Language selection in CT
Dominique Pivard
Is there a particular reason why it is not possible to select
languages by typing in the first 2-3 characters of each language?
Nearly all CAT tools that let you select the language from a dropdown
menu support such a selection. Here is how Wordfast Pro does it:
http://screencast.com/t/crJgB8PZNfM
How come CT can't do it? You have to scroll down the list, either with
the mouse, or with the arrow key of your keyboard. Or am I missing
something obvious?
A related question: can the language list be trimmed down to the
actual languages I need?
Thanks,
Dominique
Igor Kmitowski
CafeTran remembers the language pair used in projects so there is no
need to scroll. If you want to change the direction just click the
Source or Target language field to switch.
The scrolling issue may be a bit troublesome indeed if you often use
more than two languages. The languages are hard coded in the program
so there is no way to trim the list. I will treat as RFE to
autocomplete the selection by typing the first three letters of a
language. BTW, you can set language codes instead of language names in
those language fields.
Igor
Dominique Pivard
Hi Igor,
> CafeTran remembers the language pair used in projects so there is no
> need to scroll. If you want to change the direction just click the
> Source or Target language field to switch.
Yes, I realize CT remembers the language pair, but I have two source
languages and one target language.
> The scrolling issue may be a bit troublesome indeed if you often use
> more than two languages. The languages are hard coded in the program
> so there is no way to trim the list. I will treat as RFE to
> autocomplete the selection by typing the first three letters of a
> language. BTW, you can set language codes instead of language names in
> those language fields.
I didn't realize we could enter the language code directly. Thanks for
considering autocomplete, however!
Cheers,
Dominique