User Guide

SYSTRAN Desktop 7 User Guide 59
If you decide that no change is needed, exit the context menu to retain the default
selection and the current translation result.
3. Click to select an alternate meaning from those presented.
You can designate any alternate meaning as your favorite for the term by clicking
the gray star that displays to the right of the alternate meaning in the context
menu when the cursor is positioned over it. Thereafter that meaning for the term
will be designated by a gold star in the context menu. Be aware that once an
alternate meaning has been selected three (3) times for a term it is automatically
designated as a favorite. Once a term is designated as a favorite it is added to
the user dictionary.
Once a term is designated as a favorite it is added to your default user
dictionary. If that term is later removed from favorite status, though, it is not
automatically removed from the dictionary (though its usage priority is lowered).
Terms designated with a light blue star indicate their Candidate status in the
dictionary (for example, terms added as suggestions to the dictionary by
SYSTRAN Customization Wizard that have yet to be verified).
4. Click the Translate button to affect your change in the translation results.
If you have set SYSTRAN Interactive Translator to Translate During Typing it is
not necessary to click the Translate button to update your translation results
(refer to Setting Up Your Working Environment for more information).
Handling Misspellings
Words that are misspelled in SYSTRAN Interactive Translator can often be detected by the
system. When this is the case and the system can offer correction options, the terms will
display in the Source text entry field in dark red. The system will also preemptively translate
such term in the Translated results text field, using the highest-priority translation option.
Words that SYSTRAN Interactive Translator cannot recognize and for which it cannot
offer alternate spelling options are displayed in the Source text entry field in bright red.
These terms also display in the Translated results field text, untranslated, in bright red. If
the term in question is not a proper noun or an untranslatable abbreviation or acronym,
they must be manually corrected or added to the user dictionary before full translation
can occur.
To circumvent their being highlighted as unknown terms in subsequent translations,
frequently used non-translatable words and expressions (such as proper nouns) can be
added to your User Dictionary as Do Not Translate entries.
1. Right-click on a term indicated to have been misspelled by SYSTRAN Interactive
Translator. The context menu will display.