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- All about user dictionaries
Quick links:
- User and system dictionaries
- Types of user dictionaries: LUD and LSD
- Adding a user dictionary to the application
- Creating an LUD dictionary
- Updating and editing a LUD dictionary in ABBYY Lingvo
- Creating an LSD dictionary
- Saving dictionaries upon removing, reinstalling, or updating ABBYY Lingvo
- Moving user dictionaries to another computer
- Saving user dictionaries upon reinstalling the operating system
System dictionaries are dictionaries supplied with ABBYY Lingvo.
System dictionary files can have the extensions *.ldp, *.lsd or *.lod (access file to an online dictionary).
User dictionaries are dictionaries created by you or other ABBYY Lingvo users.
User dictionary files can have the extension *.lud or *.lsd.
Types of user dictionaries: LUD and LSD
LUD dictionaries are simple dictionaries containing words and their translations.
LUD are easy to create, update, and edit while you work with ABBYY Lingvo.
An LUD dictionary file has the extension *.lud.
LSD dictionaries can contain all types of formatting and layout you see in ABBYY Lingvo system dictionaries (cross references, bold and italic font, usage examples, comments, etc.).
LSD dictionaries are created using DSL Compiler.
Unlike LUD dictionaries, a created LSD dictionary cannot be updated or edited.
An LSD dictionary file has the extension *.lsd.
Adding a user dictionary to the application
If you already have a user dictionary file, double-click the file to add it.
When you add user dictionaries of older ABBYY Lingvo versions, they will be converted automatically to work with ABBYY Lingvo x3.
A collection of free user dictionaries is available at http://www.LingvoDA.ru/, where you can download them.
Advice. To add several user dictionaries at once, highlight their files and drag and drop them onto the ABBYY Lingvo bookshelf.
Advice. You can also add a dictionary by clicking Tools→Add Dictionary from File….
You will have to specify the path to the dictionary file.
- Click the button in the main window of ABBYY Lingvo. The dialog box Create/Edit Entry will open.
- In the Dictionary dropdown list choose the command <Create…>.
- In the New Dictionary dialog box specify the dictionary name, translation direction, and your comments for the dictionary. Click OK.
Updating and editing an LUD dictionary in ABBYY Lingvo
- Click the button in the main window of ABBYY Lingvo. The dialog box Create/Edit Entry will open.
- Choose the required dictionary in the Dictionary dropdown list.
- To create a card, enter the card heading in the entry field and click the button.
In the window that opens enter the target text and click the Save button.
- To edit a card, choose the required card in the list and click the button.
In the window that opens enter the target text and make the necessary changes, and then click the Save button. - To remove a card, choose the required card in the list and click the button.
- In a text editor (such as Microsoft® Word or Notepad) create the dictionary file using the commands of the DSL language.
- Save the file as a *.txt document with ANSI or Unicode encoding.
- Change the file extension to *.dsl.
- Compile the resulting file using DSL Compiler.
More: first dictionary in the DSL language
Where is the dictionary file located?
To view the path to the dictionary file:
- Right-click the icon of this dictionary on the bookshelf.
- Choose About Dictionary in the menu that opens. The About Dictionary dialog box will appear.
- The path to the dictionary file will be shown at the bottom of the box. You can highlight and copy this path.
Note. When you create an LUD dictionary, its file is placed in a special folder. To view the path to the folder with LUD dictionaries, click Tools→Language and Dictionary Settings…→My dictionaries. The path to the folder will be displayed at the bottom of the box. You can specify a different folder for storing LUD dictionaries, in which case the created dictionary files will be stored in the new folder.
How several users can update a single LUD dictionary
For several users to work simultaneously with an LUD dictionary, each user must connect the dictionary to ABBYY Lingvo at their workstation.
Adding a user dictionary to the application
Note. Several users can work simultaneously with the sale LSD dictionary, but it is impossible to update or edit an LSD dictionary.
Saving dictionaries upon removing, reinstalling, or updating ABBYY Lingvo
When you remove ABBYY Lingvo, user dictionary files are not removed.
When you reinstall ABBYY Lingvo, the user dictionaries will be automatically added to the application.
When you upgrade to a newer version of ABBYY Lingvo (after removing a previous version), user dictionaries will be converted to work with the new ABBYY Lingvo version and added to the application.
Moving user dictionaries to another computer
Copy dictionary files to another computer and connect them to ABBYY Lingvo installed on that computer.
Adding a user dictionary to the application
Saving user dictionaries upon reinstalling the operating system
Before you reinstall your operating system, copy user dictionary files onto a removable disk.
After reinstalling the system, copy dictionary files back to the computer and connect them to ABBYY Lingvo.
Adding a user dictionary to the application
http://www.LingvoDA.ru/— site of the Lingvo Dictionary Association with a collection of free user dictionaries.
ABBYY Lingvo > All about user dictionaries
- Getting Started
- Buying a dictionary
- What’s new in ABBYY Lingvo x3
- End-User Licence Agreement (EULA)
- Translation and search
- Quick lookup
- Search in dictionaries
- ABBYY Language Services
- Inflected forms
- Recorded pronunciation
- Word list
- Entry windows
- Wildcard search
- Dictionary search capabilities
- Auto search
- Integration with other applications
- Translating a word or phrase
- Finding usage examples
- Viewing the entry history
- Saving the entry history
- Locating all words with the same ending
- Choosing the translation direction
- If you forget how to spell a word
- Advice on using entry windows
- Why a translation search opens several entry windows
- ABBYY Lingvo tray icon
- Dictionaries
- Briefly on using dictionaries
- Bookshelves
- Local and online dictionaries
- All about user dictionaries
- Phrasebooks
- LingvoGrammar
- Adding a dictionary
- Downloading a dictionary
- Arranging dictionaries on the bookshelf for convenience
- What dictionaries are used in search?
- What dictionaries are used in translation?
- Options
- Quick lookup settings
- Search settings
- Configuring entry window view
- Configuring the main window view
- Assigning language shortcuts
- Online translation settings
- Application settings
- Language and dictionary settings
- Learning words
- Learning Words
- Card Statuses
- Tutor Dictionaries
- Adding Words to Tutor Dictionaries
- Printing Cards
- Exercise Options
- Changing Styles for the Word Forms Dialog Box
- Hot Keys
- Activation and registration
- Why is activation necessary?
- Activating the dictionary (or package of dictionaries)
- What to do if activation via the Internet has failed
- Why register your copy of ABBYY Lingvo x3?
- Privacy Policy
- Trial period
- Activation FAQ
- Troubleshooting
- Unable to look up translation in a specific dictionary
- Why the dictionary icon is gray
- Why is dictionary indexing necessary?
- Cannot hear word pronunciation
- Chinese hieroglyphs are not displayed
- Pop-up translation does not appear
- Internet connection error messages
- About ABBYY
- About ABBYY Lingvo
- Glossary
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Technical support
- ABBYY Offices
- Third-Party Technologies
- DSL Compiler
- Your First DSL Dictionary
- DSL Dictionary Structure
- DSL Card Structure
- How Entries Are Sorted
- Unsorted Part of an Entry Headword
- Optional Part of an Entry Headword
- Subentry
- Using the Tilde
- Links to Another Card
- Comments
- Inserting Pictures and Sounds
- Inserting Internet Links
- Paragraph Formatting
- Text Formatting
- DSL Tags
- Marking of Zones for Full-Text Search
- Compiling a Dictionary
- Compiling Dictionaries Created for Previous Versions of DSL Compiler
- Supported Languages
- Sample Entries in DSL
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