Translating Words, Phrases, and Text Fragments in ABBYY Lingvo


Typing words, phrases, and text fragments in the search field

This method allows you to translate words, phrases, and text fragments.

To translate a word or phrase:

  1. Type in the word, phrase or text fragment you wish to translate.
  2. Do one of the following:

Note: If the selected word or phrase is not found in the headwords of entries, the program will automatically start a full-text search in all the enabled dictionaries.

To get a word-by-word translation of a text fragment:

  1. Type in the text fragment you wish to translate.

    Important! The text fragment to be translated must not be longer than 32 words.

  2. Select the Translate Text in Search Field command on the Translate menu or on the shortcut menu of the word list. Alternatively, you can press Ctrl+Enter on your keyboard.

Browsing the word list

You can quickly look up a word or phrase in ABBYY Lingvo.

  1. In the word list, select the word or phrase you wish to look up.
  2. Do one of the following:

Note: If Display selected term in search field when browsing is selected (Tools>Options…>General), the word or phrase which is selected in the word list will be automatically displayed in the search field.

Translating words and phrases in the card window

When reading entries in the card window, you can translate any words or phrases in the entries:

Note: If the selected word or phrase is not found in the headwords of entries, the program will automatically start a full-text search in all the enabled dictionaries.