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1. 3 letter language Language code SQI Albanian SRB Serb cyrillic SRL Serb Latin SVE Swedish THA Thai TRK Turkish UKR Ukrainian VIT Vietnamese Table 9 5 3 letter language code cont 9 3 Dictionary layouts supplied You can allocate various layouts to the view see section entitled 8 3 2 Selecting view layouts on page 79 In table 9 6 you will find an overview of the dictionary layouts that are supplied with TermStar Satellite PE Layout name recommended Contents as STAR1 Standard layout Source language term and the part of speech gender and subject fields Terms in the additional entries synonyms abbreviations etc Target language shows term only see figure 9 1 on page 100 Table 9 6 Views and their related dictionary layouts TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 97 9 3 Dictionary layouts supplied Layout name recommended Contents as STAR1 Additional lay Header fields for project out dictionary Administrative grammar and information fields for source and target language see figure 9 2 on page 101 STAR1 edit Edit mode lay Source language as in STAR1 out Target language with the same fields see figure 9 3 on page 101 STAR2 Standard layout Term and additional entries for and edit mode source and target language layout Can therefore also be used for editing see figure 9 4 on page 101 STAR2 Additional lay Header fields for project subject out and g
2. 8 1 8 2 8 3 8 3 1 8 3 2 8 3 3 8 3 4 8 3 5 9 1 9 1 1 9 1 2 9 1 3 9 1 4 9 2 9 3 9 4 9 4 1 9 4 2 9 4 3 9 5 9 5 1 9 5 2 9 5 3 9 6 Customizing TermStar Profiles 75 OVEIVIEW usada 75 Opening saving and creating a profile o ooocicicccniniconnnos 75 Changing profile settingS c ccccccsssseeesseseeeeseeeseeseeeeeenes 77 Setting the dialog language cooocccocnnnoccccnonancncnnnnanannnnonnananenannns 78 Selecting view layouts unennssennnnnennennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 79 Switching the book display on and off 81 Defining the background color for the selected data record 82 Activating index buttons uuesessssnsnnssnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nennen 83 AD DONGIXG ae meine 85 Fields 2 6 Geos ias serien 85 Header fields 2 2 een dgerineeier 85 Language fields u 44444444nnnnann nenn arka A nen 87 Entry le e TAE SA N EEE AE E einer ehren 88 Fields for subentries sissors inana aedo 91 3 letter language code uunnesenenenennnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnenn 92 Dictionary layouts supplied 4u0nnnnnnnennnnnnnn 97 Customizing index buttons nesnsnnsennnnnnennnenennnnennnnnns 108 SUMMANy Hr e 108 Names of the configuration files for index buttons 108 Contents of a configuration file for index buttons 108 Keyboard shortc
3. If you select No you will discard all the changes You will remain in edit mode if you select Cancel This is how you move an entry hb OO N lt 64 Select the data record containing the entry you wish to move Switch to edit mode Press ENTER or select Edit Edit mode Select the entry you wish to move Select Edit Entry Cut TermStar copies the entry onto the Windows clipboard from where you can paste it as often as required At the same time TermStar deletes the entry from the data record you have just selected Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 6 6 Copying and moving a data record or entry Quit edit mode by pressing the ESC key TermStar displays the message Save changes to this data record Click on Yes to save the changes Select another data record Switch back to edit mode To do this select Edit Edit Mode or press the ENTER key To paste the entry which has already been moved onto the clipboard select Edit Entry Paste TermStar pastes the entry in from the Windows clipboard Quit edit mode by pressing the ESC key TermStar displays the message Save changes to this data record Decide whether TermStar is to store the changes Click on Yes to save the changes If you select No you will discard all the changes You will remain in edit mode if you select Cancel 6 6 6 Inserting the copied entry as a subentry Once you have copied an entry to the clipboard you can also app
4. 44 Deleting Display in the status bar 27 FEA Va 68 Edit mode layout nen 80 Undoing data record d 67 Editing a record or entry 49 Undoing the entry dd 68 Keyboard Shortcut ecce 111 WANTING saetas 66 Layout aan 51 Dialog language Layout for edit mode 24 CHANGING ccoccicinconononononononononononononon 78 Selec ad 28 Dictionary Edit mode layout 24 BIOWSING nennen 35 Editing COSI SAR SRAAARARARS AAA 34 Data record A 49 Data organization eee 17 ENUY siesta A Ma aeons 49 Data Structure atadas 18 Terminology woes 43 Default values see Default values Empty Display in the status bar 27 E field and input verification 72 In databases u tana 17 Entry Input verification oo cece 72 IO tardo to tac a anaes 45 Key combination for movement in d 111 Adding with the rapid entry 46 Layouts see Layout As part of data structure o 18 116 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Index COPYING or MOVINQ nennen 63 Hebrew see Right to left languages Deleting nck chemise ees 68 Help Duplicating o n 58 OO 29 Edi ds 49 Dialog language 78 Entry field see Entry field Hierarchy Field structure nenn 20 E a2 20 Insert copied e as subentry 65 Values list o n 73 New e or data record 19 Number per language see Statistics Sorting by inde
5. 57 Data record with rapid entry 46 E iaa 45 Entry from duplication 58 Entry with rapid entry oo cesses 46 Profilen een 77 O ODBC system setting 18 Online help see Help Opening DICO a 32 A atta ates ae tne 76 Projet ena a 32 Operator s Manual see Manual TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Index P Fields seri it 46 Fields via rapid entry nn 72 Password Using p Y 46 Necessary p for new data records 69 Regular expression oe Removing p protection ee re ee 69 Input verification IN 72 Paste Right to left languages ans 23 Copied entry as subentry 65 Presentation see Display Product S Product variants of TermStar 13 Transit 15 saving WebTerm Sa 15 No need to save dictionary 34 ae E N ey Profile 76 ae Screen presentation see Display OVEIVIEW aan 25 75 S earching Changing eaesensessnnesssunsnssenaisnennnnn 17 A E URN 38 GIEAIENEW ee 77 Match Case 40 en ee a he epee eae de Maich Ca86 gt nat 38 p Aving a ari a O P rt Of WOTA ed a 39 roject BER SUDEN neh 51 Dictionaries in the p 31 With wildcards 39 Open A 32 Word or beginning of word 38 Sent by project manager 31 Selecting Project group Layouts for VIEW ono 79 Typical users of TermStar 14 Semantic unit Projec Manager Rd een 19 43 44 Chan
6. Fig 9 18 Transit2 dictionary layout TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 107 9 4 Customizing index buttons 9 4 Customizing index buttons 9 4 1 Summary The letters and groups of letters on the index buttons are located in a config uration file You can create your own configuration file for each source lan guage If the source language is German for instance TermStar can display different index buttons e g St and Sch from those used if the source lan guage is English TermStar checks each source language to see whether a configuration file is available for it If no file does exist TermStar uses the standard configuration file buttons def 9 4 2 Names of the configuration files for index buttons The configuration files which define the index buttons are usually named according to the following rule buttons lt language code gt Instead of lt language code gt the 3 letter language code of the language is used for which TermStar is to display the index buttons A list of the language codes can be found in section 9 2 3 letter language code on page 92 Examples Configuration file for Germany buttons deu Configuration file for Egyptian Arabic buttons are You will find the configuration files in the installation folder of Transit Satellite PE or TermStar Transit Satellite PE in the directory config glo bal 9 4 3 Contents of a configuration file for index buttons You can create and edit th
7. 8 3 Changing profile settings To change the settings for a profile open the profile first so that TermStar uses the settings Then you can edit the settings This is how you change the settings for a profile 1 Open the profile if it is not already open see section 8 2 Opening sav ing and creating a profile on page 75 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 77 8 3 Changing profile settings 2 Select Options Profile Settings TermStar displays the Profile settings window with the name of the profile you have just used 3 Select one of the tabs and customize the settings You will find more detailed information about the options on the Profile Settings tabs in the following sections Languages tab 8 3 1 Setting the dialog language on page 78 Layout Selection tab 8 3 2 Selecting view layouts on page 79 TermStar General Settings tab 8 3 3 Switching the book display on and off on page 81 8 3 4 Defining the background color for the selected data record on page 82 4 Perform one of the following actions to apply the settings Click on Apply to apply the changes without closing the window Click on OK to apply the changes and close the window TermStar immediately uses the modified settings 5 Save the changed profile To do this select Options Profile Save TermStar saves all the current settings in a profile file so that they can be used again the next time y
8. Platzhalterzeichen window Fenster window border Fensterrahmen Fig 9 3 STAR1 Edit dictionary layout pre setting Standardeinstellung Voreinstellung preferences palette Farb Voreinsteller preparation Vorbereiten Fig 9 4 STAR2 dictionary layout TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 101 9 3 Dictionary layouts supplied ENG port Tutorial User 18 06 99 Def Connection fo external devices like a printer or the mouse There are serial ports and parallel ports DEU Anschlu Tutorial User 13 06 99 Schnittstelle Tutorial User 18 06 99 Def Verbindung zu externen Ger ten wie z B Drucker oder Maus Man unterscheidet hierbei die Bezeichnungen serieller Anschlu und paralleler Anschlu Fig 9 5 STAR2 dictionary layout m port Anschlu Schnittstelle pre setting Standardeinstellung Voreinstellung preferences palette Farb Voreinsteller preparation Vorbereiten printer Drucker printer dot Druckpunkt Fig 9 6 STAR3 dictionary layout Header Dictionary sample T ermStar Created or changed on 18 06 99 Created or changed by Bernd Barth window icon Created or changed on 13 06 99 Created or changed by Bernd Barth Infol A window can be minimized to icon size and is then displayed as Fenstersymbol Created or changed on 1 3 05 99 ernd Barth Created or changed by B Fig 9 7 STAR3 dictionary layout 10
9. 1 Click on one of the index buttons down the left hand side of the diction ary 36 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 5 2 Navigating within a dictionary The cursor will jump to the first entry starting with the letter selected If no entry starts with this letter the cursor will jump to the first available entry of the letters that follow in the alphabet Customizing index buttons You can specify for each language separately which index buttons TermStar has to display and in which order This means for instance that you can add special characters or special symbol groups 4 O Sch St as index buttons The process for customizing index buttons is described in section 9 4 Cus tomizing index buttons on page 108 5 2 3 Using cross references Cross references are words on which you can click in order to arrive directly at a related entry Cross references have two distinguishing features The word itself is usually highlighted in green the color is governed by the active layout The mouse cursor changes from an arrow to a hand when it is over a cross reference Cross references can be created in various ways but always behave in the same way when used To see how you create cross references please refer to section 6 5 Creating cross references on page 52 This is how you use a cross reference 1 Hover the mouse over a cross reference The mouse cursor changes to a hand 2 Click on th
10. 1 Overview You can open a number of dictionaries in this way and TermStar will dis play all the entries jointly in the Project Dictionaries window The dic tionaries will now behave as one single dictionary when you browse search print etc However the data remains separate in the individual dictionaries When you select a data record TermStar displays the name of the related dictionary in the status bar TermStar enters new data records in the dictionary that the project man ager has selected to be the current dictionary 4 1 3 Swapping the source and the target languages The dictionary languages source and target languages are set and saved in the project You can very easily swap the display of the source and the target language in TermStar The previous source language becomes the target language and vice versa This exchange has no effect on the languages that are set in the project It only changes the presentation of the dictionaries at that moment The next time you start TermStar or open the project again TermStar dis plays the languages again in the way that they are set in the project You will find further information about the languages in TermStar in section 3 4 Lan guages on page 23 This is how you swap the source and the target languages 1 Select View Swap Languages TermStar displays the previous source language as the target language and vice versa TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 01082
11. 3 Standard layout STAR1 STAR2 All fields Additional lay STAR1 STAR2 out for right TermStar uses hand page the standard layout A11 fields Edit layout STARl edit Table 8 1 Examples showing the use of layouts TermStar uses the standard layout STAR2 This is the way you define layouts for the view 1 Select Options Profile Settings 80 Rev 010823 TermStar uses the standard layout All fields TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 8 3 Changing profile settings TermStar displays the Profile settings window with the name of the profile that you have just used Select the Layout Selection tab Select a layout for the standard layout from the list If you wish the right hand page of the dictionary to be displayed differ ently from the left hand page select another layout from the list for the additional layout 5 If TermStar is to use a special layout in edit mode select one for edit mode 6 Click on Apply or OK to confirm the changes 7 Save the changed profile To do this select Options Profile Save TermStar saves all the current settings in a profile file so that they can be used again the next time you start the program or open the profile 8 3 3 Switching the book display on and off You can display TermStar dictionaries either as a book or in a frame with two columns Activate the relevant option to do this This is the way you activate deactivate the book display 1 Sel
12. 9 5 3 letter language code 92 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 9 2 3 letter language code 3 letter language Language code ARJ Arabic Jordan ARK Arabic Kuwait ARL Arabic Libya ARM Arabic Morocco ARO Arabic Oman ARQ Arabic Qatar ARS Arabic Syria ART Arabic Tunisia ARU Arabic United Arab Emirates ARY Arabic Yemen BEL White Russian Belarus BGR Bulgarian CAT Catalan CHH Chinese Hong Kong CHI Chinese Singapore CHS Chinese People s Republic of China CHT Chinese Taiwan CSY Czech DAN Denmark DEA German Austria DEC German Liechtenstein DEL German Luxembourg Table 9 5 3 letter language code cont TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 93 9 2 3 letter language code 3 letter language code Language DES German Switzerland DEU German Standard ELL Greek ENA English Australia ENC English Canada ENG English Great Britain ENI English Ireland ENU English USA ENZ English New Zealand ESA Spanish Panama ESB Spanish Bolivia ESC Spanish Costa Rica ESD Spanish Dominican Republic ESE Spanish El Salvador ESF Spanish Ecuador ESG Spanish Guatemala ESH Spanish Honduras ESI Spanish Nicaragua ESL Spanish Chile ESM Spanish Mexico ESO Spanish Columbia ESP Spanish traditional sorting Tab
13. Because TermStar is a Windows program you may already be familiar with basic operations such as selecting from menus using a mouse and windows Should you have problems with any of these refer to your Windows docu mentation TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 25 3 6 Operation 3 6 1 TermStar workstation When you start TermStar you will see the TermStar workstation Here you can search for or edit entries Illustration 3 3 shows the main screen ele ments Transit Satellite PE tutorial Global 1 Me Edt Cursor View Project Options Window Help 2 SF im Mae A TermStar Project Dictionaries 3 customize individualisieren cut ENG data transfer rate ausschneiden Tute ser m data transfer rate Daten bertragungsgeschwindigkeit Info1 The describes the rate of data type characters transferred per secona For Datentyp example the of a 3 5 diskette during dead key c En approx 150 Ks Akzenttaste default character sat prtragungsgeschwindigkeit Vorgabezeichensatz Ber Dictionary tutorial TermStar default icon Vorgabepiktogramm bezeichnet die Anzahl der default setting de bertragenen Zeichen So Standardeinstellung bispielsweise die beim Voreinstellung auf eine 3 5 Diskette ca default value Standardwert Ei device Heda Erler Remove Password Protection Ss ES English UK gt German tutorial TermStar data transfer rate 4 Fig 3 3 TermStar workstati
14. Created on Freitag 18 Juni 1999 13 50 Fig 9 14 All fields empty dictionary layout Fig 9 15 Header empty dictionary layout 106 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 9 3 Dictionary layouts supplied Header Dictionary sample Ter Created or changed on Created or changed by ernd Barth window icon Infol A window can be minimized to icon size and is then displayed as Fenstersymbol Info Ein Fenster kann auf Symbolgr e verkleinert werden und wird dann als dargestelit cellule de la fen tre ic ne de fen tre Fig 9 16 Multilang dictionary layout E port AnschluBSchnittstelle pre setting default setting Standardeinstellung Voreinstellung preferences palette Farb Voreinsteller preparation Vorbereiten printer Drucker printer dot Druckpunkt printer driver Druckertreiber printer output Druckerausgabe printer port Druckeranschlu printing option Druckoption procedure Arbeitsschritt processor Prozessor processor clock speed Prozessortakt progress message Statusmeldung project Projekt Fig 9 17 Transit1 dictionary layout m port Anschlu Schnittstelle tutorial sample pre setting default setting Standardeinstellung Voreinstellung tutorial sample preferences palette Farb Voreinsteller tutorial sample preparation Vorbereiten 30_tut 30_betatest sample printer Drucker tutorial sample
15. Dictionary layouts supplied on page 97 You can allocate up to three dictionary layouts to the view Standard layout This dictionary layout specifies the overall view if you have not selected any other dictionary layout for the view left hand page of dictionary right hand of dictionary and edit mode Additional layout for right hand page TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 79 i 8 3 Changing profile settings This layout defines the appearance of the right hand page of each dic tionary You can use this layout for example to display word pairs on the left hand page and detailed information about the selected data record on the right hand page Special layouts are supplied for this pur pose in TermStar which only display one data record at a time marked by in the layout name If you do not select an additional layout for the right hand side TermStar uses the standard layout for the right hand page Layout for edit mode This layout defines the appearance of the dictionary in edit mode For instance you can select a layout which displays the field name in order to simplify editing or a layout which shows more details so that you can also enter the data that are not shown in the standard layout If you do not select a layout for the edit mode TermStar will use the standard layout Three examples are shown in table 8 1 of how you can use the various lay outs Example 1 Example 2 Example
16. Find Select a menu Menu items options and buttons are printed in bold The vertical line separates the menu and the sub menu The example given on the left has the following meaning Click on the Edit menu and select the Find func tion Press Ctrl F4 Keyboard shortcut This instruction means that you must press the F4 key while holding the Ctrl key down CTRL Q E Press the CTRL and Q key simulta neously Then release both keys and press the E key Enter the term valve Table 1 1 Symbols and conventions cont 8 Rev 010823 User input You must enter characters shown in the Courier Italic font using the keyboard TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 1 2 Symbols and conventions What you see What it means Enter the lt search text gt Variables Select lt File name gt Any text in angular brackets is a placeholder which you must replace along with the angular brackets with a concrete value The file mlang ini in the folder File names VERETA O File and folder names are displayed in the Courier font Table 1 1 Symbols and conventions cont Instructions always describe the menus in the top menu bar You can call up several functions in various ways via the menus in the upper menu bar the toolbar combinations of keys or the context menu under the right hand mouse button The numbered instructions in this manual always refer to the menus in the top menu bar Descripti
17. OK The source entry term is appended to the tar get entry as a subentry of the selected type Synonym Abbreviation Alternative Irregular form User Index Replace a field Select a field under Source and Desti nation Click on Replace The contents of the destination field are deleted replaced by the contents of the source field Add the contents of a field Select a field under Source and Desti nation Click on Add Table 6 4 Options for merging data records cont 62 Rev 010823 The contents of the source field are appended to the con tents of the destination field separated by a comma TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 6 6 Copying and moving a data record or entry Action Steps Effect Delete from the desti Select what you The element selected nation data record wish to delete from will be deleted from the Destination the destination data language entry record subentry or field Language all Click on Delete entries in that lan guage Entry the entry Subentry the sub entry Field the contents of the field Create new data Click on New Data The source data record Record record will be created as aseparate data record in the current dictionary Reset Click on Reset The destination data record will be returned to its original condi tion Table 6 4 Options for merging data records cont 6 6 5 Copying or moving an entry You can copy an
18. click on the book icon to see the related Help topics Double click on a Help topic to display it TermStar opens the window with the help topic If you have general questions about using the Windows online Help select Help on Help 30 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 4 Projects and dictionaries in TermStar Satellite PE 4 Projects and dictionaries in TermStar Satellite PE 4 1 Overview When your project manager sends you a translation project this can include a dictionary You will receive the dictionaries automatically with the transla tion project By making the project settings the project manager will have also defined the settings for the dictionary such as the source and target lan guages You can use the dictionary you have received to look for terminology for your translation However you can also edit the dictionary for instance by adding new terms see section 6 Edit terminology on page 43 When you return the translation to your project manager you can also send the dictionary with alterations as well so that your project manager can have the terminology you have revised For more details on how to receive projects and send translations please refer to the Transit documentation To edit a dictionary follow these steps Receive project from the project manager Open received project Open dictionary Editing terminology If necessary you can also swap the source and the target language
19. functions and use the online help can be found in section 3 6 Operation on page 25 3 2 Organizing data in dictionaries and databases A TermStar dictionary is comparable to a technical dictionary on paper The difference is that you can add to and edit this TermStar dictionary yourself and you have better search capabilities The data contained in dictionaries is organized in databases A database may contain one or more dictionaries It could be compared to a bookshelf in which you can keep your paper dictionaries see fig 3 1 on page 18 When it is being installed TermStar sets up the two databases TermStar TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 17 3 3 Data structure of the terminology Fig 3 1 Several dictionaries in one database The TermStar database contains the Tutorial dictionary needed for the Tutorial project E TermStar Received The database TermStar Received does not contain any dictionary and is used for storing the dictionaries that you receive from your project manager along with the projects These databases must always be available and must never be deleted or removed from the ODBC system settings 3 3 Data structure of the terminology 3 3 1 Data records and entries A TermStar dictionary is constructed in such a way that all translations of a semantic unit are brought together into one single data record This struc ture is called semantics based or concept based Each transla
20. in picklists on the entry preceding them as in Entry gt Term Entry is sometimes shorted to Entr in narrow lists In the following table 9 3 you will find all the entry fields with a description and an example of what they con tain Field name Description Example Language Three letter language code forthe ENG Table 9 3 Entry fields 88 entry Used to indicate language variants such as American British English Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 9 1 Fields Field name Description Example Term Index field for the entry TermStar The entry in the dictionary will be sorted according to the content of this field Status Information e g the reliability of the Revised current stage of an entry Part of Indication of part of speech Noun speech Gender Information on the gender n Grammatical Information on particular grammati Proper name information cal points Phonetic Indication of pronunciation tormstao information this field can if necessary be linked with a phonetic transcription in the layout Hyperlink Field for cross references e g to Transit another related entry or an Internet address Context Example s illustrating the term in Terminology context management in TermStar Context Indication of the source of the con STAR AG bro source text chure 23 8 01 Data source Source of the term STAR Termi nology Department Attributes Attributes for the entry New Remar
21. mode open select the fields you wish to change and overwrite the existing values or insert new values You can determine the appearance of the edit mode using the choice of lay out The edit mode can have exactly the same appearance as the view mode or one of your own layouts in which TermStar presents the fields differently e g preceded by the field names or other fields are displayed see section 8 3 2 Selecting view layouts on page 79 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 49 6 4 Adding a subentry This is how you edit existing data records or entries 4 Switch to edit mode Press ENTER or select Edit Edit mode Press the TAB key or the SHIFT TAB key combination to move the cur sor between the fields If the current layout does not display any field names TermStar displays the name of the field you have just selected in the status bar Enter the new values by overwriting the existing values Quit edit mode by pressing the ESC key TermStar displays the message Save changes to this data record Decide whether TermStar is to store the changes To store the change click on Yes If you select No you will discard all the changes and TermStar will leave the data record or the entry unchanged You will remain in edit mode if you select Cancel 6 4 Adding a subentry TermStar sorts an entry in the dictionary according to its term The Term field is therefore the indexed field for the entry If
22. results are all pos sible TermStar finds the word The cursor jumps to this entry TermStar displays a word thatstarts with the search text If you enter Data for example as the search text the cursor jumps to the word Database TermStar displays the message Word not found In this case TermStar has found neither the search word nor any word that begins with the search text Searching without the Edit Find menu You can easily open the Find field contents window without the Edit Find menu Simply start typing in the text you search for without opening a win dow TermStar will automatically open the Find field contents window 5 3 2 Searching with wildcards You can use wildcards if you wish to search for a part of a word which appears at any point in a term This type of search allows you to replace the variable parts of a search text with wildcards placeholders The global search works like a filter TermStar displays only those entries that match the search text The wildcard symbols you can use are for any number of characters for exactly one character TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 39 M 5 3 Searching for a word In table 5 1 you will find some examples of searches with wildcards Search text Words found Words not found file file swap file filename files filing filter file file files swapfile find filter filing fil file filter swapfile fi
23. settings in a profile file so that they can be used again the next time you start the program or open the profile The profile can only be saved if changes have been made to the settings If the TermStar menu item Save is grayed you have not made any changes to the profile settings since the last time you saved them In this case you do not have to save anything However you can save the settings under a differ ent profile name Select Save As to do this 76 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 8 3 Changing profile settings This is how you create a new profile 1 Select Options Profile Save As TermStar displays the existing profiles and the profiles which are cur rently available Enter a name for the new profile in the File name field Select the scope of access for the new profile from the Scope list Global all projects accessible to all users Project only accessible from within the current project User only accessible to the current user Customer only projects with the same customer as the current project are accessible 4 Click on Save TermStar saves all the current settings in the specified profile file so that they can be used again the next time you start the program or open the profile Caution When saving a profile if you select a profile from the list of existing profiles or enter the name of an existing profile TermStar will overwrite this profile with the new settings
24. 2 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 9 3 Dictionary layouts supplied u port Anschlu Schnittstelle pre setting Standardeinstellung Voreinstellung preferences palette Farb Voreinsteller preparation Vorbereiten printer Drucker printer dot Druckpunkt printer driver Druckertreiber printer output Druckerausgabe printer port Druckeranschlu printing option Druckoption procedure Arbeitsschritt processor Prozessor processor clock speed Frozessortakt progress message Statusmeldung project Projekt Fig 9 8 Simple dictionary layout Header Data record number 240 Dictionary sample TermStar Created by Bernd Barth Created on 18 06 99 13 50 Created or changed by Bernd Barth Created or changed on 18 06 99 13 50 Fig 9 9 Header dictionary layout Welcome Guide Kurzbrosch re wildcard Jokerzeichen Platzhalterzeichen window Fenster window border Fensterrahmen ENG Term window icon DEU Term Fenstersymbol word processor Textyerarbeitungsprogramm write protected schreibgesch tzt Fig 9 10 Simple edit dictionary layout TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 103 9 3 Dictionary layouts supplied 104 ENG Ee Rut Sealy ENG DEU ENG DEU FRA ENG DEU ENG DEU FRA pre setting Standardeinstellung Voreinstellung preferences palette Farb Woreinsteller palette de s lection preparation Vorbere
25. 3 33 4 1 Overview 4 1 4 Closing a dictionary You do not need to save dictionaries When you edit a dictionary TermStar saves the changes in the dictionary immediately when you leave edit mode This means you work directly in the database of the dictionary So you do not need to save a dictionary before closing it nor can you This is how you close a dictionary in its own window 1 Select the dictionary window you wish to close so that it is active i e on top 2 Select File Close or click on the X symbol in the top right hand corner of the dictionary window This is how you close all the dictionaries 1 Select File Close All Dictionaries TermStar closes all the dictionaries as well as the Project Dictionaries window Restoring the project dictionary window If you accidentally close the Project Dictionaries window select Window New Dictionary All to display it again 34 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 5 Searching for terminology 5 Searching for terminology 5 1 Overview You can use the arrow symbols in the toolbar along the top or the arrow keys on your keyboard to search through your dictionary as you would a printed book see section 5 2 1 Browsing on page 35 You can go straight to a particular letter in the dictionary using the index but tons down the left hand side of the dictionary see section 5 2 2 Using index buttons on page 36 You can also use cross re
26. 3 Dictionary layouts supplied Layout name recommended Contents as All fields As All fields but additionally empty with empty fields see figure 9 14 on page 106 Header As Header but additionally with empty empty fields see figure 9 15 on page 106 Multilang Additional lay Header fields and source and target out languages and all other languages see figure 9 16 on page 107 Transitl Dictionary win Source language term dow in Transit Term abbreviation alternatives and synonyms in the target lan guage see figure 9 17 on page 107 Transit2 Dictionary win As Transit1 but with additional dow in Transit fields for data source project and dictionary see figure 9 18 on page 107 Table 9 6 Views and their related dictionary layouts cont m port Anschlu Schnittstelle pre setting Standardeinstellung Voreinstellung preferences palette Farb Voreinsteller preparation Vorbereiten printer Drucker printer dot Druckpunkt printer driver Fig 9 1 STAR1 dictionary layout 100 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 9 3 Dictionary layouts supplied Dictionary sample TermStar ENG window icon Bernd Barth 18 06 99 Infol A window can be minimized to icon size and is then displayed as DEU Fenstersymbol Bernd Barth 18 06 99 Info1 Ein Fenster kann auf Symbolgr e verkleinert werden und wird dann als dargestellt Fig 9 2 STAR1 dictionary layout
27. A 35 Terminology Management 11 TermStar As a component part of Transit 12 Calling functions 28 Customizing with profiles 75 Database TermStar nenenen 17 Database TermStar Received 17 Operating elements 25 Product variants nennen 13 Settings in the profile 25 TermStar Professional 13 TermStar Viewstation oo 13 TermStar Workstation 13 Typical users 13 A BER 27 Trademark 120 Rev 010823 Registered T uses 2 Transit OVENVIEWE ee 15 Shared profile with TermStar 76 TermStar as part Of T nn 12 Translation Send dictionary with t 31 Translation memory system see Transit Translator Typical users of TermStar 14 Type Trof fields aia Goa 22 U Undo Deleting a data record 67 Deleting an entry nennen 68 Keyboard shortcut 111 Using Cross reference nennen 37 Index buttons 36 Rapid carnada 46 Vv Malla Soriana o 72 View Selecting layout 79 VIEWS nenn 24 W Webleim ei E 15 Wildcards For customizing index buttons 109 A 39 Window Dialog language u 78 Windows 26 Word TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Index SEAarchiNg unser 38 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 121 Index 122 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0
28. AR AG Wiesholz 35 8262 Ramsen Switzerland Tel 41 52 7 42 92 00 Fax 41 52 7 42 92 92 http www star group net The addresses of more distributors can be found in the WWW http www star transit com TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 113 9 6 Addresses 114 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Index Index Symbols see Wildcards see Wildcards Numerics 3 letter language code see Language code A Abbreviation see Subentry Adding EMY la 19 45 Semantic unit ven 19 A A 50 Additional information Field for additional i 22 Additional layout ooooocooconnccnoo 24 Address siii 112 Administrative field 22 Alternative see Subentry Analyzing Dictionary statistics 41 Arabic see Right to left languages Asian languages i is 23 B Book Display as B n se 81 Browsing In the dictionary sese 35 C Changing TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Background color for the selected data TECHN wens naai 82 Dialog language 78 Display as book nennen 81 Index buttons 83 PO EN 77 Closing DICTIONARY deal 34 Rapid entry en 49 Color Background c for the selected data O aid 82 No background color for data record 82 A raten 27 Copying Data record a 59 ENtly Aee A EEE E 63 COP IO arica 2 Creating Cross references ccce 52 A hence 44 Cross reference Automatic Co
29. EFFFTHETFFERFEEFPEFEHEHEFELFERFFELFERR 29 Projects and dictionaries in TermStar Satellite PE 22 wen 31 Overview ana 31 Opening a project uuuusss444nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 32 Opening a dictionary isesi iaei eiiiai aai 32 Swapping the source and the target languages cocconnccccccnncnn 33 Closing a CICTIONALY sarena noinni eiia Aa i a 34 Searching for terminology 35 Overview ee aati ed eee eae tee 35 Navigating within a dictionary 0 c eee ee eeeeeeeeee 35 Browsing senken aa aa e AE EARE 35 Using ind DUTIONS cra ias 36 Using cross references ccoonocccccnnnononncnnnnnnnncnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnanannes 37 Searching for a word inca ai lea 38 Searching for a word or beginning of a WOrTd ccooccnnncccccccncccnnnnccns 38 Searching with wildcards ooooccnninnnccccccccnccnccnnnannnanncnccnnnnnncnnnns 39 Statistical report tea 41 Edit terminology eee 43 Verv EW ar e A A ee BS 43 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Content 6 2 6 2 1 6 2 2 6 2 3 6 3 6 4 6 5 6 5 1 6 5 2 6 5 3 6 5 4 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 1 6 6 2 6 6 3 6 6 4 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 1 6 7 2 6 8 7 1 7 2 7 3 7 4 Creating a data record or adding an entry ooonococicnocicinicacncncnos 43 Creating a new data reCord senamiestis aii 44 Adding an entry to existing data record ccoconocccccnonoccccnnnanancnnnnnns 45 Using the rapid
30. Entry Duplicate TermStar duplicates the entry and the cursor will appear in the Term filed of this new entry 5 Edit the new entry see section 6 3 Editing an data record or entry on page 49 6 Quit edit mode by pressing the ESC key TermStar displays the message Save changes to this data record 7 Decide whether TermStar is to store the changes Click on Yes to save the changes If you select No you will discard all the changes You will remain in edit mode if you select Cancel 58 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 6 6 Copying and moving a data record or entry 6 6 3 Copying or moving the data record You can copy a data record via the Windows clipboard To do this first copy the data record onto the clipboard with the command Copy and then insert it into the current dictionary with Paste If instead of Copy you use the com mand Cut TermStar will delete the data record from its original location when it places it onto the clipboard This is how you move a data record from a dic tionary into the current dictionary Data records are always pasted into the current dictionary When you paste a data record in from the clipboard TermStar always inserts it into the dictionary which the project settings have defined as the current dictionary This is how you copy a data record 1 Select a data record 2 Select Edit Data Record Copy TermStar copies the entire data record onto the Windows clipbo
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32. TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE O 2001 STAR Deutschland GmbH Contents subject to change without notice All rights to this documentation are reserved in particular but not limited to the rights of copying distribution and translation No part of this documentation may be reproduced edited copied or distrib uted in any form without prior written authorization from STAR Deutschland GmbH Use of the data medium provided with this product is restricted to copying the software for the purpose of data backup only STAR Deutschland GmbH Sch naicher Strasse 19 71032 B blingen Germany Tel 49 70 31 4 10 92 42 Fax 49 70 31 4 10 92 70 STAR AG Wiesholz 35 8262 Ramsen Switzerland Tel 41 52 7 42 92 00 Fax 41 52 7 42 92 92 Registered trademarks Microsoft Microsoft Word Windows and Windows NT are registered trade marks of Microsoft Corporation Unicode is a registered trademark of Unicode Inc All other trade names are registered trademarks of the respective producers 2 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Content Content 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 6 1 2 6 2 3 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 1 Welcome tad adan 7 How to use this manual ooooononcccconoconononononononononononnnnnonnos 7 Symbols and conventions oononociononiciononicinnnnoncnannnncncrnononcrnoncnnns 7 Introduction 11 Overview of TermStar oooooonncc
33. activate the index buttons 4 Click on OK to apply the settings 5 Save the change profile To do this select Options Profile Save TermStar saves all the current settings in a profile file so that they can be used again the next time you start the program or open the profile TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 83 i 8 3 Changing profile settings 84 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 9 Appendix 9 Appendix 9 1 Fields This section describes all the fields available for use in TermStar The hierar chy of the fields is shown in detail in figure 3 2 on page 20 9 1 1 Header fields The header fields belong to the complete data record They therefore do not relate to an individual entry in a language but to the overall semantic unit You can recognize header fields in picklists from the Hdr identifier e g in Hdr gt status preceding them In the following table 9 1 you will find all the header fields with a description and an example of what they contain Field name Description Example Data record Number which uniquely identifies 2905 number each data record Automatically filled in Not editable Project Name of the project to whicha data TermStar record belongs manual Dictionary Name of the dictionary towhicha STAR data record belongs This will be entered automatically when a data record is created Not editable Status Status information e g reliabilityor Revised the prese
34. ard and from there it can be pasted as often as required 3 Select Edit Data Record Paste TermStar inserts the copied data record and selects it in such a way that you can edit it immediately This is how you move a data record 1 Select a data record 2 Select Edit Data Record Cut TermStar moves the entire data record onto the Windows clipboard from where it can be pasted as often as required 3 Select Edit Data Record Paste TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 59 i 6 6 Copying and moving a data record or entry TermStar inserts the data record and selects it in such a way that you can edit it immediately 6 6 4 Merging a data record If you have copied or moved an entire data record into the clipboard using the Copy or Cut command you will be able to merge this data record into another data record For this purpose TermStar displays the Merging win dow TermStar shows the data record source to be merged alongside the existing data record target with its entries in this window When merging you can specify for each entry how or whether it should be added to the target data record see table 6 4 on page 61 This is how you merge a data record 1 Select a data record and copy it to the clipboard Use the following com mands to do this To copy the data record without deleting the original data record select Edit Data Record Copy To copy the data record and delete the ori
35. atellite PE but require TermStar Workstation or TermStar Professional Table 2 2 The benefits of TermStar to different user groups 14 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 2 6 Other STAR products 2 6 Other STAR products 2 6 1 Transit Transit is STAR s translation memory system which allows you to translate quickly with consistency and therefore also cost effectively Transit gives you suggested translations for texts which are identical or sim ilarto ones you have already translated You therefore never have to translate the same text more than once Transit does all that for you Transit also helps you with functions which will support you in your translation work The most important functions are Statistics The import statistics tell you the degree of matching with previous trans lations the number and quality of suggestions contained in the Fuzzy Index as well as the amount of text still requiring translation Formatting is protected In Transit all formatting information is protected You can concentrate entirely on the text without worrying about accidentally changing for matting information This includes cross references and anchored frames This means that in Transit there is hardly any additional work you need to do to the translated text Editor The editor in which you translate is optimized for translation Quality assurance You can check your translation directly in the Editor with the optional sp
36. ce text Select Edit Create cross reference TermStar changes the color of the text to the color for cross references as set in the current dictionary layout 6 Quit edit mode by pressing the ESC key TermStar displays the message Save changes to this data record 7 Decide whether TermStar is to store the changes Click on Yes to save the changes If you select No you will discard all the changes You will remain in edit mode if you select Cancel The cursor changes to a hand symbol when you hover the mouse cursor over a cross reference You can click on the cross reference in order to jump to the cross reference target TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 55 6 6 Copying and moving a data record or entry 6 5 5 Internet links You can also create a cross reference in the form of an Internet link If you click on such a cross reference TermStar will start your Internet browser with the required Internet address There are two ways of entering Internet links In the Cross reference field see section 6 5 3 Using cross reference fields on page 53 Manually see section 6 5 4 Generating cross references manually on page 55 An Internet link always begins with http www Example http www star transit com 6 6 Copying and moving a data record or entry You can create new data records or entries by copying and then editing exist ing data records or entries You can copy either an entire da
37. cnnocccconocononoconononononnnoronnnnononnnonnos 11 TermStar functions 22200222240222000200000nnnnnnnnennnnennensennnnnnn 12 Using Termstar u a 12 TermStar product variant u220n2e2ennnennennnennennnnnnnnnennnnnnnenn 13 TLermStarusers u iii 13 Other STAR products i oc nicotina 15 TS Mist tt iberica 15 ACTO eaaa AE E 2er er 15 A es cee een 17 A ET 17 Organizing data in dictionaries and databases 17 Data structure of the terminology ooocccocionnnoninnnnoncnnnconnnos 18 Data records and entries cooocccccnnnononcccnccnnnnnccnnnnnnnrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 18 Field structure of the data records and entries 20 Fielditypes aan een een 22 Default values and input verification 2244440u0nnn nenn 22 EAE E E E 23 Source and target language S coooonoocccconnnocccnnnnncccncnnnnnncnnnnnnnnnnos 23 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 3 Content 3 5 3 5 1 3 5 2 3 5 3 3 6 3 6 1 3 6 2 3 6 3 4 1 4 1 1 4 1 2 4 1 3 4 1 4 5 1 5 2 5 2 1 5 2 2 5 2 3 5 3 5 3 1 5 3 2 5 4 Layouts views and profiles oococcnninnnnnnninnnnincncarncnccnnos 24 Dictionary layouts 2d dd 24 VIEW Oda A 24 Profiles Here 25 Operation es a 25 TermStar Workstation 2uuuu4444nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nenn 26 Calling functions 8 20 28 SR RICRRRSRPPETESEFBOPESESTHEEFTEFEFFFIEPFPERDPE
38. ction 7 4 on page 72 7 2 Default values For each dictionary your project manager can pre set values which TermStar automatically enters when you add a new data record or entry Transit thus makes it easier for you to enter new data records and entries because you do not need to enter identical values all over again every time Moreover this also ensured the consistency of the dictionary entries Your project manager can for instance enter a project designation in the Project field as a pre set value so that no unwanted variants can be entered in this field No restriction on input Default values do not restrict what can be input into fields Although TermStar will automatically enter the default values for each new data record or entry you can overwrite these at any time TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 71 i pak 7 3 Input verification 7 3 Input verification With the input verification your project manager can make detailed pre set tings for the entries in the dictionaries Every time you add or edit an entry in a dictionary TermStar checks to see whether these entries adhere to the rules of the input verification TermStar thus reliably prevents invalid or incomplete entries Input verification offers the following possibilities Fixed value with or without differentiation between upper and lower case You can only enter this value TermStar rejects all entries with any other values Regular
39. dit mode ENTER or CTRL E Edit mode on right page CTRL ENTER Swap languages CTRL V Undo CTRL Z Redo CTRL Y Table 9 8 Keyboard shortcuts for general commands 9 5 2 Navigating within a dictionary Table 9 9 shows the keyboard shortcuts for moving the cursor within a dic tionary Function Keyboard shortcut Next data record PLUS numeric keypad Table 9 9 Keyboard shortcuts for navigating in the dictionary TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 111 9 6 Addresses Function Keyboard shortcut Previous data record MINUS numeric keypad Next page CTRL PLUS numeric keypad Previous page CTRL MINUS numeric keypad Start of Dictionary HOME End of Dictionary END Back from cross reference CTRL ALT MINUS numeric key pad Table 9 9 Keyboard shortcuts for navigating in the dictionary cont 9 5 3 Edit mode Table 9 10 shows the keyboard shortcuts available in edit mode only Function Keyboard shortcut Next field TAB Previous field SHIFT TAB Cut entry CTRL DIVIDE numeric keypad Copying an entry CTRL MULTIPLY numeric keypad Exit edit mode Table 9 10 Keyboard shortcuts in edit mode 9 6 Addresses STAR Deutschland GmbH Sch naicher Strasse 19 71032 B blingen Germany 112 Rev 010823 ESC TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 9 6 Addresses Tel 49 70 31 4 10 92 42 Fax 49 70 31 4 10 92 70 http www star transit com ST
40. dit mode for the data record selected This is how you select the edit mode with the context menu 1 Click the required entry in the dictionary window 2 Then click with the right mouse button on the required entry in the dic tionary TermStar opens the context menu 3 Click on the Edit menu item 28 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 3 6 Operation TermStar changes to the edit mode for the data record selected This is how you select the edit mode with a keyboard shortcut 1 Click on the relevant entry in the dictionary window 2 Press and hold the CTRL key 3 Press the E key TermStar changes to the edit mode for the data record selected Edit mode using the Enter key You can call up the edit mode more easily by pressing the Enter key This is how you select a menu using hotkeys 1 Press the ALT key 2 Press the key corresponding to the letter underlined in the Edit menu E TermStar does not distinguish between upper and lower case TermStar opens the Edit menu 3 Press the E key for Edit mode TermStar changes to the edit mode for the data record selected 3 6 3 Online Help The online help facility in TermStar offers you further assistance if you have questions on any function This is how you call up the Help using the Help contents y Select Help TermStar TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 29 i 3 6 Operation TermStar opens the window Help Topics TermStar Double
41. e configuration files with a text editor When you create a new configuration file simply copy an existing one and edit the copy The configuration files are constructed as follows 108 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 9 4 Customizing index buttons Register 1 A A 2 B B 3 C CA 23 XY X 24 Z Z Please note here The first line must contain Register The following syntax applies to the definitions of the individual buttons lt no gt lt character gt lt letter group gt lt no gt consecutive number for the position on the index button lt character gt the character that TermStar displays on the index button lt letter group gt the letter group that TermStar is to switch to using this index button Here TermStar treats the asterisk as a wildcard for the following characters Examples 1 A A TermStar points to the first index button A It selects the first entry that starts with A or a TermStar does not distinguish between upper and lower case 18 Sch SCH TermStar displays on the 18th button Sch It selects the first entry that starts with Sch or sch TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 109 ie 9 5 Keyboard shortcut New buttons are only available after you have reselected the source language If you have changed or created a configuration file for a language s index but tons you must select this language again so that TermStar can find the con figuration file The q
42. e cross reference The cursor will jump to the linked entry TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 37 e 5 3 Searching for a word 3 To return to the original point select Cursor Cross reference back 5 3 Searching for a word Before you search for a word in a dictionary please note the following basic rules The search works in the source language To see how you can swap the source and the target language please refer to section 4 1 3 Swapping the source and the target languages on page 33 Only the indexed fields are searched Depending on the settings that the project manager has defined for the dictionary this will be Entry terms Abbreviation terms Alternative terms Synonym terms Irregular form terms User index terms 5 3 1 Searching for a word or beginning of a word You can search for a word or the beginning of a word This is how you search for a word or the beginning of a word 1 Select Edit Find TermStar displays the Find field contents window 2 _ Enter the word or the beginning of the word you are looking for in the Find what field TermStar does not differentiate between upper and lower case 38 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 5 3 Searching for a word You can also select a search text you previously entered by clicking on the arrow on the right 3 Start the search by clicking on Search TermStar will now search for the word The following
43. e dictionary This is how you remove the password protection 1 When you call up one of the following functions in a dictionary that is covered by password protection TermStar will display the Remove Password Protection window Edit add or delete a data record Edit add or delete an entry In the User Rights list TermStar shows which languages are already accessible The checked options in this list show whether the function is accessible 2 Enter the valid password in the Password field to remove the password protection 3 Close the window by clicking on the Close button Two unprotected languages for new data records If you are to create new data records in a dictionary covered by password protection you must be able to remove the password protection from the source language and from the target language TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 69 ke 6 8 Removing password protection 70 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 7 Help with making dictionary entries 7 Help with making dictionary entries 7 1 Summary Your project manager will define pre settings for every field which will make it easier for you to enter data avoid wrong entries and ensure the consist ency of the dictionary entries In this section you will find information on the following aids to making entries Default values see section 7 2 on page 71 Input verification see section 7 3 on page 72 Values lists see se
44. ect Options Profile Settings TermStar displays the Profile Settings window with the name of the profile that has just been used Select the TermStar General Settings tab Click on the Display in book frame option in the TermStar book and index buttons area to activate the book display Deselect to switch the book presentation off 4 Click on OK to apply the settings 5 Save the changed profile To do this select Options Profile Save TermStar saves all the current settings in a profile file so that they can be used again the next time you start the program or open the profile TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 81 pa o i 8 3 Changing profile settings Customizing the frame display You can customize the non book display by moving the center separator line sideways with the mouse To do this move the mouse over this line until the mouse changes into a double headed arrow Do not move the mouse too quickly Then click and pull the line to the left or the right 8 3 4 Defining the background color for the selected data record When you select a data record TermStar emphasizes it with a special back ground color You can determine which color is to be used here This is how you set the background color 1 Select Options Profile Settings TermStar displays the Profile Settings window with the name of the profile you have just used Select the TermStar General Settings tab Select a co
45. ellchecker dictionary Project management 2 6 2 WebTerm WebTerm makes the great benefits of TermStar available over an intranet or the Internet regardless of where the user is located TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 15 2 6 Other STAR products This program provides everyone using it with a company specific dictionary which they can view using a browser Users with authorization always have complete access to the company s current terminology in any language desired 16 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 3 Basics 3 Basics 3 1 Overview TermStar organizes your dictionaries into databases To see what that means please refer to section 3 2 Organizing data in dictionaries and data bases on page 17 Within a dictionary TermStar stores your terminology structured in data records and entries You will find more details on this point in section 3 3 Data structure of the terminology on page 18 TermStar can recognize various different languages as you can see in sec tion 3 4 Languages on page 23 You can customize TermStar in many different ways in order to be able to work with it in the way that best suits you You can also use all the different layouts with which TermStar displays your dictionary You can also set up profiles to which TermStar can revert at any time see section 3 5 Layouts views and profiles on page 24 Details on the TermStar workstation and how you can call up
46. end it to another entry as a subentry synonym abbreviation etc You will find more information on subentries in section 3 3 2 Field structure of the data records and entries on page 20 This is how you insert a copied entry as a subentry 4 Use the Copy or Cut command to copy an entry to the clipboard see section 6 6 5 Copying or moving an entry on page 63 Select a data record into which you wish to insert the copied entry as a subentry Switch back to edit mode To do this select Edit Edit Mode or press the ENTER key Select the entry to which you wish to append the copied entry TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 65 6 7 Deleting a data record or entry Right click on the entry to open the context menu Select one of the following menu items New Abbreviation New Alternative New Irregular Form New Synonym New User Index If you select New Entry TermStar will insert into the data record a completely new entry and not subentry 7 Quit edit mode by pressing the ESC key TermStar displays the message Save changes to this data record 8 Decide whether TermStar is to store the changes 6 7 Click on Yes to save the changes If you select No you will discard all the changes You will remain in edit mode if you select Cancel Deleting a data record or entry You can delete either an individual entry from a data record or an entire data record and all its entries Warning Bef
47. entry function oooocccccnnnocccccnonanncnnnnnnncnnnnnnnncnnnnnns 46 Editing an data record or entry urnnnnnennnnennnnnnnnn 49 Adding a SUDENUEY visas cee SEE 50 Creating cross references uuunnenesnnenennnnnnennnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnenn 52 DETA E N E a at 52 Using automatic cross references nuuuesssnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnn nenn 53 Using cross reference fieldS ooooocccccnnnnccccnnnnccccnonannrrcnnnnanennnnnnnn 53 Generating cross references manually uunsnsssssnnnnnnnnnennnnnnn 55 Internet INKS ico ii age 56 Copying and moving a data record or entry n 56 Duplicating a data record uuusssssnnnensennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn 57 Duplicating an entye arenar erka E ARANETA TN nenn nn 58 Copying or moving the data record ssessersessrriserrrrssrrrsens 59 Merging a data record ae reina e iaraa ieia ka Enarak EaD 60 Copying or MOVING an entry cocccccccnncccccnnononancnnnnnnnn cnn nnnnnnnnnnn nana 63 Inserting the copied entry as a subentry sesser 65 Deleting a data record or entry oooonncnnnicninnoniniconanacininncanancno 66 Deleting a data record nenna a AT 67 Deleting an Ot ata an 68 Removing password protection c cece ee eeeeeeeeees 69 Help with making dictionary entries 71 SUIMIMANY eaea eea atearen araea Ai EAEN Eanan SEEREN 71 Defaultvalles 23 andann at 71 INPUEVENACA ON aida 72 Values lists iaa 72 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 5 Content
48. entry using the Windows clipboard For this purpose first copy the entry onto the clipboard with the command Copy and then insert it into another data record with the command Paste If instead ofthe command Copy you select the command Cut TermStar will delete the original entry from its original location when it places it on the clipboard This is how you move an entry from one data record to another TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 63 6 6 Copying and moving a data record or entry This is how you copy an entry hb OO N lt oN O 0 11 Select the data record containing the entry you wish to copy Switch to edit mode Press ENTER or select Edit Edit mode Select the entry you wish to copy To copy the entry to the clipboard select Edit Entry Copy This copies the entry onto the Windows clipboard from where you can paste it as often as required Quit edit mode by pressing the ESC key Select another data record Switch back to edit mode Press ENTER or select Edit Edit mode Select Edit Entry Paste to paste the entry you have copied to the clip board TermStar inserts the entry from the Windows clipboard Edit the entry you have copied see section 6 3 Editing an data record or entry on page 49 Quit edit mode by pressing the ESC key TermStar displays the message Save changes to this data record Decide whether TermStar is to store the changes Click on Yes to save the changes
49. er of layouts which you can use for your work You will find an overview of the layouts supplied in section 9 3 Dictionary layouts supplied on page 97 Your project manager can change layouts with the aid of the graphic layout editor or create new ones and make them available to you 3 5 2 View The choice of dictionary layout which you will use for the display thus results from the so called View You can select up to three layouts for each view Standard layout Additional layout for the right hand side Edit layout 24 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 3 6 Operation 3 5 3 Profiles A profile is a file with which you can store your own personal TermStar set tings and call them up at any time The settings in a profile cover the following areas View Selection of dictionary layouts for the view Dialog language in TermStar Your choice of language in which TermStar displays the menus win dows and messages General information Book like appearance show hide index buttons background color of the selected entry When you start TermStar it opens the profile that was last loaded This means that your settings are automatically activated each time you start TermStar 3 6 Operation This section outlines the TermStar display and operation elements TermStar workstation see section 3 6 1 on page 26 Calling up functions see section 3 6 2 on page 28 Online help system see section 3 6 3 on page 29
50. expression The project manager can thus define the so called regular expressions with which your entries must comply In this way he can for instance specify that no entry can start with a number or that it can only contain certain characters TermStar rejects values which do not conform to the specification Prevent or permit empty fields Your project manager can thus specify whether a field is allowed to remain empty or whether you must always fill it out This ensures that entries are always filled out completely Input verification affects rapid entry TermStar displays in the rapid entry window all the fields which your project manager has selected He can thus control the rapid entry via the input veri fication 7 4 Values lists Your project manager can prepare values lists for the dictionary Values lists make it easier to enter field values and at the same time ensure the consist 72 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 7 4 Values lists ency of the dictionaries Instead of entering values manually in the fields select values from a list Your project manager can thus specify whether you can select one or more than one value list with or without multiple choices When you are editing the entry field in the dictionary TermStar shows a green square in this field which is the icon for values lists When you click on this icon TermStar displays a window with the values of the values list for this field Yo
51. f building up new data records This involves duplicating similar data records and then modify ing them Data records are always duplicated to the current dictionary TermStar always stores a duplicated data record in the dictionary which the project settings have defined as the current dictionary This is how you duplicate a data record 1 Select a data record You will be able to see which data record you have selected because it will be highlighted in color and or will be marked by a black bar in the left margin 2 Select Edit Data Record Duplicate TermStar duplicates the data record and selects it in such a way that you can edit it at once TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 57 Pl e 6 6 Copying and moving a data record or entry 6 6 2 Duplicating an entry o Duplication only within the same data record 1 You can only duplicate an entry within the same data record To copy an entry into another data record you have to select Copy and Paste see section 6 6 5 Copying or moving an entry on page 63 This is how you duplicate an entry 1 Select the data record containing the entry you wish to duplicate You will be able to see which data record you have selected because it will be highlighted in color and or will be marked by a black bar in the left margin Switch to edit mode Press ENTER or select Edit Edit mode Select the entry you wish to duplicate Click on its term field Select Edit
52. ferences so that TermStar displays a related entry see section 5 2 3 Using cross references on page 37 With the Search function you can search for words or parts of words Please refer to section 5 3 Searching for a word on page 38 5 2 Navigating within a dictionary 5 2 1 Browsing The following table 5 1 shows you the various options for browsing through a dictionary using the keyboard Cursor menu or the toolbar Function Keyboard Cursor menu Icon To the first entry HOME Start of Dic no icon tionary To the last entry END End of Diction no icon ary Table 5 1 Navigating within a dictionary TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 35 5 2 Navigating within a dictionary Function Keyboard Cursor menu Icon To the next data ARROW UP Next data gt record record To the previous ARROW DOWN Previous data 4 data record record To the next PAGE DOWN Next Page be page To the previous PAGE UP Previous Page 4 page Scrolling down CTRL PAGE Scroll data v within an exten DOWN record down sive datarecord right hand page of the dic tionary Scrolling up CTRL PAGE Scroll data a within an exten UP record up sive data record right hand page of the dic tionary Table 5 1 Navigating within a dictionary cont 5 2 2 Using index buttons You can go straight to a particular letter of the dictionary by using the index buttons This is how you use the index buttons
53. g entries by overwriting Add entries using rapid entry Copy complete entries Default values Specified values which TermStar automati cally adds to each new entry Input verification which insists on entries for selected fields and prevent impermissible entries Languages Interchange source and target language with one mouse click Support for Asian languages such as Chinese Japanese and Korean Table 2 1 The most important TermStar features 2 3 Using TermStar TermStar is an integral part of Transit the Translation Memory System from STAR During the translation Transit automatically selected the TermStar dictionar ies that had been selected previously If Transit finds a translation you can transfer it directly into the Transit translation You can also easily record new entries in the TermStar dictionaries 12 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 2 4 TermStar product variants 2 4 TermStar product variants TermStar is available in various different product variants which differ in the range of functions they offer TermStar Professional This version contains all the functions needed for constructing and dis playing the dictionaries TermStar Workstation This version contains all the functions from the Professional version except for the import export and print functions TermStar Satellite PE This version is a reduced version of TermStar Workstation It is intended for users who take trans
54. ginal select Edit Data Record Cut This copies the data record and all its entries to the Windows clipboard from which it can be merged into other data records as often as required 2 Select a data record into which you wish to merge the entries from the copied data record 3 Select Edit Data Record Merge TermStar opens the Merging window TermStar displays both data records in this window Source the data record you wish to merge together with the entries and subentries it contains Destination the existing data record into which you wish to merge the source data record together with all the entries it contains For each entry TermStar also displays all the available subentry types 60 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 6 6 Copying and moving a data record or entry In order to display the fields of the header or an entry or subentry dou ble click on the plus sign next to the word Header or Term TermStar displays the fields which have been filled out and their values Values which are grayed out belong to fields that TermStar automatically fills out You cannot alter or delete these fields individually in the target data record TermStar only overwrites them if the entire header or entry is replaced Decide what you wish to do with the entries see table 6 4 on page 61 Click on OK to save the changes to the destination data record Click on Cancel to close the window without saving changes to t
55. ging layouts en 24 Adding translation to S 45 Input verification by p nee 12 Brought together into data record 18 Password protection by p 69 Settings Rapid entry A O 46 In the profile Fie A E ATA 25 Receive translation with dictionary 31 Sorting Renaming the field User 90 By index field sr aistarteetiannescesonsta 22 Send dictionary in project 31 SUDENHTICS nn 51 Setting the language nn 23 Source language see Language Value pre set by p nennen 71 Standard layout oo cece 24 Values list from the p o 72 STAR Protection Addresses a Mma ada 112 Password see Password Copa een 2 Bistributors eco aci 113 R Other products from STAR 15 STAR Arcade dos ed 2 113 Rapid entry STAR Deutschland GmbH 2 112 COSIN G ainina a 49 AAA A 41 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 119 Index Status Dar autista 27 Structure Field Struct ninie 20 Subentry Add orii Tusinin 50 Automatic cross reference 51 Fields for the s see Subentry field Insert copied entry aS S anne 65 Sea iii 51 SONN sanaan 51 Subentry field een 21 91 Swapping Source and target languages 33 111 Synonym see Subentry T Target Cross reference t eneneeenennnn 54 Target language see Language Term Display in the status bar 27 Terminology Data structure nennen 18 A e 43
56. hanged Never empty contains at least the date on which it was created Filled out automatically Cannot be edited 23 August 2001 Subject Technical field to which the data record belongs Table 9 1 Header fields cont 9 1 2 Language fields IT Banking and finance The language fields relate to all entries in one language You can for example use these fields to create a single description in English for several English entries in a data record You can recognize language fields in picklists from the language preceding them as in Language gt Info1 In the following table TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 87 9 1 Fields 9 2 you will find all the language fields with a description and examples of what they contain Field name Description Example Language Language code when an entry is ENG being created Filled out automatically Cannot be edited Information1 Field for the inclusion of e g a A field in a descriptive text A separate description for each lan guage present in the data record applicable to all the entries in that language dialog box where cer tain values are dis played Information2 Further information e g stating the source from which the description originates Table 9 2 Language fields 9 1 3 Entry fields Microsoft Styleguide 23 8 OL The entry fields take in all the data for each entry You can recognize entry fields
57. he contents term description source context and administrative data created by date and linguistic infor mation part of speech gender and phonetics Subentries fields You can append lower level entries to an entry to record synonyms abbreviations or alternatives for that entry TermStar attaches these subentries to an entry This gives you a fixed reference to this entry see fig 3 2 on page 20 Each subentry has its own Term field So if you want to add the synonym egg plant to the entry with the term aubergine add a synonym subentry to the entry and enter the word egg plant into the Term field Then TermStar will show egg plant as a separate entry in the dictionary i e under the letter E with an automatic cross reference to the main entry aubergine You can append the following types of subentries to an entry Abbreviations Synonyms Alternatives e g for less common forms Irregular forms e g went for the entry go User Index freely definable A subentry does not constitute a full entry Please note that a subentry can only contain a limited number of fields If for 1 instance you want to include all possible information on a synonym you will have to create a new entry TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 21 3 3 Data structure of the terminology 3 3 3 Field types The fields for data records and entries have different functions The following field types are available Administra
58. he target data record TermStar closes the window and makes the changes to the destination data record Table 6 4 lists the options for merging data records Action Steps Effect Replace all header data Select Header in the Source and Destination Click on Replace TermStar deletes the header in the target data record and puts the header of the source data record in its place Replace all entries for one language Select the same lan guage under Source and Desti nation Click on Replace TermStar deletes all the entries in the selected language from the target data record and puts the entries in the source data record in their place Replacing an entry Select an entry under Source and Destination Click on Replace Table 6 4 Options for merging data records TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 TermStar deletes the target entry and puts the source entry in its place 61 6 6 Copying and moving a data record or entry Action Steps Effect Adding a new entry Select an entry under Source and a language under Target Click on Add The source entry will be added to the desti nation data record as an entry in the selected language Add an entry as a sub entry Select an entry under Source Select an entry under Destination as well and click on Add TermStar opens the Add Term window Select one of the options and click on
59. ht to left 23 Display in the status bar 27 Number of entries see Statistics Searching in source 38 Specified by project manager 23 Swapping source and target l 33 Swapping source and target languages 111 Valles liinda 73 Language code QVEIVIOW iisi iata atadai 92 For customizing index buttons 108 FOREN nenn 23 Language field ua 20 87 Layout QVEIVIEW vecses oie cscs ai 24 Additional levioiconion tania 79 Additional layout for the right hand side 24 Changed by project manager 24 Edit MOdO 3 51 Edit mode layout 24 Editing layout 80 Graphics layout editor 24 A 97 L supplied with TermStar 24 Selecting for VIEW nenn 79 Standard layout 24 79 A 24 When deleting u 67 M Manual GOpyright san 2 Dic ara 7 Symbols and conventions 7 118 Rev 010823 Match Case Input verification ansehe 72 When customizing index buttons 109 When searching 38 40 When selecting menus with a hotkey 29 With input verification 72 Menu Dialog language uo cece 78 Types of M oaser 26 Menu bar meore 26 Merging Data record seien 60 Moving Dala reco nt 59 EN aa 63 Multiple choice see Values list N New Cross references nneenne 52 Data record an ana 44 Data record from duplication
60. ich were included in TermStar in the input verifica tion Select the dictionary into which Transit is to add the terminology Correct the term in the source and the target language if necessary Fill out the other fields if relevant Confirm your entry with OK Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 6 3 Editing an data record or entry If one of the entered terms already exists in the dictionary Transit will display the following message The entry lt gt already exists 7 Choose whether you wish to expand the existing data record or create a new data record see section New data record or new entry on page 47 Insert The terminology is attached as a new entry to the data record that has just been marked in the selected dictionary New data record The terminology is added as a new data record to the selected dictionary Quit You return to the Rapid entry window without adding the ter minology to the dictionary Confirm your entries with OK Transit adds the terminology to the selected dictionary As the rapid entry window is left open you can also create further data records 8 In order to close the Rapid entry window click on Quit or on OK if all the fields are empty TermStar closes the rapid entry window 6 3 Editing an data record or entry You can change or expand the data in existing data records and entries at any time For this purpose you change to the edit mode With entry
61. iten printer Drucker imprimante printer dot Fig 9 11 Simple multilang dictionary layout FRA FRA ENG DEU Fenster window fen tre ENG window border DEU Fensterrahmen bordure de la fen tre Fig 9 12 Simple multilang edit dictionary layout Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 9 3 Dictionary layouts supplied Header Data record number 240 Project Dictionary sample TermStar Status Graphics Usert User2 Users Userd Created by Bernd Barth Created on Freitag 18 Juni 1999 13 50 Last change by Last change on Created or changed by Bernd Barth Created or changed on Freitag 18 Juni 1999 13 50 Remark Subject ENG Info1 A window can be minimized to icon size and is then displayed info2 Term window icon Created by Bernd Barth Created on Freitag 18 Juni 1999 13 50 Last change by Last change on Created or changed by Bernd Barth Created or changed on Freitag 18 Juni 1999 13 50 Context Context source Part of speech Gender Grammatical info Status Datasource Attributes Remark Subject Phonetical info Cross reference Definition Definition source Usert Fig 9 13 All fields dictionary layout TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 105 9 3 Dictionary layouts supplied Header Data record number 241 Dictionary sample TermStar Created by Bernd Barth
62. ith the English term carrot and the German translation M hre see table 6 1 Data record Entry 1 Entry 2 ye ENG DEU P carrot M hre Table 6 1 Existing data record You use the rapid entry to enter ENG carrot DEU Karotte TermStar finds the term carrot If you select Insert you will be given an expanded data record see table 6 2 Data record Entry 1 Entry 2 Entry 3 e ENG DEU DEU P carrot M hre Karotte Table 6 2 Expanded data record TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 47 bal o 6 2 Creating a data record or adding an entry If you select New Data Record a second data record will be created see table 6 3 Data record Entry 1 Entry 2 we ENG DEU P carrot M hre a ENG DEU carrot Karotte Table 6 3 Two separate data records TermStar now checks the target dictionary When new entries are being made TermStar only checks the dictionary into which you are adding the new entries meaning the one that you have selected in the rapid entry window Entries that exist in other dictionaries are ignored This is how you can enter terminology with the rapid entry 4 oOo a fF O 48 Select Edit Rapid Entry Mode Transit opens the Rapid entry window Transit displays the following fields Target dictionary to which the terminology is to be added Term in the source language which you have marked Term in the target language which you have marked Any other fields wh
63. k General remark on the entry Note the spelling Table 9 3 Entry fields cont TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 89 9 1 Fields Field name Description Example Subject Subject area s of the entry Transla tion soft ware Userl Field free for the entry This field can be renamed by the project manager in order to allow other data to be entered User2 As for User1 see above User3 As for User1 see above User4 As for User1 see above Created by ID of the user who created the entry LPL Filled out automatically Cannot be edited Last change ID of the user who last edited the SLJ by entry Empty until a change has been made Filled out automatically Cannot be edited Created on Date on which entry was made Filled out automatically Cannot be edited 23 August 2001 Last change on Date on which the entry was last changed Remains empty until the entry is edited Filled out automatically Cannot be edited Table 9 3 Entry fields cont 90 Rev 010823 23 August 2001 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 9 1 Fields Field name Description Example Created or changed on Date of creation or of the last change made to the entry Never empty since it contains at least the date on which it was cre ated Filled out automatically Cannot be edited 23 August 2001 Created or changed by ID of the user who created or last changed the e
64. l out at least the Term fields for both entries Press the TAB key or the SHIFT TAB key combination to move the cur sor between the fields 3 Quit edit mode by pressing the ESC key TermStar displays the message Save changes to this data record 4 Decide whether TermStar is to save the messages Select Yes to create the new data record and quit edit mode If you select No you discard all your inputs and TermStar will not cre ate a new data record 44 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 6 2 Creating a data record or adding an entry You will remain in edit mode if you select Cancel TermStar creates the new data record and displays it in the dictionary TermStar places it in alphabetical order on the basis of the source language term Adding entries using rapid entry You can also create or add a new data record or entry using rapid entry see section 6 2 3 Using the rapid entry function on page 46 TermStar now dis plays a special input window which contains only a few input fields 6 2 2 Adding an entry to existing data record You must add a new entry to the data record if you wish to add a new trans lation for an existing semantic unit You can add any number of entries to each data record This is how you add a new entry to a data record 1 Select an entry belonging to the data record concerned 2 Switch to edit mode Press ENTER or select Edit Edit mode Which field TermStar displays depend
65. lation projects from the project manager and send the translation back to him TermStar Viewstation This version can merely display and search through dictionaries The dictionaries must have been created with the Professional or Worksta tion versions 2 5 TermsStar users Because of its flexible structure TermStar is suitable for everyone who deals with languages in their work TermStar is used primarily by translation com panies translation departments and freelance translators TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 13 2 5 TermStar users For each group of users TermStar Satellite PE offers specific advantages see table 2 2 User Benefits Translator Integration into Transit Fast and simple entry Efficient search functions Simple management of the terminology cre ated Terminology depart Supports numerous languages ments Build up multilingual dictionaries Global modification possible Flexible management functions for moving and copying entries even between dictionar jes Simple management of the terminology cre ated Some of the functions listed are not possible with TermStar Satellite PE but require TermStar Workstation or TermStar Professional Project groups Generation of extracts which can be edited externally Password protection against unauthorized changes Sets default values and input verification to maintain consistency The functions listed are not possible with TermStar S
66. le 9 5 3 letter language code cont 94 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 9 2 3 letter language code 3 letter language code Language ESR Spanish Peru ESS Spanish Argentina ESU Spanish Puerto Rico ESV Spanish Venezuela ESY Spanish Uruguay ESZ Spanish Paraguay ETI Estonian EUQ Basque FAR Farsi FIN Finnish FRA French standard FRB French Belgium FRC French Canada FRL French Luxembourg FRS French Switzerland HEB Hebrew HRV Croatian HUN Hungarian IND Indonesian ISL Icelandic ITA Italian standard ITS Italian Switzerland Table 9 5 3 letter language code cont TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 95 9 2 3 letter language code 3 letter language Language code JPN Japanese KOR Korean LTH Lithuanian LVI Latvian MSB Malayan Burnai Darussalam MSL Malayan standard NLB Dutch Flemish NLD Dutch standard NLS Dutch special NON Norwegian Nynorsk NOR Norwegian Bokmal PLK Polish PTB Portuguese Brazil PTG Portuguese standard ROM Romanian standard ROV Romanian Moldavia RUM Russian Moldavia RUS Russian standard SHC Serbian SHL Croatian SKY Slovakian SLV Slovenian Table 9 5 3 letter language code cont 96 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 9 3 Dictionary layouts supplied
67. lecting Undo However this function will only be available while you are still in edit mode and if you have not subsequently performed any other action You can redo an undone action with Redo This is how you delete an entry 1 Select the data record containing the entry you wish to delete 2 Switch to edit mode To do this select Edit Edit Mode or press the ENTER key Select the entry you wish to delete Select Edit Entry Delete TermStar removes the entry from the data record 5 Quit edit mode by pressing the ESC key TermStar displays the message Save changes to this data record 6 Decide whether TermStar is to store the changes Click on Yes to save the changes If you select No you will discard all the changes You will remain in edit mode if you select Cancel 68 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 6 8 Removing password protection 6 8 Removing password protection If the project manager has placed password protection on a dictionary you will only be able to carry out certain actions such as altering or deleting data records or creating new ones after you have entered a valid password If a password is needed your project manager will provide it Several different passwords can be assigned for each dictionary which allow access to all of the actions or only some of them You will therefore need one or more passwords depending on the type of password protection assigned before you can edit th
68. les filing fil e filename filtrate files swapfile filing fil s files file filter swap file files filing Fig 5 1 Examples of searches with wildcards This is how you search with wildcards 1 Select Edit Find 2 Enter the text you are looking for and any wildcard TermStar does not distinguish between upper and lower case 3 Start the search by clicking on Search TermStar will now search for the word The following results are possi ble TermStar displays one or more matching entries TermStar displays the message Word not found In this case TermStar has not found any matching entry TermStar hides all the dictionary entries 4 If you wish to stop the search click on one of the index buttons TermStar displays all the entries again You can also start a new search immediately 40 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 5 4 Statistical report 5 4 Statistical report In TermStar you can call up the number of data records and language entries contained in the dictionaries that are currently open The statistics always relate to the dictionary window currently on top This can be seen from the color of the window s title bar This is how you call up statistical information 1 Select a dictionary window If you select the Project Dictionaries window TermStar will count all the data records included in the project dictionaries of the project If you want to call up separate statistics fo
69. lor from the list in the Background color of selected data record area You can also define and select your own colors using the User defined button 4 Click on OK to apply the settings 5 Savethe changed profile To do this select Options Profile Save TermStar saves all the current settings in a profile file so that they can be used again the next time you start the program or open the profile No background color White If you do not wish a background color for the data record selected select white asthe background color You will then only be able to see which data record you have selected from the black bar to the left of it 82 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 8 3 Changing profile settings 8 3 5 Activating index buttons You can show and hide the index buttons used to select the first data record in a letter group Customizing index buttons You can specify for each language separately which index buttons TermStar has to display and in which order This means for instance that you can add special characters or special symbol groups A O Sch St as index buttons To see how to make adaptations please refer to section 9 4 Customizing index buttons on page 108 This is how you switch the index buttons on and off 1 Select Options Profile Settings Select the TermStar General settings tab Mark in the area TermStar book and index buttons the option Show index buttons Deselect to de
70. n and off see section 8 3 3 on page 81 Defining the background color for the selected data record see section 8 3 4 on page 82 Activating index buttons see section 8 3 5 on page 83 8 2 Opening saving and creating a profile When you open an existing profile TermStar will use all the setting contained in it You can then change these settings and save the profile with the changes or save the settings under a new profile name TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 75 i fal o 8 2 Opening saving and creating a profile Transit and TermStar profile settings Some of the profile settings apply both to Transit and TermStar e g dialog language A profile always applies to both programs TermStar will display different options depending on which program you are using to edit the profile settings However changes are always saved to the same profile file This is how you open a profile 1 Select Options Profile Open TermStar displays a list of all available profiles with the data on the area Global all projects accessible to all users Project only accessible within a project User only accessible to one user Customer only projects from a specific customer are accessible 2 Select a profile and then click on Open TermStar closes the window and applies all the settings of the profile selected This is how you save a profile 1 Select Options Profile Save TermStar saves all the current
71. nce to the term of the main entry to which it belongs If for instance the entry aubergine has a synonym subentry eggplant as a synonym subentry TermStar will sort eggplant likewise in the dictionary under the letter E with a cross reference to aubergine 6 5 3 Using cross reference fields Each entry contains a Cross reference field Any value you enter in this field will be formatted by TermStar as a cross reference When you click on this field TermStar will jump to the corresponding term in the dictionary TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 53 i 6 5 Creating cross references A target must exist for the cross reference TermStar does not check whether a term exists when you enter the term of another entry in the Cross reference field You must therefore check that the target for the cross reference exists and that the cross reference is spelled exactly the same way as the target term Otherwise you will receive an error message when you click on the cross ref erence This is how you work with the Cross reference field 1 Switch to edit mode Press ENTER or select Edit Edit mode 2 Select the Cross reference field by clicking on it or by jumping to it with the TAB key If the current layout does not display this field select a different diction ary layout view from the user profile 3 Enter the cross reference text in this field This text must match pre cisely the term to which it is referring 4 If
72. nd entries quickly Rapid entry is particularly helpful when you want to add several data records or entries one after the other because the rapid entry can remain open as a separate window You can even browse through the dictionary with rapid entry window still open Rapid entry fields In the rapid entry window TermStar only shows a minimum number of fields These are Source language term Target language term Fields which the project manager has defined in the input verification see section 7 3 Input verification on page 72 Selection of the dictionary to which TermStar is to add the entries 46 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 6 2 Creating a data record or adding an entry New data record or new entry You can use rapid entry to add both data records and entries to existing data records The rapid entry function checks whether one of the terms you have entered already exists in the dictionary None of the terms exists TermStar will create a new data record One of the terms exists already TermStar displays the message The entry lt gt already exists You then have two possible choices New data record TermStar creates a new data record with the two new entries Insert TermStar inserts the new term as a new entry in the data record of the existing term The following example demonstrates how rapid entry behaves if an existing term is entered There is already a data record w
73. ng password pro tection on page 69 6 2 Creating a data record or adding an entry There are two ways to add an entry to a dictionary Create a new data record containing the entry and further entries as translations This is the way to create a new semantic unit e g type of seat Add a new entry to an existing data record TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 43 6 2 Creating a data record or adding an entry This is the way to add a new linguistic equivalent to an existing semantic unit e g bench This new entry must have the same semantic meaning as the other entries e g Bank and banc in this data record You will find more details in section 3 3 1 Data records and entries on page 18 6 2 1 Creating a new data record If you wish to enter a new semantic unit in the dictionary first create a new data record This is how you create a new data record 1 Select Edit Data Record New TermStar will now perform the following actions TermStar opens an empty data record with each entry in the source and target language TermStar changes over to edit mode so that you can edit the field contents Which fields TermStar displays depends on the settings in the current dictionary layout see section 8 3 2 Selecting view layouts on page 79 The cursor will be positioned in the first editable field 2 Enter the data for the new data record and its entries in the fields You must fil
74. nt stage of a data record Table 9 1 Header fields TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 85 9 1 Fields Field name Description Example Remark General remark on the entire data record Userl Free field The field can for instance be renamed by the project manager in order to take in additional data User2 As for User1 see above User3 As for User1 see above User4 As for User1 see above Created by Initials of the user who has cre LPL ated the data record Automatically filled out Cannot be edited Created on Date on which the data record Saturday was created June 1st Automatically filled out 2002p 3700 pm Cannot be edited Last change Initials of the last person to SLJ by change the header field Empty until a change has been made Automatically filled out Cannot be edited Table 9 1 Header fields cont 86 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 9 1 Fields Field name Description Example Last change on Date of last change to header fields Empty until the header fields have been changed Automatically filled out Cannot be edited 23 August 2001 Created changed or by Initials of user who created or last changed the header fields Never empty contains at least the initials of the user who cre ated it Filled out automatically Cannot be edited OPL Created changed or on Date on which the header field was created or last c
75. ntirely on meaning and not on the terms in each language TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 19 3 3 Data structure of the terminology 3 3 2 Field structure of the data records and entries All the information that you see and enter in TermStar is stored by TermStar in fields The field structure is hierarchical see Fig 3 2 20 Header Project Status etc Language unit Language Information1 Information2 Entry Term Part of speech Grammatical infor mation Phonetic informa tion Cross reference Subentry Term Grammatical infor mation Data record Aug 7 syn 1 1 Abbr Abbr Abbr Fig 3 2 Structure of the data records entries and subentries Header fields Each data record is automatically assigned superordinate fields which are only filled once for the whole data record These header fields are mainly administrative fields containing such items as the data record number project status and date Language fields Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 3 3 Data structure of the terminology The next level is formed by the language fields which contain data relat ing to one language even if there are several entries for the language This means that you need only enter the information once for each lan guage Entry fields The entry fields record detailed information for each individual entry These include information about t
76. ntry Never empty since it contains at least the initials of the user who cre ated it Filled out automatically Cannot be edited Table 9 3 Entry fields cont 9 1 4 Fields for subentries OPL Each subentry that you attach to an entry contains its own fields Subentries are Abbreviations Synonyms Alternatives User Index Irregular forms You will find further information on subentries in section 3 3 2 Field structure of the data records and entries on page 20 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 91 9 2 3 letter language code All subentries have the same fields In the following table 9 4 you will find all the fields for subentries with a description and examples of contents Field name Description Example Term Index field for the subentry TermStar shows the contents of these fields in the dictionary arranged under the appropriate let ter TS Status Indicates status e g reliability or the current processing stage of a subentry Revised Grammar Indication of any special grammati cal features Table 9 4 Fields for subentries 9 2 3 letter language code Abbr Transit Satellite PE uses the 3 letter language code laid down by Microsoft 3 letter language Language code AFK Afrikaans ARA Arabic Saudi Arabia ARB Arabic Lebanon ARE Arabic Egypt ARG Arabic Algeria ARH Arabic Bahrain ARI Arabic Iraq Table
77. oi 53 CMS re 22 53 C to Internet address 56 C with subentty essen 51 Crea iia 52 Cross reference target nn 54 Manually generated C vo 55 USING eines 37 D Data organization u 17 Data record As part of data structure 18 Background color for the selected D 82 Rev 010823 115 Index Copying ANd MOVING 59 No need to save actos 34 Creating tasten 44 OPENING ea 32 Deli 66 Receive with project 31 Duplicating n een 57 Send with translation 31 Editing ot ek 49 is 31 Field structure nenn 20 e ese aku aceet 41 Header fields see Header field Value es 72 Language fields see Language field Display Med ron sense 60 Arrangement of the fields see Layout New D or new entry nenn 19 AS BOOK Ge 81 No background color 82 Changing d language 78 Number see Statistics INDEX DULLONS au 83 Using the rapid entry 46 Selection of fields see Layout Data structure Duplicating D of the terminology 18 Data record una 57 Fields see Field E ieceru iona Oana 58 Database QVEIVIGW da 17 Installed cc 17 E TM cara 17 East European languages 23 TermStar Received 17 Edit mode Decide Adding a subentiy wots 51 Language by project manager 23 Adding an entry occ 45 Default value 71 Creatin a new record
78. on 1 standard menu bar 2 toolbars 3 index but tons 4 status bar 5 context menu 6 dictionary window Windows As with many other Windows programs you can open several windows in TermStar at the same time You can arrange these windows as you like within the main TermStar window A window can display entries from one dictionary or several dictionaries Menus There are two types of menus in TermStar 26 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 3 6 Operation Menu bar menus You can open these menus by clicking onto the menu title in the menu bar Context menus containing the most important commands You can open the context menus by right clicking with the mouse Toolbar The toolbars at the top edge of the window contain buttons for frequently used commands TermStar has a number of toolbars which you can move or hide and show To obtain a brief description of an icon hover the mouse cursor on the icon without clicking on it Index buttons You can select a letter group directly in a dictionary window using the index buttons For instance if you click on the index button G the display will jump to the first entry in the source language that begins with G You can customize the index buttons to include specific letters or letter com binations for a language You will find more about this in section 8 3 5 Acti vating index buttons on page 83 Status bar In the status bar TermStar displays info
79. ons on control option alternatives can be found in section 9 5 Key board shortcut on page 110 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 9 pie 1 2 Symbols and conventions 10 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 2 Introduction 2 Introduction This section contains an initial introduction into the functions and possible uses of TermStar How TermStar can be used Other STAR programs 2 1 Overview of TermStar TermStar is a program for managing and viewing electronic dictionaries These tasks are brought together under the heading of Terminology Man agement The two main advantages that electronic dictionaries have over paper dic tionaries are They can be searched efficiently using database functions The dictionaries can be edited and expanded With TermStar you can record all your terminology and manage it in data bases You are entirely free to choose which information you enter The spec trum stretches from simple pairs of words to lengthy entries including gram matical information and detailed definitions TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 11 2 2 TermStar functions 2 2 TermStar functions Table 2 1 below lists the most important functions of TermStar Task Functions Search for words Entering words or parts of words with wild cards for searching in dictionaries Selection of color coded cross references for jumping directly to related entries Edit entries Edit existin
80. ore you delete a data record or an entry make absolutely sure that you no longer need the data 66 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 6 7 Deleting a data record or entry 6 7 1 Deleting a data record Warning Before deleting make sure that a dictionary layout has been selected in the profile which displays all the entries even several in the same lan guage Undoing this action You can undo the deletion of a data record by right clicking to open the con text menu and selecting Undo However this function will only be available when performed directly after the action you wish to undo You can redo an undone action with Redo This is how you delete a data record 1 Select the data record you wish to delete You will be able to see which data record you have selected because it will be highlighted in color and or will be marked by a black bar in the left margin 2 Select Edit Data Record Delete TermStar removes the data record from the dictionary TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 67 i le fl 6 7 Deleting a data record or entry 6 7 2 Deleting an entry Source language entries cannot be deleted The source language entry cannot be deleted because the other entries would then no longer be shown You must therefore swap languages before you can delete the entry Undoing this action You can undo the deletion of an entry by right clicking to open the context menu and se
81. ou start the program or open the profile 8 3 1 Setting the dialog language When you set the dialog language you specify the language in which TermStar communicates with you Changing the dialog language affects the following program areas Language for the menus windows and messages Language for the Online Help Field labels in the picklists 78 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 8 3 Changing profile settings This is how you set the dialog language for TermStar 1 Select Options Profile Settings TermStar displays the Profile settings window with the name of the profile that has just been used Select the Languages tab Select the desired dialog language from the dialog language for next startup list Click on OK to confirm the changes Save the changed profile To do this select Options Profile Save TermStar saves all the current settings in a profile file so that they can be used again the next time you start the program or open the profile 6 Close and restart TermStar TermStar displays all the menus windows and messages in the selected dia log language Changes are only activated when you restart TermStar Note that a change to the dialog language will not be activated until you have restarted TermStar 8 3 2 Selecting view layouts You can use various layouts in TermStar for viewing the dictionary To do this you can use the dictionary layouts supplied with TermStar see section 9 3
82. ou wish to add a subentry y 2 3 Right click on the entry to open the context menu 4 Select one of the following menu items New Abbreviation New Alternative New Irregular Form New Synonym New User Index If you select New entry TermStar will add a completely new entry to the data record meaning it will not make a subentry TermStar adds the selected subentry together with its Term Grammat ical info and Status fields The cursor jumps to the Term field of the new subentry TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 51 6 5 Creating cross references Fill in the Term field and any other fields in the subentry Quit edit mode by pressing the ESC key TermStar displays the message Save changes to this data record 7 Decide whether TermStar is to store the changes Click on Yes to save the changes If you select No you will discard all the changes You will remain in edit mode if you select Cancel TermStar displays the term of the subentry as a separate entry in the diction ary with a cross reference to the term for the entry to which it belongs 6 5 Creating cross references 6 5 1 Overview Cross references make searching for terminology considerably easier and do not take a great deal of effort to set up TermStar even generates a large number of the cross references automatically TermStar supports various types of cross references Automatically created cross references for the s
83. r just one of the project dic tionaries you must first display it in a separate window 2 Select File Properties TermStar displays the Statistics window 3 Select Start TermStar displays the result of the statistical analysis Number of data records Number of entries per language 4 Select End to close the window TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 41 5 4 Statistical report 42 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 6 Edit terminology 6 Edit terminology 6 1 Overview In your dictionary you can not only search terminology but also edit it for instance you can change and delete existing entries or add new ones When you send the translation back to your project manager he will thus also get the changes that you have made to the dictionary The following section describes all the possible ways in which you can edit the dictionary Creating a data record or adding an entry section 6 2 on page 43 Editing an data record or entry section 6 3 on page 49 Adding a subentry section 6 4 on page 50 Copying and moving a data record or entry section 6 6 on page 56 Deleting a data record or entry Section 6 7 on page 66 Your project manager can define passwords for certain functions In such cases you can only use the relevant functions if you have been given the nec essary password To see how you can remove the password protection with the aid of the password please refer to section 6 8 Removi
84. r project manager controls which language TermStar will display So if for example you intend to translate an English text into German English is set as the source language and German as the target language In this way TermStar shows those entries which have the language codes ENG or DEU To find out how to swap the source and the target language please refer to section 4 1 3 Swapping the source and the target languages on page 33 Asian East European and right to left languages To enable TermStar to show Asian East European or right to left languages correctly make sure that your operating system meets the necessary require ments TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 23 fall o 3 5 Layouts views and profiles 3 5 Layouts views and profiles TermStar offers you many options for customizing how your dictionaries are displayed to suit your own personal requirements so that only the information and data you really need is displayed 3 5 1 Dictionary layouts The fields of which TermStar can display the contents are determined by dic tionary layouts called for short layouts The following characteristics are defined in the layouts Field selection for the header data Field selection separate for source and target language Field layout Field formatting font size color etc Fixed texts which TermStar displays before and after the contents of the field TermStar is supplied with a large numb
85. raphics Administrative grammar and information fields for source and target language see figure 9 5 on page 102 STAR3 Standard layout Similar to STAR2 only more compact see figure 9 6 on page 102 Table 9 6 Views and their related dictionary layouts cont 98 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 9 3 Dictionary layouts supplied Layout name recommended Contents as STAR3 Additional lay Header fields created out changed on created changed by Administrative grammar and information fields for source and target language see figure 9 7 on page 102 Simple Standard layout Source and target language terms No further fields or additional entries see figure 9 8 on page 103 Header Additional lay All filled out header fields ou see figure 9 9 on page 103 Simple edit Edit mode lay As Simple but also with the out terms of additional entries for editing synonyms abbreviations etc see figure 9 10 on page 103 Simple mul tilang Standard layout As Simple but additionally with all other languages see figure 9 11 on page 104 Simple mul tilang edit Edit mode lay out As Simple edit but additionally with all other languages see figure 9 12 on page 104 All fields All filled out header and entry fields for all languages see figure 9 13 on page 105 Table 9 6 Views and their related dictionary layouts cont TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 99 9
86. rmation on the dictionaries and entries Last search text entered Double clicking in this area opens the Search window Source and target languages Dictionary to which the entry selected belongs Source language term of the entry selected or the field selected in the edit mode TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 27 3 6 Operation 3 6 2 Calling functions As with many Windows programs you can call functions in TermStar using either the mouse or the keyboard Many functions can also be called using menus tool buttons or keyboard shortcuts The following instructions show you the various ways of calling a function tak ing the edit mode as our example This is how you select the edit mode via the icon 1 TermStar has to display the dictionary window in the foreground To do this either click the TermStar icon the dictionary icon second from left in the toolbar or go to the menu bar and click Window and select the dictionary from the list that is then displayed 2 Select the required entry from the dictionary window and double click on the icon for the edit mode in the toolbar TermStar changes to the edit mode for the data record selected This is how you use the mouse to select the edit mode from the menu 1 Click on the relevant entry in the dictionary window 2 Click on the Edit menu in the menu bar along the top TermStar opens the Edit menu 3 Click on the Edit mode menu item TermStar changes to the e
87. s Close dictionary Send translation with a dictionary to the project manager TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 31 p 4 1 Overview 4 1 1 Opening a project When you have received a project from your project manager you can open it in order to edit the dictionary included with it TermStar will then use the project settings that the project manager has defined This is how you open a project 1 Select Project Open TermStar displays a list of all available projects with data on the areas Global all projects accessible to all users User only accessible to one user Customer only projects for a specific customer are accessible 2 If you wish to open a project for a specific customer you must first select this customer from the Customer list 3 Select a project and then click on Open The last opened projects are listed in the File menu TermStar displays the project that was last opened in the File menu If you want to open one of the most recently opened projects select it from the File menu 4 1 2 Opening a dictionary You have to open the dictionary before you can search through or edit the ter minology in it In TermStar Satellite PE you open a dictionary as a project dictionary i e the dictionary is allocated to a project This has the following implications TermStar displays the dictionary entries in the Project Dictionary win dow 32 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 4
88. s on the settings in the current dictionary layout see section 8 3 2 Selecting view layouts on page 79 3 Now add the entry by selecting Edit Entry New Please note that the menu items for a new entry are only available when edit mode is active TermStar displays the New Entry window 4 Select the language for the new entry from the Language list and click on OK TermStar will now create the new entry and the cursor will jump to the first editable entry field 5 Fill in the fields for the new entry TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 45 bai e 6 2 Creating a data record or adding an entry You must fill out at least the Term field for the entry Press the TAB key or the SHIFT TAB key combination to move the cur sor between the fields 6 Quit edit mode by pressing the ESC key TermStar displays the message Save changes to this data record 7 Decide whether TermStar is to store the changes Click on Yes to save the changes If you select No you will discard any data you have entered and TermStar will not create any new entry You will remain in edit mode if you select Cancel TermStar displays the new entry under its language Source language alphabetically arranged as a separate dictionary entry Target language as a translation of the previously selected entry 6 2 3 Using the rapid entry function Rapid entry is a window which you can use to create or add data records a
89. ta record or an individual entry You have the following options Duplicate With this command you can duplicate a complete data record with all the entries it contains see section 6 6 1 on page 57 If you duplicate an entry TermStar will create an identical entry in the same data record see section 6 6 2 on page 58 Copy Paste With the Copy and Paste command combination you can copy a data record from one dictionary to another using the Windows clipboard see section 6 6 3 on page 59 With this command you can also copy an entry from one data record to another see section 6 6 5 on page 63 Cut Paste 56 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 6 6 Copying and moving a data record or entry With the Cut and Paste command combination you can move a data record from one dictionary to another or an entry from one data record to another see section 6 6 3 on page 59 TermStar than deletes the data record or the entry from its original posi tion see section 6 6 5 on page 63 Merge When you have placed a data record into the clipboard by copying or cutting you can merge the entries contained in it into another data record see section 6 6 4 on page 60 In doing so you can decide for each entry whether TermStar is to add the entry to the data record or whether it should replace an existing entry in the same language 6 6 1 Duplicating a data record Duplicating a complete data record simplifies the process o
90. tion of a semantic unit is a language entry within one and the same data record Each of these entries has a term This is the word used for the semantic unit in each language 18 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 3 3 Data structure of the terminology Table 3 1 on page 19 shows this structure on the basis of the English homo nym bank The word bank has two meanings in German a financial institution and a type of seat Each meaning is assigned an individual data record with its associated linguistic entries Focus entirely on meaning and not on terms Thus for the German word Bank you therefore have to create one data record for each meaning Entry 1 Entry 2 Entry 3 Data record 1 Language Language Language DEU ENG FRA Term Term Term m Bank bank banque Data record 2 Language Language Language Sr DEU ENG FRA Term Term Term Bank bench banc Table 3 1 Division into data records and entries The data record represents the meaning the entries contain the terms for each language When you add an entry you therefore have to decide If you intend to add a new semantic unit e g bank in the sense of type of seat then create a new data record If you intend to add a new linguistic meaning to an existing semantic unit e g bench then include the entry in an existing data record This new entry must have the same meaning as the other entries i e Bank and banc in this data record Focus e
91. tive fields eg date of entry date date of last change user TermStar fills these fields out automatically Index fields e g term abbreviation alternatives synonyms user index TermStar sorts the dictionary entries according to these fields Additional information on contents e 9 definition remark subject context source status These fields contain additional information on the language entry Grammatical information e g declension phonetic transcription part of speech gender Cross reference fields to other entries Section 9 1 Fields on page 85 contains a list of all the fields with descrip tions 3 3 4 Default values and input verification Your project manager will define pre settings for every field which will make it easier for you to enter data avoid wrong entries and ensure the consist ency of the dictionary entries You will find the details in section 7 Help with making dictionary entries on page 71 22 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 3 4 Languages 3 4 Languages 3 4 1 Source and target language s So that TermStar knows which language an entry belongs to each entry is given a 3 letter language code see example in table 3 2 Language Language code Term English UK ENG select German DEU ausw hlen French FRA s lectionner Italian ITA selezionare Table 3 2 Entries with 3 letter language codes By selecting a source language and a target language you
92. u can select one or more values A values list has a hierarchical structure e it can consist of a number of lev els from which you can select field values A values list can for example appear as follows IT Hardware Software When you are editing a field which is linked with this list e g Subject field you can select the level IT and then select one of the two sub levels TermStar will at this point display IT Software Or IT Hardware There are two types of values lists Monolingual values lists Multilingual values lists When for instance you are using a values list for an English German dictionary TermStar displays the English values in the English entries and the German values in the German entries TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 73 7 4 Values lists 74 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 8 Customizing TermStar Profiles 8 Customizing TermStar Profiles 8 1 Overview You can save your personal settings in a profile which TermStar will auto matically open every time you start it In this way you can be sure that TermStar will always use your settings To see how you open save and create profiles please refer to section 8 2 Opening saving and creating a profile on page 75 You can make the following settings with the profile Setting the dialog language see section 8 3 1 on page 78 Selecting view layouts see section 8 3 2 on page 79 Switching the book display o
93. ubentries TermStar displays each subentry term abbreviation synonym etc as an entry in the dictionary and is automatically cross referenced to the term of the main entry see section 6 5 2 Using automatic cross refer ences on page 53 Cross reference field In this field you can enter one or more than one entry terms to which you wish to make a cross reference see section 6 5 3 Using cross refer ence fields on page 53 Manually entered cross reference entries You can enter texts into any fields and format them as cross references For this purpose use the Create cross reference function see section 6 5 4 Generating cross references manually on page 55 52 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 6 5 Creating cross references With cross references you can link not only to other terms but also to Internet addresses see section 6 5 5 Internet links on page 56 6 5 2 Using automatic cross references The easiest way of creating cross references is by using automatically gen erated cross references You do this simply by filling out a subentry term see section 6 4 Adding a subentry on page 50 The following subentries will be automatically cross referenced Abbreviations Synonyms Alternatives Irregular forms User Index indexed field for your own use Each term that you enter in one of these subentries is displayed by TermStar in the dictionary as a separate entry with a cross refere
94. uickest way of doing this is to interchange the source and the target lan guages twice see section 4 1 3 Swapping the source and the target lan guages on page 33 9 5 Keyboard shortcut In TermStar you can also carry out many commands with keyboard shortcuts If you learn these shortcuts you will be able to work significantly faster than with the mouse Table 9 7 explains how to type the keyboard shortcuts and whether you should press the keys consecutively or simultaneously You will find lists of all keyboard shortcuts in the following tables General commands Table 9 8 on page 111 Navigating within a dictionary Table 9 9 on page 111 Edit mode Table 9 10 on page 112 Keyboard shortcut Meaning CTRL L Press the keys CTRL and L simulta neously CTRL Q E Press the CTRL and Q keys both at once Then release both keys and press the E key ESC U B Press the ESC U and B keys one after the other Table 9 7 Meaning of the characters in shortcuts 110 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 9 5 Keyboard shortcut Keyboard shortcut Meaning CTRL Q C or CTRL HOME You can use either of these short cuts for the same command Table 9 7 Meaning of the characters in shortcuts cont 9 5 1 General commands Table 9 8 shows the keyboard shortcuts for general commands Function Keyboard shortcut Exit TermStar ALT F4 Menu bar ALT or F10 Close window ESC Search CTRL F E
95. uts iii ono ti a 110 General commandsS orisa o aai a 111 Navigating within a dictionary ooooccconnccccccnononaccnonanancnnnnnnanncnnnns 111 A 2 een ee ann 112 Addresses l mn an tale 112 A E een aes 115 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 1 Welcome 1 Welcome You will find the following information in this section Structure of the manual How to use the manual Conventions in this manual 1 1 How to use this manual You can use this manual in various ways It may be used both as an introduc tory training manual and as a reference text for special tasks or problems 1 2 Symbols and conventions This manual uses icons and fonts for easy orientation There are special icons in the margin for text containing warning messages or tips You can tell from the styles used whether you should enter something or select a function You will find the icons and styles used and their meanings in table 1 1 What you see What it means Warning Warning of serious errors Failure to observe this warning may result in data loss Table 1 1 Symbols and conventions TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 7 1 2 Symbols and conventions What you see What it means Caution An important note to help you avoid errors which could affect your work pal o Information A note or tip to make work easier Instruction Numbered steps to use when carry ing out an instruction Click on Edit
96. x field 22 EN rt seen 21 88 Index button OVEN OW ss 27 Activating deactivating 83 F CUSTOMIZING nennen 108 Field Upper lower case when customizing Administrative fields see Administrative 109 field UN is 36 Arrangement for display see Layout Index field Cross reference f anne 22 53 AS Td TYPO iiaa 22 Entry field see Entry field for subentries n 50 F for additional information 22 Searching IN 38 F for grammatical information 22 Input verification F for the subentry see Subentry field DW tds 72 F of the rapid entry oo cece 46 Fields for rapid entry u 72 Formatting for display see Layout Match Case tus 72 Header fields see Header field Rapid entry fields 46 Index fields see Index field Internet Language fields see Language field Cross reference to address 56 Selection for display see Layout STAR Internet addresses 112 Structure of data records 20 Terminology via with WebTerm 15 Structure Of entries nennen 20 Irregular form see Subentry TS e e 22 J G Joker symbol see wildcards Grammatical information GANTO TIOS ejjin 22 K Keyboard shortcut H OVEIVIEW serasa 110 Header field 20 85 Keyboard shortcuts in edit mode 112 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE Rev 010823 117 Index L Language OVEIVIeW an nenne 23 Asian East European and rig
97. you want to enter several cross references separate the individual cross references with the cross reference separator usually a semico lon unless your project manager has defined anything different 5 Quit edit mode by pressing the ESC key TermStar displays the message Save changes to this data record 6 Decide whether TermStar is to store the changes Click on Yes to save the changes If you select No you will discard all the changes You will remain in edit mode if you select Cancel TermStar displays the cross reference highlighted in color The color used is determined by the formatting applied to the Cross reference field in the active layout When you click on the cross reference TermStar jumps to the cross refer ence target 54 Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 6 5 Creating cross references 6 5 4 Generating cross references manually You can enter text in any field and format it as a cross reference To do this select the text and edit it with the Create cross reference function No manual cross reference in the Term field You cannot create a cross reference in the Term field p oe This is how you generate a manual cross reference 1 Switch to edit mode Press ENTER or select Edit Edit mode Select a field by clicking on it or jumping to it with the TAB key Enter the cross reference text This text must match precisely the term to which it is referring Select the cross referen
98. you want to include synonyms abbreviations or alternatives for the entry which TermStar is likewise to sort into place you must add subentries to the entry TermStar attaches these subentries to the entry and gives each of them its own indexed Term field see also figure 3 2 on page 20 You can add the following subentries 50 Abbreviation Alternative Irregular form Grammatical forms which are to be included in the dictionary index e g the irregular form went for the verb to go Synonym User Index Rev 010823 TermStar 3 0 Satellite PE 6 4 Adding a subentry Subentry free for special information of your own choosing TermStar sorts the terms of the subentries alphabetically just like the normal entries in the dictionary TermStar displays them under the relevant letter group You can search for them in exactly the same way as for normal entries using the Search function TermStar displays these terms of the subentries with an automatic cross ref erence to the main term of the entry to which they belong Fields must be available in the dictionary layout Select a dictionary layout in the user profile for the edit mode which displays the subentry fields bla If these fields are not integrated into the current layout the menu points New alternative etc are deactivated in the context menu This is how you add a subentry Switch to edit mode Press ENTER or select Edit Edit Mode Select the entry to which y

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