User Guide

SYSTRAN 7 Application Packs User Guide 131
Syntax of Additional Clues
Additional clues are placed in brackets, and are added at the end of a dictionary entry. For
multiple word expressions, additional clues can be placed after the complete entry if they are
to be applied to the full expression (row 1 and 2), or can follow any words in the expression to
apply only to those words (row 3).
UD Entry Example
English French Spanish German
SYSTRAN Translation
Project Manager (product
name)
SYSTRAN Translation
Project Manager
(product name)
SYSTR AN
Translation Project
Manager (product
name)
SYSTRAN Translation
Project Manager
(product name)
never ever (adverb) jamais (adverb) nunca jamás
(adverb)
nie wieder (adverb)
colorful (adjective) haut (adjective) en
couleurs
colorido bunt
This technique can be combined with bracketing.
Grammatical Category
Grammatical information can be added to an entry to clarify ambiguities in the full entry or in
parts of it.
The grammatical category of an entry can also be specified using the Category field in
SDM.
The following table lists the available grammatical categories and the clues that you can add
to a UD entry. You can add the clues as full words or as abbreviations.
Grammatical
Category
Clue
Abbreviated
Clue
Examples
Noun noun n
approach
(noun) or approach (n)
Adjective adjective a, adj
marron
(adjective) or marron (adj)
Verb verb v
amanecer
(verb) or amanecer (v)
Ad verb adverb adv
little
(adverb) or little (adv)
Proper noun proper noun pn
Manche
(proper noun) or Manche (pn)
Specifying Gender and Number
The following clues can be used to specify number and gender. You can add the clues as full
words or as abbreviations.