INDEX Lingoes Translator Lingoes Translator User ’s Guide Version 1 July 22, 2003 Index Copyright Information Print Easy Corporation owns the copyright to this manual, and the hardware described in it, with all rights reserved. Print Easy Corporation has registered the trademarks Print Easy and the corporate logo. Print Easy Fifty Madison Avenue New York, NY 03561 INDEX TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S GETTING STARTED ................................................................................................................................... 5 INSTALLING THE LINGOES TRANSLATOR................................................................................................................ 5 Defining System Requirement ................................................................................................................ 5 Installing the Lingoes Translator ............................................................................................................ 5 UNINSTALLING THE LINGOES TRANSLATOR ........................................................................................................... 6 INTRODUCING USER INTERFACES ............................................................................................................. 7 EXPLAINING THE TERM FIELD ............................................................................................................................. 8 EXPLAINING THE TOOLBAR ................................................................................................................................ 8 EXPLAINING THE NAVIGATION BAR ..................................................................................................................... 9 STARTING THE APPLICATION.................................................................................................................... 9 UPDATING THE APPLICATION ONLINE ................................................................................................................ 10 CONFIGURING THE LINGOES TRANSLATOR .......................................................................................................... 11 MANAGING DICTIONARIES .................................................................................................................... 14 DOWNLOADING THE DICTIONARY ..................................................................................................................... 14 INSTALLING THE DICTIONARY ........................................................................................................................... 15 Modifying the Dictionary for the Index Group ..................................................................................... 16 Modifying the Dictionary for the Cursor Translator Group .................................................................. 16 UNINSTALLING THE DICTIONARY....................................................................................................................... 16 STARTING THE TRANSLATION ................................................................................................................ 17 APPLYING THE DICTIONARY SEARCH .................................................................................................................. 17 Looking up a Word ............................................................................................................................... 17 Applying the Full Text Translation ....................................................................................................... 17 APPLYING THE CURSOR TRANSLATOR ................................................................................................................ 17 APPLYING THE CLIPBOARD TRANSLATOR ............................................................................................................ 18 SEARCHING WORDS ONLINE ........................................................................................................................... 19 APPLYING THE CORRECT PRONUNCIATION.......................................................................................................... 19 USING SPECIAL TOOLS.................................................................................................................................... 20 INDEX ......................................................................................................................................................... 21 Index INDEX GETTING STARTED Lingoes Translator is the free software offering the lookup dictionary and the text translation. It guides the beginners to study the foreign language word by word with its word database and pronunciation system. It also provides the comprehensive resources to give the correct word usage. Besides, Lingoes Translator integrates many useful tools such as the Calculator to take your life convenient. Lingoes Translator works as the knowledge base in the language study. I n s t a l l in g t he L i n g o e s Tr a n s l a t o r As the free software, you download its installation program from the Lingoes’s website and save the installation program in your computer. Defining System Requirement Before installing the Lingoes Translator in your computer, make sure your computer meets the following system requirements. System Requirements Hardware/Software Requirement Recommended Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000/XP Microsoft Windows XP Process Pentium 500MHz Pentium 500MHz RAM 256 MB 512 MB Hard Disk 100MB 1G Optional Hardware A device used to access to the internet and the Audio Card None Installing the Lingoes Translator Complete the following steps to install the Lingoes Translator: 1. Double-click the installation program in your computer. 2. Select the language of the program in the Select Setup Language dialog box then click OK. Index 3. 4. Click Next in the Welcome page. Read the License Agreement. If you agree with it, click I accept the agreement and then click Next. Otherwise, click Cancel to quit the installation. 5. 6. Click Browse to specify the local folder for storing the program then click Next. Click Create a desktop icon to decide whether you want to create the icon on the desktop then click Next. Check the destination location in the Ready to Install page and click Install. If you want to change the folder settings, click Back. Click Finish to complete installing the Lingoes Translator. The progress bar displays to indicate the installation process. 7. 8. U n i n s t a ll i n g t h e L i ng o es T r a n s la t o r Complete the following steps to remove the Lingoes Translator from your computer. 1. Click Start > Programs > Lingoes 2 > Uninstall Lingoes 2. 2. Click Yes in the Lingoes Translator Uninstall dialog box. INDEX 3. Click OK. You remove the Lingoes Translator from your computer. INTRODUCING USER INTERFACES Lingoes Translator provides the easy-to-use user interface. Main User Interface Introduction Number Introduction Comments 1 Term Field 2 Toolbar Input the words or phrases into the Text Translation box you want to translate. Provide tools such as the Save function and the print command. 3 Main Window Display the research results. Adjust Icon Note: The Main Window in default tells the update information such as the new release and the dictionary added recently. Click the link to access the details from the Lingoes websites. Click to let the application always on the top. 4 Lingoes Translator does not always display on the top. Lingoes Translator displays always on the top. 5 Navigation bar Choose the three panels including Index, Guide and Appendix. Index E x p l a i n i ng t h e T e r m F ie l d Lingoes Translator translates the word you type in the Text Translation in Term Field. The table below explains the buttons in the Term Field. Term Field Introduction Button Name Comments Previous and Next Buttons Switch between previous and next searches. Text Translation Input words/phrases to be looked up. Search Online Specify the online websites for more explanations. Main Menu Select the functions. E x p l a i n i ng t h e T o o l ba r The table below explains the buttons in Toolbar. Toolbar Introduction INDEX Button Name Comments Control Button Show or hide the Navigation bar. Pronunciation Read the selected texts. Copy Copy the select texts. Save Save the search results as a HTML file. Print Print the current search results. Find Search texts in the current search result. Full Text Search Start the Full Text Search function. Start Page Return to the start page in the Main Window. E x p l a i n i ng t h e N a v i ga ti o n b a r The table below explains the buttons in the Navigation bar. Navigation bar Introduction Button Name Comments Index Show the Index navigation bar. Guide Include two parts: the Results group lists the dictionaries for the current search result; the Options group has three buttons for specifying the dictionary, setting up the configuration and going to the website. Appendix Provide the useful tools offering plenty of data information and performing the data conversion. STARTING THE APPLICATION Double-click the desktop icon or click Start > Programs > Lingoes 2 to start the Lingoes Translator application. Index Note: The system automatically set an icon for Lingoes Translator on the Startup bar. Rightclick the icon to display the task list. The Task List Introduction table below introduces the task list. See the figure below. Task List Introduction Button Explanations Open Open the application. Cursor Translator Enable the Cursor Translator function. Clipboard Translator Enable the Clipboard Translator function. Dictionaries Help Open the Dictionary Options dialog box to specify the application’s dictionaries such as downloading the new dictionaries or removing the current dictionaries. Open the Configuration dialog box to modify the dictionary default settings. Open the Online Help. Update Online Update the application. Support Online Go to the application website for more information. About Lingoes Find the application version. Exit Close the application. Configuration U p d a t i n g t he A p p l i c at io n O n l i n e INDEX The Update Online function ensures your Lingoes Translator up to data as well as makes you enjoy the better service at any moment. Before updating the program, make sure your internet works correctly. 1. Click Start > Programs > Lingoes 2 to start the Lingoes Translator. 2. Click Main Menu in the Term Field then select Update Online. The dialog box pops up telling you whether your current version is the latest or you updates the software successfully. Click OK to close the dialog box. C o n f i g u ri n g t h e L i ng o es T r a n s la t o r Before starting translating a word, modify the application default settings to satisfy your operating habits. Click the Main Menu in the main user interface and then select Configuration. Modify the settings in the Configuration dialog box. General tab Select the user interface language. Specify the default website for looking up the text, the default is Google. Decide how long you want to save the history of searched words data in the Term Field. Click Clear History to delete the history data. Check Run Lingoes when I log on to Windows to start the Lingoes when the window starts. Check Minimize after startup to minimize the Lingoes Translator application when you start it. Appearance tab Index Specify Window Style, Window Text Font and Font Size in the User Interface group. Specify Text Font, Font Size and Phonetic Font in the Result Display group. Click Font Color, Background Color and Border Color to specify the style when the cursor points to the words or phrase. Adjust the settings with the preview window in the right. Translate tab Specify the method for screen word-capturing in the Cursor Translation group. Specify how long the screen word-capturing displays after you point to it. Choose the languages which you do not want to translate for screen word-capturing. INDEX Check Support local language mapping. Speech tab Specify the voice settings that system use to read the texts in the TTS Speech Engine group. Check Real-time pronunciation making system read the texts without any delay. Enter your text in the Enter text and try this voice field and click Test to find whether the voice settings work. Connection tab Check Direct Connection to connect to the internet directly or check Connect through Proxy/Firewall server and specify the Proxy Server, Port, Username and Password. Hotkeys tab Index Specify the hotkeys for activating the main window in the Open main window field. Specify the hotkeys to turn on/off cursor translation in the Cursor Translator toggle key field. Specify the hotkeys to let program read the text in the Pronounce field. Specify the hotkeys to turn on/off clipboard translation in the Clipboard Translator toggle key field. Specify the hotkeys to copy the content in the Copy content in translation field. MANAGING DICTIONARIES Lingoes Translator provides the local dictionaries and online dictionary serves for searching the words. Download the dictionary from the website and install it on your computer or access the online dictionary to get more results. D o w n l o a d in g t h e D ic t io n a r y The Lingoes software provides thousands of dictionaries in all kinds of language data to free download. Lingoes developing teams are responsible for updating these data. Before downloading the dictionary from the website, make sure your computer connect to the internet. 1. 2. 3. Click Start > Programs > Lingoes 2 to start the Lingoes Translator. Click Guide panel in the Navigation bar and then click Dictionaries. Click Install From Lingoes in the Installed Dictionaries tab. The page for downloading dictionaries appears. 4. Choose the desired dictionary and save it in your computer. INDEX I n s t a l l in g t he D i c t i o na ry When you download the dictionary, install it in the Lingoes Translator. Complete the following steps to set up the dictionary from your hard drive. 1. 2. Click Start > Programs > Lingoes 2 to start Lingoes Translator. Click Guide panel in the Navigation Panel and then click Dictionaries. 3. 4. 5. Click Install . Choose the dictionary in your computer and click OK. Select the check box whether you want to apply the current dictionary to the Index Group or Cursor Translator Group in the Install Dictionary dialog box then click OK. The application adds the current dictionary in the Installed Dictionaries list. Adjust the dictionaries’ priority of looking up a word. Use the adjust tool in the toolbar in the Dictionary Options dialog box. For example, if you move the Google Definition dictionary at the top, the application searches the answers from this resource at first while you look up a word so that the result found from the Google Definition also displays at the top in the Main Window. Adjust Sequence Tools Button Explanations View the dictionary information. Move the selected dictionary to the top. Move up the selected dictionary. Move down the selected dictionary. Move the selected dictionary to the bottom. Index Note: displays in the Online column indicating that the internet connect requires for the dictionary. Modifying the Dictionary for the Index Group Complete the following steps to specify the dictionary for the Index Group. 1. 2. 3. 4. Click Start > Programs > Lingoes 2 to start the Lingoes Translator. Click Guide panel in the Navigation bar and then click Dictionaries. Click the Index Group tab. Click Add or Remove to add or remove the dictionary for the Index Group. Modifying the Dictionary for the Cursor Translator Group Complete the following steps to specify the dictionary for the Cursor Translator Group. 5. 6. 7. 8. Click Start > Programs > Lingoes 2 to start the Lingoes Translator. Click Guide panel in the Navigation bar and then click Dictionaries. Click the Cursor Translator Group tab. Click Add or Remove to add or remove the dictionary for the Cursor Translator Group. U n i n s t a ll i n g t h e D i ct i o na r y Complete the following steps to remove the dictionary from the Lingoes Translator application: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Click Start > Programs > Lingoes 2 to start the Lingoes Translator. Click Guide panel in the Navigation bar and then click Dictionaries. Select the dictionary you want to remove from Lingoes Translator. Click Uninstall . Click Yes in the pop-up dialog box to removes the selected dictionary. INDEX STARTING THE TRANSLATION Lingoes Translator provides multiple methods to perform the translation, including Dictionary Search, Cursor Translator, Clipboard Translator and Online Search. Dictionary Search: translates the word, phrase or sentence input in the Term Field. Cursor Translator: translates the word your mouse points to. Clipboard Translator: translates the texts you copy to the clipboard. Online Search: searches more explanation from the online source. A p p l y i n g t he D i c t i o na ry S e a r c h Lingoes Translator translates the words you input in the Text Translation box in the Term Field. Looking up a Word Lingoes Translator provides the translation result for the word or phrase in the Term Field. 1. 2. 3. Click Start > Programs > Lingoes 2 to start the Lingoes Translator. Input the word in the Text Translation box. Press Enter in the keyboard to find the explanations in the Main Window. Applying the Full Text Translation Besides the phrase or word, Lingoes Translator supports the paragraph translation. 1. Click Start > Programs > Lingoes 2. 2. 3. 4. 5. Click Translation in the Toolbar. Input the texts in the Text Translation box. Select the translation engine and specify the source language as well as the wanted language. Click Translate. A p p l y i n g t he C u r s o r T ra n s l a t o r Cursor Translator offers you to translate any language anywhere on the screen. Move the mouse to the word, its interpretation promptly appears on the floating window. Index 1. Right-click the Lingoes Translator icon in the Startup bar and make sure you click the Cursor Translator to turn on Cursor Translation. 2. Move the mouse to a word and press CTRL+ Right Mouse Button specified in the Translate tab in the Configuration dialog box. Lingoes Translator pops up the floating window to show the translation. The screen-capture below indicates the floating window when moving mouse to the word “three”. The floating window provides tools to facilitate the translation. The table below lists the tools in the floating window. Floating Window Introduction Icon Description Switch to the Dictionary Search mode. Copy interpretations of the word. Read the word. Switch to the Full Text Translation mode. A p p l y i n g t he C l i p b o ard T r a n s l at o r INDEX Lingoes Translator supports the words search and displays the results after you copy and paste them onto the clipboard. 1. Right-click the Lingoes Translator icon in the Startup bar and make sure you click the Clipboard Translator to turn on the Clipboard Translation function. 2. Select the texts and press CTRL + C. Lingoes Translator pops up the floating window to show the explanation. S e a r c h i n g W o r d s O nl in e Lingoes Translator provides the online engine to look up a word. 1. 2. 3. Start the Lingoes Translator. Input the text in the Text Translation box. Select the online website and click Web Search. The default is Google. The application automatically starts the Internet Explorer to find the explanation. A p p l y i n g t he C o r r e ct Pr o n u n c i a ti on Lingoes Translator supports reading texts with the human being’s voice. When looking up the words or sentence with the Dictionary Search, select the words or sentences in the Main Window and click in the Toolbar. When performing the Cursor Translator or Clipboard Translator, press window to read the selected texts. on the floating Index U s i n g S p ec ia l T o o l s Lingoes Translator provides useful tools like the data research and the data conversion tools. Click Appendix in the Navigation bar to select the tools you want such as the International Dialing Codes which enables you to find the dialing codes directly and the Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese Conversion tool which realizes the conversion between the Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese. INDEX Index A Adjust Icon, 7 C Clipboard Translator, 18 Cursor Translator, 17 D Dictionary Search, 17 F Full Text Translation, 17 H Hotkeys, 13 M Main Window, 7 N Navigation bar, 7 P Pronunciation, 19 S Searching Online, 19 T Term Field, 7 Toolbar, 7 U Update Online, 11