Tools

Translate (ENTER)

Opens the card of a word selected in the Word List.

Click this button to open the card for the word or phrase selected in the Word List or typed in the Edit Line. Search words do not have to be in their primary forms - Lingvo wil search for translations using infromation about the morphology of the search word.

If more than three cards are found in response to your query, a Translations window will be displayed. 

If no exact matches are found for your query word, a Suggestions window will be displayed containing a list of words similar to your query.

Clicking this button is similar to pressing CTRL+INS+INS or CTRL+C+C when translating words from external applications.

Translate Text from Edit Line (CTRL+ENTER)

Opens the card of the word or phrase typed in the Edit Line. The word or phrase can be typed in any form, not only in primary form.

Open Card from Word List (SHIFT+ENTER)

Opens the card of the word or phrase selected in the Word List.

Search (CTRL+F)

Searches for a word or phrase through the complete text of all cards in the dictionaries of the current pair of languages. For instance, you may use this search to translate a phrase present in several entries in examples or comments.

Search in All Languages (CTRL+SHIFT+F)

Searches for a word or phrase through the complete text of all cards of all the active Lingvo dictionaries. For instance, you may use this search to translate a phrase present in several entries in examples or comments.

Show Word Forms... (CTRL+W)

Opens the List of Forms window displaying all the word forms (i.e. the paradigm) of the word from the Edit Line.

Note: The list of word forms may be displayed only for a single word in the Edit Line. It is impossible to display a list word forms for a phrase.

Add Word Forms...

Builds the list of word forms for the word typed in the Edit Line.

Suggest... (F7)

Opens Suggestions window displaying spelling suggestions.

Note: During the search Lingvo only uses the dictionaries of the current language (selected on Lingvo Language bar).

Create/Edit Card... (CTRL+Num +)

Allows you to add a new word or edit the existing one in the custom dictionaries. This option is available only for custom (user) dictionaries, i.e. ones that were created by using Lingvo dictionary creation tools.

Delete Card... (CTRL+Num -)

Deletes a word from the custom dictionary.

Languages & Dictionaries... (CTRL+D)

Opens Languages & Dictionaries... dialog box. You can add and/or remove dictionaries in this dialog.

Options... (CTRL+O)

Opens "Options" dialog box displaying "General", "Magic Keys", "Search" and "Format" tabs. You can specify Lingvo parameters in this dialog.