Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: CAT tool that allow very simple lookup of dictionary words/expressions (Japanese => English)
Poster: Michael Joseph Wdowiak Beijer
Post title: you might want to try CafeTran!
[quote]locksleyu wrote:
[quote]Rodolfo Raya wrote:
Hi,
Swordfish has customizable searches for terms on the web. It has Goo pre-configured, ready to use out of the box.
Highlight the term you want to look up and then select "Search Term on the Web" in "Terminology" menu or press "Shift + Ctrl + D" ("Shift + Cmd + D" if you use a Mac).
Regards,
Rodolfo [/quote]
Thanks much for this. I tried this tool and it seems it may help my workflow.
However, when I try to view a term using Dictionary Goo, it opens up another smaller window on top of the Swordfish interface. While this is slightly better than my current workflow (not taking into account the overall learning curve of the tool), I was hoping to find a tool where it shows the dictionary lookup on the same screen so I can avoid having to manage multiple windows at once.
Also, since it looks like you are the creator of Swordfish you might want to mention that in your answer (:
[Edited at 2017-01-23 21:36 GMT] [/quote]
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It currently has all kinds of built in (i.e., integrated into the UI) web search features, even some very interesting ones especially for accessing all of the Proz glossaries.
Full disclosure: I don't work for CafeTran, although I was very involved in its user community in the past (although I am currently using Déjà Vu X3).
Btw, if you have the new Proz.com "Professional (PLUS package)", you actually get a free licence to CafeTran thrown in, I believe.
Or … you could do it another way: run your web searches using either IntelliWebSearch ( [url removed] ) or Omni-Lookup ( [url removed] | formerly called "Multifultor"), the former opens yr search in the browser of your choice, the second in a dedicated (IE-based) window that pops up. By the way, Rolf Keller has been putting a lot of work into Omni-Lookup lately, and it is starting to look really interesting. In addition to searching online, you can also use it to search local .tbx/.tmx files, .xlsx files, and even your Windows Search index! Definitely something to keep yr eye on.
Happy searching!
Michael
PS: as far as I know, CafeTran also handles Japanese very well, which not all CAT tools do.
[Edited at 2017-01-23 23:27 GMT] (see also: [url removed] ~cafetran/ )
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[Edited at 2017-01-23 23:58 GMT]
Topic: CAT tool that allow very simple lookup of dictionary words/expressions (Japanese => English)
Poster: Michael Joseph Wdowiak Beijer
Post title: you might want to try CafeTran!
[quote]locksleyu wrote:
[quote]Rodolfo Raya wrote:
Hi,
Swordfish has customizable searches for terms on the web. It has Goo pre-configured, ready to use out of the box.
Highlight the term you want to look up and then select "Search Term on the Web" in "Terminology" menu or press "Shift + Ctrl + D" ("Shift + Cmd + D" if you use a Mac).
Regards,
Rodolfo [/quote]
Thanks much for this. I tried this tool and it seems it may help my workflow.
However, when I try to view a term using Dictionary Goo, it opens up another smaller window on top of the Swordfish interface. While this is slightly better than my current workflow (not taking into account the overall learning curve of the tool), I was hoping to find a tool where it shows the dictionary lookup on the same screen so I can avoid having to manage multiple windows at once.
Also, since it looks like you are the creator of Swordfish you might want to mention that in your answer (:
[Edited at 2017-01-23 21:36 GMT] [/quote]
-> [url removed]
It currently has all kinds of built in (i.e., integrated into the UI) web search features, even some very interesting ones especially for accessing all of the Proz glossaries.
Full disclosure: I don't work for CafeTran, although I was very involved in its user community in the past (although I am currently using Déjà Vu X3).
Btw, if you have the new Proz.com "Professional (PLUS package)", you actually get a free licence to CafeTran thrown in, I believe.
Or … you could do it another way: run your web searches using either IntelliWebSearch ( [url removed] ) or Omni-Lookup ( [url removed] | formerly called "Multifultor"), the former opens yr search in the browser of your choice, the second in a dedicated (IE-based) window that pops up. By the way, Rolf Keller has been putting a lot of work into Omni-Lookup lately, and it is starting to look really interesting. In addition to searching online, you can also use it to search local .tbx/.tmx files, .xlsx files, and even your Windows Search index! Definitely something to keep yr eye on.
Happy searching!
Michael
PS: as far as I know, CafeTran also handles Japanese very well, which not all CAT tools do.
[Edited at 2017-01-23 23:27 GMT] (see also: [url removed] ~cafetran/ )
[Edited at 2017-01-23 23:29 GMT]
[Edited at 2017-01-23 23:58 GMT]