Instruction Manual

User’s Guide SYSTRAN 5.0 130
5. The SDM window provides commands and buttons for working with
dictionary entries.
 To cut an entry, click the cell in the SDM window where the entry
appears, then click the Edit menu and click Cut or click the following
button:
.
 To copy an entry, click the cell in the SDM window where the entry
appears, then click the Edit menu and click Copy or click the following
button:
.
 To paste an entry that you cut or copied, click the cell in the SDM
window where the entry is to be pasted, then click the Edit menu and
click Paste or click the following button:
.
 To reverse an action, click the Edit menu and click Undo or click the
following button:
.
 To add an entry to the SDM window, click the Edit menu and click Add
Entry or click the following button: .
 To insert an entry in the SDM window, click the Edit menu and click
Insert Entry or click the following button: .
 To delete an entry from the SDM window, click the Edit menu and click
Delete Entry or click the following button:
.
6. After you finish editing, click the File menu and click Save to save your
changes.
Changing Entry Types
UD entries fall into two categories: multilingual and DNT. Using Change entry type
on the Edit menu, you can change a multilingual entry to a DNT entry, or change a
DNT entry to a multilingual entry.
To change entry types:
1. With the appropriate UD open, click the entry to be changed.
2. On the Edit menu, click Change entry type. The selected entry moves
from the current tab (Multilingual or Do not translate) to the next row
available on the other tab in the UD window.
Coding User Dictionary Entries
Using the Code entry and Code all commands in the Tools menu, you can ensure
the syntactical accuracy of your UD term translations. Using these commands
instructs SDM to evaluate UD term translations against the SYSTRAN Linguistic
Resources database and to deliver the results back to the active UD.