Dictionaries
JC
Would someone be kind enough as to
tell me where to find and how to insert
a more voluminous dictionary (I need English and
French) into Word 2003 ?
I've asked this question on the French group but
they seem to be of the opinion that the Word dictionary
already installed is enough, but it's not for my purpose
as I translate between the two languages.
Thank you for your help,
JC
Opinicus
As a professional translator myself I can say that the Word-supplied
dictionaries can never be enough as they're intended for a completely
different (general) market.
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Bob
http://www.kanyak.com
Bob Buckland ?:-) At Beautiful Downtown
Are you referring to the Word proofing tools speller or the Dictionary's available through the Research Pane services when connected
online
Select a word, Alt+click in the document to open the Research pane and in the Research Pane options check to see if the Encarta
French and English dictionaries are set.
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JC
No Encarta installed apparently; how do I get and install
these in English and French ?
Thanks for your time and help
Jess
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Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]
If you open the Office Research pane, you will see "Research Options" at the
bottom. These options will enable you to activate a whole range of resources,
which include the Encarta monolingual dictionaries for English and for
French. It's a web service, so they will not be installed on your machine and
you need to be connected to the internet.
Once these are activated, you can right-click on a word and select "Look
up" to display the definitions (and examples...) from these monolingual
dictionaries. Alternatively, you can also use ALT-Click on a word to display
these dictionary entries (as well as the Office English-French,
French-English bilingual dictionaries, which, as Opinicus says, are certainly
too limited for professional translators).
I hope this helps,
Best wishes,
Thierry
Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]
Microsoft Natural Language Group
JC
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> Hi JC,
>
> If you open the Office Research pane, you will see "Research Options" at
> the
> bottom. These options will enable you to activate a whole range of
> resources,
> which include the Encarta monolingual dictionaries for English and for
> French. It's a web service, so they will not be installed on your machine
> and
> you need to be connected to the internet.
>
> Once these are activated, you can right-click on a word and select "Look
> up" to display the definitions (and examples...) from these monolingual
> dictionaries. Alternatively, you can also use ALT-Click on a word to
> display
> these dictionary entries (as well as the Office English-French,
> French-English bilingual dictionaries, which, as Opinicus says, are
> certainly
> too limited for professional translators).
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Thierry
> Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]
> Microsoft Natural Language Group
Very good of you Thierry; I'll let you know what happens
thanks again.
Jesse
JC
"Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]" <thierry...@microsoft.com_nospam> a écrit
> Hi JC,
>
> If you open the Office Research pane, you will see "Research Options" at
> the
> bottom. These options will enable you to activate a whole range of
> resources,
> which include the Encarta monolingual dictionaries for English and for
> French. It's a web service, so they will not be installed on your machine
> and
> you need to be connected to the internet.
Hi again,
I don't seem to have 'research options' just task pane,
I'm on Word 2003; do I need to change versions ?
Thanks
Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]
No, Office 2003 has all the features. Since you speak French, you can check
this post out and you'll see a screenshot with the "Research Options"
hyperlink at the bottom of the Research pane (under Get Services on Office
Marketplace)
It's under the definition of "cacochyme" in the Encarta dictionary: French.
That's where you can activate this resource (as well as the other
dictionaries you might need).
Does it help?
Thierry [MSFT]
JC
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Gonna' have a look thanks