User Guide

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Bracketing
Use brackets to help the IntuitiveCoding software determine the appropriate structure of a
multiword expression, or to apply a clue to one part of an expression.
Multiple Meanings
This type of entry can be used for words that have different meanings for different
constructions, or which have equivalent meanings.
When a same source entry has several meanings, the meanings are automatically combined
during the translation and the selection of a meaning is based on the syntactic properties of
the different meanings or on its position in the dictionary. For example, for verbal entries, it is
possible to combine transitivity and intransitivity meanings for the same source entry.
Equivalent Meanings
If the translation has no rules to distinguish the different meanings, the additional meanings
will appear in the alternative meanings.
SDM Import and Export Specifications
Using SYSTRAN Dictionary Manager's (SDM’s) Import feature, you can open dictionaries
created with a spreadsheet application, such as Microsoft Excel, or a common text editor.
These dictionaries must be carefully formatted before they can be imported into SDM.
• Microsoft Excel Files
• Formatted Text Files
Microsoft Excel Files
To import dictionaries created with Microsoft Excel, the files must consist of two worksheets
named for the tabs in the UD: Multilingual and Do Not Translate.
As with formatted text files, the Microsoft Excel file column headings for the Languages and
information columns for the UD must be entered as you want them to appear in SDM.
Sample Excel Spreadsheet
The figure below shows an Excel spreadsheet formatted for import into SDM.