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SYSTRAN Desktop 7 User Guide 323
Glossary
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Acronym: In SYSTRAN terminology, a word, all uppercase, formed from the initial letters of other words
or parts of a series of words, such as WAC for Women's Army Corps.
Adjective: A word used to modify a noun by limiting or qualifying. In English, it can be distinguishedby
one of several suffixes, such as -able, -ous, -er, and -est, because it directly precedes a noun or
noun phrase, such as red in “a red door,” or because it is precededby a form of to be, such as “the
door is red.”
Adverb: A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, such as brightly in “The sun shines
brightly.”
Algorithm: A step-by-step problem-solving procedure.
Article: A word used to signal a noun and to specify its application. In English, the definite article is “the,”
and the indefinite articles are “a” and “an.”
Auxiliary verb: A verb, such as have, can, or will, that accompanies the main verb in a clause and helps to
make distinctions in aspect, mood, tense, and voice.
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Clause: A group of two or more words which contains a verb. One or more clauses make up acomplete
sentence.
Compound word: A term made up of multiple words (e.g. watering can)
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DNT: An acronym for Do Not Translate.
DNT List: A list of terms that will not be translated by the SYSTRAN software.
Do Not Translate: A sequence of words (part of a sentence) that is not to be translated.
Do Not Translate (DNT) Insertion: A sequence of words within a complete sentence that is not to be
translated.
Do Not Translate (DNT) Paragraph: A paragraph that is not to be translated.
domain: User Dictionary entries can belong to one domain or more, and you can define your own domains
to categorize the different terms and their corresponding translations (for example, technical,
marketing, sport, legal, etc.). You can also define multiple dictionaries for the same domain.
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Embedded clause: A subordinate clause that is embedded in the middle of a main clause. For example:
The camera, which I bought yesterday, is already broken.
Expression: In SYSTRAN terminology, a noun phrase consisting of more than one noun or any
combinationof nouns and adjectives, where the headword is a noun, such as lug nut, Library of
Congress, and red letter day. Complete sentences are not valid SYSTRAN expressions; neither are
any phrases that contain verbs.
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