Software setup
Let’s say you have a 13” laptop screen. You will be quickly overload with the number of programs you need to open. The simplest way to manage screen estate is just buying a separate 19” screen. But if you can’t/don’t want to, the solution is to install a multi desktop program.
I use VirtualWin because it has these features:
- Auto assigning programs to their appropriate desktop,
- Lots of addons
- A tray icon indicating which desktop I am
Here is how I set things up:
- Desktop 1: source (PDF) and translation (Word) in half screen
- Desktop 2: References:
- Browser: research, English word definition
- Dictionaries:
- Word:
- PDF: 2 columns
Dùng windows + trái, phải để tách màn hình, giảm gián đoạn mạch suy nghĩ, giảm thao tác
Word vs CAT
At first, it seems that CAT is much better than Word for translation. I mean, if it’s not better, then why do people have to invent it? However, for non-technical translation, in which a term may have different translation options, each of them has different subtleties, then relying on term base or translation memory may not be appropriate. It is possible that for a same word within a same book you have to use different translations for it.
Disadvantages of Word over CAT:
- No parallel scrolling between source and translation. This can be mitigated by writing a script
- No track change, no record track change, no comment to read
- No tags for printing
Disadvantages of CAT over Word:
- Ultimately, you need to export the document to Word make use of comments and track changes
- Term base and translation memory are not suitable when a single word needs to be re-translated every time
- Segmentation breaks inter-paragraph flow (for texts whose meanings can change depending on its typography)
If you want to support open-source software, note that Writer has issues with footnotes in large documents though. I once lost a work because the format suddenly corrupted and couldn’t be opened.
But for technical works, I recommend using CAT over Word.
AutoHotKey
Dịch Việt Anh thì không ai bằng từ điển Việt Anh của Viện Ngôn ngữ học:
:*:vb::Run D:\Google Drive\Dictionaries\Tiếng Việt\Việt Anh.pdf
Dịch Anh Việt thì:
:*:vv::
InputBox, UserInput, WORD, Enter a WORD, , 200, 120
if not ErrorLevel
{
; remove first and last white spaces
UserInput := trim(UserInput)
; replace all middle white spaces with +
UserInput := StrReplace(UserInput, A_Space , "+", UserInput)
Run, http://tratu.coviet.vn/hoc-tieng-anh/tu-dien/lac-viet/ALL/%UserInput%.html
Run, https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/%UserInput%
Run, https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/%UserInput%
Run, https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/%UserInput%
}
return
Google Hit Hider
Các từ điển dưới đây hoặc là dùng Google dịch, hoặc là copy của từ điển mở của Hồ Ngọc Đức. Tôi block hết cho nhẹ.
example.com en.bab.la vi.glosbe.com glosbe.com mymemory.translated.net 3.vndic.net www.rung.vn englishteststore.net chiasekienthuc24h.com tratu.soha.vn dict.vietfun.com www.indifferentlanguages.com dict.laban.vn vi.aliexpress.com nghialagi.net
