Glossary 

Abbreviation 

An abbreviated word or phrase.

Active dictionary

Active dictionary is a dictionary used by Lingvo when translating your queries and performing full-text search. To make a dictionary active, press on its button on the Bookshelf.

Annotation

Annotations contain comments to dictionaries created by the user. It is a text file whose extension has been changed to .ann. The name of the annotation file must be the same as the name of the dictionary for which it has been written. Annotation files are optional.

Attached (added) dictionary

A dictionary added to the Lingvo system via the Languages & Dictionaries... dialog. 
Each attached dictionary has its own button on the Bookshelf. An attached dictionary can be either active or inactive

Bookshelf

The Bookshelf is a toolbar containing all dictionaries available for the selected pair of languages, either active or inactive.

Card

Card - a window displaying a card of an active dictionary corresponding to a word or a phrase entered in the Edit Line.

Collocation

Collocation is a recurrent word combination.

Edit Line

A box in the Lingvo main window where you type or paste a word you wish to translate.

Full-text search

Full-text search is a search for a word or a phrase in the whole text of all cards in all the active dictionaries.

Indexing

The process of building an index. An index is built for every newly added dictionary, so the added dictionary entries could be used in full-text searches.

Labels

Labels are used to provide additional information about a word. Lingvo has part-of-speech labels, usage labels, register labels, etc. If you drag your mouse cursor over a label, a question mark will appear. Click on the question mark to see the full text of the label.

Lingvo Agent

Lingvo Agent is a small program that is initiated at system start-up and that starts Lingvo when you try to translate a word for the first time.

Magic Keys

Hot-keys for Quick translation of words and phrases from external applications. 

Monolingual Dictionary

A dictionary written in only one language. Monolingual dictionaries include conceptual dictionaries, dictionaries of abbreviations, dictionaries of phrases, dictionaries of synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, toponyms, explanatory dictionaries, thesauri, etc. 

Permanent card

A card becomes permanent when you click . Unlike temporary cards, a permanent card will remain open until you close it manually.

Quick translation

Quick translation is the process of translating words/phrases by pressing a combination of hotkeys (Magic keys) rather than typing them in the Edit Line.

Source language

Source language is the language from which you are translating. The source language is chosen from the left-hand drop-down list on the Lingvo Language bar.

To change the source language, click on the arrow of the drop-down list and select a new language. Depending on which language you choose, the set of dictionaries on the Lingvo Bookshelf and the Word List in the Main window will change accordingly. 

Sub-card

A sub-card is a card contained within a main card.

System dictionary

System dictionary - a dictionary supplied as part of the Lingvo distribution package.

Target  language

Target language is the language into which you are translating. The target language is chosen from the right-hand drop-down list on the Language bar.

Temporary card

A temporary card closes when you click the Close Temporary Cards button. By default, all cards you open are temporary.

Uninflected

Parts of speech that have only one word form, e.g. adverbs.

User dictionary

Any dictionary in Lingvo-compatible format (with .lud extension) created by the user, downloaded from the Internet or acquired from other sources.

Word List

The overall Word List includes all the words from all active dictionaries. The words are in alphabetical order.