Question 1

Two ways to upload source file: Paste/drop & Attach file

Accepted Answer

Two ways to upload a source file

There are two ways to upload a source file to Termsoup, paste/drop file or attach file, and each has its strengths and weaknesses.

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Method 1: Paste/drop file

Strength: You CAN edit the source texts when translating. Weakness: The text style of the target texts may not be identical to the source. When to use: Use when your source texts is (nearly) plain text. For example, text-based books.

Method 2: Attach file

Strength: The style of target texts is identical to the source. Weakness: You ${color}#ff0000 edit the source texts when translating. When to use: Use when your source texts contain complex styles, such as tables, indents, bullet points, hyperlinks, etc. For example. financial reports, product manuals.

What is Look up terms

When translating, translators often need to look up terms in the source texts to understand a term in depth.

In Termsoup, you can look up terms by ++highlighting source texts++ to look them up, and see the results on the same page, without having to open a new tab.

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How to look up terms

Highlight the term you want to look up in the source texts. ❶
Look up results will be displayed on the "Term results" panel.

If you want to use a result listed in the panel, then

Click on the result you want to use (words in green). ❷
The result will be pasted into the edit area. ❸

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How to look up terms (video)

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You can use comment to remind yourself of the sentences that require special attention when translating, or communicate with other collaborators over a specific source or target text.
If you upload your source file with paste/drag method, you can choose to export the comments when exporting the target file. Yet comments cannot be exported as Microsoft Word footnotes.
If you upload your source file with attached file method, you won't be able to export the comments when exporting the target file.

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${color}[#008080](How to leave a comment?)

Click on the "Comment" icon 💬 to open the comment panel.
Highlight the source or target texts that you want to leave a comment.
Click on the "Comment" button in the comment panel.

Key in your comment.
Click on "Enter."

Key in your comment and click on "Enter."

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${color}[#008080](How to read/reply a comment?)

Click on the "Comment" icon 💬 to open the comment panel.
Click on the source texts with yellow underline or the target texts with yellow highlights to read their comments.
Click on a comment to reply to it.

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Question 4

Auto-suggestion & quick compose

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Use terms after adding them to glossary

After adding terms to your glossary, you can use terms repeatedly without looking them up again. There are two methods to use them.

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Method 1: Auto-suggestion

Place your cursor in the edit area. ❶
Terms will automatically show up (auto-suggest) below the source texts when the source contains them. ❷
Click on the term to paste it into the edit area.

Terms added to your glossary will auto show up if the source texts contain it.

Please noted that:

Auto-suggestion is only available when terms in the source texts are identical to those added to your glossary. For example, if you add "possibility" to your glossary, while the source texts contain "possibilities," then "possibility" will not show up.
Auto-suggestion is case insensitive.
Auto-suggestion supports languages including English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, Danish, Catalan, Indonesian, Greek, Latvian, Polish, Finnish, Arabic, Russian, Bulgarian, Norwegian, Czech, Dutch, Swedish, and Romanian.

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Method 2: Quick compose

Place your cursor in the edit area.
Entering the first character of a term in its source or target form, then you will see the complete translation of the term.

Question 5

Paste/drop: Translation features

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Features for paste/drop only

❶ Edit paragraph ❷ Paragraph mode ❸ Edit source texts

❹ Edit target texts ❺ Preview paragraph

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Other features

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❶ Filter paragraphs, Paragraph status ❷ Select font ❸ Quick compose, Insert resource / Show resources, Add term to glossary, External search, Switch text layout, Zen mode and Immersive mode

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Question 6

Add terms to glossary

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Why add terms to glossary

By adding terms to the glossary, you can save time when translating same terms in the future, and ensure that the translations of the terms are consistent. There are three methods to add terms to glossary.

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Method 1: Look up and add

Click on the term (words in blue) you want to add to glossary in the "Term results" panel. ❶
A message appear on the bottom left showing that the term is added. ❷
(Optional) To edit the term, click on the message before it disappear (5 seconds).

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Method 2: Add in external search panel

Highlight the term you want to add to glossary.
Click "A" on the external search panel.
A window pops up with the source texts automatically filled in.
Fill in target texts.
Click "Add."

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Method 3: Add from the scratch

On top right of the translation page, click on " A " icon.
A window pops up with nothing automatically filled in. Fill in source and target text of a term.
Click "Add."

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