Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: CAT tool that allow very simple lookup of dictionary words/expressions (Japanese => English)
Poster: locksleyu
I have been doing Japanese=>English translation for some time, primarily without using any CAT tools.
However, I've come to realize I end up spending a lot of time on basic word lookup. This is not only if a word is completely new, but when I want to double check the nuances or look for potential candidate translation words.
My process now is to highlight a word or expression, open up something like Dictionary Goo, and then search for it. Usually that is sufficient, though in some cases I may need to use Google for supplimentary information
I have played around with a few CAT tools briefly, but it seems that the focus of many of them is on using a dictionary of previous translations (presumably from my own work). While I think this could be very useful, I just want to do simple dictionary lookup in a very efficient manner to shave the time used on this task.
There are so many CAT tools out there and it will take time for me to try them all, but if someone can suggest a tool that does this, I'd appreciate it.
One thing that would be cool is if there is a list of definitions shown on the bottom of the screen for all words, then I can quickly glance at that without highlighting every time. However, since Japanese doesn't have word boundaries this might be difficult to do.
There are various plugins for things like Chrome, but it seems that many of these don't work in Google Docs, which is where I generally do my work. Google Docs seems to support it's own plugins, but there don't seem to be any Japanese dictionaries.
Topic: CAT tool that allow very simple lookup of dictionary words/expressions (Japanese => English)
Poster: locksleyu
I have been doing Japanese=>English translation for some time, primarily without using any CAT tools.
However, I've come to realize I end up spending a lot of time on basic word lookup. This is not only if a word is completely new, but when I want to double check the nuances or look for potential candidate translation words.
My process now is to highlight a word or expression, open up something like Dictionary Goo, and then search for it. Usually that is sufficient, though in some cases I may need to use Google for supplimentary information
I have played around with a few CAT tools briefly, but it seems that the focus of many of them is on using a dictionary of previous translations (presumably from my own work). While I think this could be very useful, I just want to do simple dictionary lookup in a very efficient manner to shave the time used on this task.
There are so many CAT tools out there and it will take time for me to try them all, but if someone can suggest a tool that does this, I'd appreciate it.
One thing that would be cool is if there is a list of definitions shown on the bottom of the screen for all words, then I can quickly glance at that without highlighting every time. However, since Japanese doesn't have word boundaries this might be difficult to do.
There are various plugins for things like Chrome, but it seems that many of these don't work in Google Docs, which is where I generally do my work. Google Docs seems to support it's own plugins, but there don't seem to be any Japanese dictionaries.