Instruction Manual

User’s Guide SYSTRAN 5.0 143

Working with Dictionaries

The following sections describe basic and advanced activities you can perform with

dictionaries. Basic activities include:

• Viewing and Changing Dictionary Properties (see below)

• Importing Files into a User Dictionary (see page 143)

• Exporting Files (see page 144)

Viewing and Changing Dictionary Properties

After you create a UD, TM, or ND, you can view its properties and change them if

desired.

1. Perform one of the following steps:

 On the Tools menu, click Dictionary properties.

 Click the Dictionary Properties button: .

Either step displays the Dictionary Properties dialog box, with the

Language tab in front.

2. View the properties for the current dictionary and change them if

necessary. For information about specifying dictionary properties, see

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défini., Completing the Properties Tab on page 122, and Completing the

Domains and Priority Tab on page 123.

Importing Files into a User Dictionary

SDM provides an import feature that lets you import files into a UD. By importing files,

you don’t have to retype the data you want to use in SDM.

For information about the format that the imported files must follow, see Erreur !

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Files you can import include:

• Formatted text (*.

txt) files

• Microsoft Excel (*.

xls) files

• TMX (*.

tmx) files

• XML (*.

xml) files