Accelerators are accessed via the Translator Toolbar. The Translator Toolbar is designed to centralize all the functions that a Translator needs to carry out their work efficiently and quickly.

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Translation and glossary suggestions are displayed here. If a segment has no translation suggestion available for it, the translator can use Machine Translation to create one for any segment.

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Accelerators

Use the 2nd mouse button to access the following functionality while working in the Translator Toolbar.

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Concordance Searching ( [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Up Arrow] )

 

This searches for the highlighted text using the Alchemy Concordance Manager.

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Add Glossary Term ( [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Y] )

 

Adds the highlighted term/phrase to the supplementary glossary. It is possible to highlight text from both the source and target panes.

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Lock/Unlock Keyword ( [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [K] )

 

Highlight a term/phrase and click this option to use it as a keyword.

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Lock/Unlock Keyword & Add to File

 

Highlight a term/phrase and click this option to use it as a keyword and also add it to your keyword file.

 

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These shortcuts only create a keyword for this instance of the highlighted term/phrase. To make every instance a keyword, use Tools | Keywords | Lock Keywords.

 

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Accelerators

 

There are several powerful Accelerators provided when you click on the 2nd mouse button. These provides a powerful, yet easy to extend, mechanism for enhancing the functionality available to translators. Accelerator functionality can be provided by 3rd Party companies and Alchemy CATALYST provides several default accelerators to assist translators in their work.

 

Accelerator

Description

Dictionary Lookup

This uses Dictionary.com to lookup a term or phrase.

Thesaurus Lookup

This uses Thesaurus.com to lookup a term or phase and suggest an alternative.

Terminology Lookup

This uses Microsoft Language Portal to lookup a term/phrase for the approved Microsoft translation.

 

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You can add your own Accelerators to work within the Translator Toolbar. These can be defined in external_commands.xml which is located in your User Public folder. Click here to see an example of this file.