User Guide

SYSTRAN 6 Desktop User Guide 109
Using IntuitiveCoding Technology to Build Efficient
Dictionaries
Proper dictionary coding is important, since it impacts the way terms are analyzed
during translation. IntuitiveCoding is a proprietary SYSTRAN technology that
automatically enriches your dictionary entries with information to improve translation
quality.
IntuitiveCoding entries can include the following information:
Entry
Definition
Canonical form
Use of uppercase letters
Simple and compound entries
Reserved characters
Intuitive
Clues
Specifying the gender or appropriate article
Use of singular and plural
Separable particles
Additional
Clues
Grammatical category
Specifying gender and number
Specifying inflected forms
Prepositions
Conditional entries
Variants form
Syntactic information
Semantic categorization
Protected
Sequences
Bracketing
Multiple
Meanings
Meanings for different constructions
Equivalent meanings
Use of some of the options described in this section requires substantial
linguistic knowledge.
IntuitiveCoding clues and specifications are language-specific. Separate
documentation is provided with your product listing available clues for each
language.
Note to users of the non-English versions of this User Guide: All of the clues in
this section are based on the English language. You can use these coding clues
in any language. Localized equivalents can be found in the separate
documentation mentioned above.
IntuitiveCoding Examples
The first table in each example section shows how the IntuitiveCoding entries can be
added to a UD entry. In this case, the table shows preferred capitalization and
translation for instances of John Doe in English text.