to get the setup menu. 2) Press 1 to activate Spell Checking. 3) Check that the proper language module has been chosen. 4) Press ESC. 5) Start typing in your word processor. 6) If a word has been misspelled or it is not in the current bilingual dictionary the computer will beep and will give you a list of suggested spellings. 7) If the word is not misspelled but simply does not exist in the current bilingual dictionary then you can press F3 to add it together with one or more translations to the current dictionary. Sample Session 10: Translating a document Please note: Before you start translating a document you should make a copy of the document that you want to translate and give it the name of the translated version of the document (the translation copy). It is also recommended that you make frequent backups of your translation copy during the translation process. It can be useful to have a hard copy (printout) of the original source text in front of you as you are translating. Perform and/or observe the following steps: 1) Load a document (the translation copy) into your word processor. 2) Move the cursor in your word processor to be on top of the first word in the document from where you want to start translating. 3) Press Alt + Right Shift to get the Setup menu. 4) Press 3 to activate Document translation. 5) Check that the proper language module has been chosen. 6) Press ESC. 7) Word Translator will first look to see if it can find any phrases of up to 5 words in total length and if it cannot find any phrases it will to find the word under the cursor in the current bilingual dictionary. You may add new words and phrases during the Document translation process. 8) If you do not want to translate a word then you can either skip it by pressing ESC or erase (remove) it by pressing F5. ____________________________________________________________ page 18 9) There will be occasions when you will want to stop the document translation process to do some editing in the translated sentence. This can be done by pressing F4. After doing this you will probably want to continue with the document translation process. This can be done by again following steps 2-6 in this sample session. Sample Session 11: Using the 'prediction' feature Perform and/or observe the following steps: 1) Press Alt + Right Shift to get the setup menu. 2) Press 4 to activate Prediction. 3) Adjust the number of keystrokes after which the prediction will be activated by pressing 5 repeatedly until the desired number comes up. 4) Check that the proper language module has been chosen. 5) Press ESC. 6) Start typing in your word processor. 7) After the allocated number of keystrokes has been exhausted the Word Translator will come up with a window of 22 predictions. 8) Move the highlight by using the Up or Down arrow keys onto the word or phrase that you want use and press <return>. 9) You can get more predictions than the given 22 that show on the screen by using the Up and Down arrow keys to go in the up or down direction beyond the choices that are given on the screen. 10) You can also press Shift + choice hotkey (0-9,F1-F12) in order to get a list of translations for the word or phrase to which the choice hotkey corresponds to. You may then choose one of the translations by moving the highlight onto it and then press <return> or exit without doing anything by pressing "ESC". 11) You may decide to disregard the given predictions and this is done by pressing any key except the choice hotkeys (0-9,F1- F12), Shift + choice hotkey (0-9,F1-F12) or return. ____________________________________________________________ page 19