Re: browsing translation database

jsbien-Q8V+/[email protected] (Janusz S. Bień)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.devel.kbabel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004  Stanislav Visnovsky <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dňa Sobota 23 Október 2004 08:35 Janusz S. Bień napísal:

[...]

> > I am not a translator, but I am familiar with several commercial
> > Computer Aided Translation systems and all of them allow to browse the
> > dictionary. I think that for a translator which is about to start
> > using a dictionary it is really useful to have a look at its content,
> > at least to satisfy the natural curiosity.
> 
> Hmm, I have to implement it then :(

I begin to suspect that kBabel dictionaries are not dictionaries at
all :-). A novice user like me would be less confused if the menu item
was called e.g. "Consultation" instead of "Dictionaries".

[...]

> The problem is the MIME type of the remote PO file is not recognized as PO, so 
> no plugin is found. That's why downloading first and using the local copy 
> should work better.
> 
> > Then I donloaded the file `slownik.po' and set "Path to Compendium
> > File" to it using "Open file dialog". I got no reaction to "Apply" and
> > later to "Find Text" -> "PO Compendium".
> >
> > Moerover, I get now no reaction even when I set "Path to Compendium
> > File" to the URLs given above.

I realized now that it works, but I was expecting some immediate
confirmation (e.g. a number of message available or something
similar).

Best regards

Janusz

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dr hab. Janusz S. Bien, prof. UW -  Uniwersytet Warszawski (Katedra Lingwistyki Formalnej)
Prof. Janusz S. Bien - Warsaw Uniwersity (Chair of Formal Linguistics)
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