----------------------- Instructions For Use ------------------------------
--Selecting a Language
If you have more than one language installed, then running the Translate
application will bring up a language selection screen. From here you can
choose which language you would like to translate to/from. To do this, touch
the language in the list box that you would like to use. If there are no
languages loaded into the pilot, you will not be able to get past this screen.
--The Main Screen
The screen contains two fields, the English Word and the Spanish Word. There
are also buttons: <<, <, To [Language], >, and >>, under the English word, and
buttons: <<, <, To English, >, and >>, under the Spanish word. In addition,
there are Edit Entry and Add Entry buttons along the bottom of the screen,
and New Word and New Phrase buttons along the top of the screen.
--English To Spanish word
To translate from English to the Spanish word, touch the English field
with the stylus and then write your word in the graffiti area. When you are
finished writing the word to translate, press the "To [Language]"
button. The result should show in the Spanish word's field below.
--Spanish word To English
To translate from a Spanish word to English, touch the Spanish word field
with the stylus and then write your word in the graffiti area. When you are
finished writing the word to translate, press the "To English" button. The
result should show in the English field above.
The program will always attempt to find the exact word you entered. If it
finds the word you will see the word "Found!" in the middle area of the
screen. If it cannot find the word you entered, it will search for the word
as the start of another word. If finds it this way the screen will show
"Found within word!", and the closest word in the language you enter will be
shown over the field you entered text on. If it still cannot find the word,
it will search for the closest match of the word, and show "Closest match!",
and show the word's closest match and its translation. At any time during
this search, the cancel button can be pressed to abort the search.
--Additional Buttons
The << and >> buttons will "rewind" and "fast forward" to the first or
last word in that list, respectively. If you press << under the English
word you will get the first word in the English list, and it's equivalent
Spanish word also. If you were to press >> under the Spanish word,
you would get the last Spanish word in the list, and its associated
English word also.
The < and > buttons will go back or forward one entry in the list,
respectively. If after translating a word, you were to press > under the
English word, you would get the next English word and its equivalent
Spanish word.
--Edit Entry Button
This button brings up the edit screen which allows you to edit the current
entry. There is also a choice to delete the current entry. To edit the
entry, just change the fields you desire changed, and press the save button.
If you change your mind about editing the words, press the Cancel button, to return to the main screen.
--Add Entry Button
This button brings up the Add Entry screen which allows you to add a new
entry. To add an entry, just complete the fields you desire to add, and
press the save button. If you change your mind about adding the words,
press the Cancel button, to return to the main screen.
--New Word Button
This button blanks out both fields to allow you to enter a new word to
translate.
--New Phrase Button
This button takes you to the phrase translation screen, where you can
write sentences and have them translated for you.
--Export Button
Pressing this button will export the current entry to the Flash!
application. This button will only show on the screen if you have both
enabled Flash! exporting in the Preferences section, and you have the
Flash! program installed on your PalmPilot. For more information, see
the section on Preferences below.
--The Translate Phrase Screen
The screen contains two multi-line fields, the English Phrase and the
Spanish Phrase. There are also buttons: To [Language], and To English.
In addition, there are New Word and New Phrase buttons along the top of the
screen. During a translation, a cancel button appears, and can be pressed to
abort the search process.
--English Phrase To Spanish phrase
To translate from English to the Spanish language, touch the English field
with the stylus and then write your sentence in the graffiti area. When
you are finished writing the sentence to translate, press the 'To
[Language]' button. The result should show in the Spanish phrase's field
below.
--Spanish word To English
To translate a Spanish phrase to English, touch the Spanish phrase field
with the stylus and then write your sentence in the graffiti area. When
you are finished writing the sentence to translate, press the 'To
English' button. The result should show in the English field above.
NOTE: The Phrase translation used in the program does not make any attempts
at being grammatically correct. Rather, it works by searching for an exact
match for each word. If it does not find an exact match, it leaves the word
in the original language and puts square-brackets [] around the word. While
very few sentences will yield a perfect translation, this feature can still
be quite useful for getting the "jist" of a sentence quickly.
--New Word Button
This button brings you back to the word translation screen where you
can enter a new word to translate, or add and edit entries.
--New Phrase Button
This button blanks out both fields for you to start writing a new
phrase to translate.
--Choose Language
From the File pull down menu, you can bring up the Choose Language choice,
which will allow you to switch to a different language, as well as delete an
individual language database. This screen contains a list of languages
available and OK button. To switch languages, touch the language of your
choice with the stylus and press the OK button. To delete a language, touch
the language of your choice with the stylus, and press the Menu silkscreen
button to bring down the menu. Select Delete Language from the File
drop-down menu and answer yes to the confirmation screen. The language will
be deleted from the list.
NOTE: The shareware demo version only functions with the 2 Spanish databases
distributed with it.
--Preferences
From the File pull down menu, you can bring up the Preferences choice,
which will allow you to toggle the HotSync backup setting for whichever
language database is currently in use. When The Backup Database checkbox is
checked, the entire database is backed up on the next HotSync. If the
checkbox is not checked, the database will not be backed up. Since the
databases are rather large, the HotSync can take a long time if it has to
back up these languages every time. So until a conduit is written, this
measure serves to allow the user to select when the databases will be backed
up. You should only set this checkbox after making serious changes to the
database. After selecting your choice, press the OK button at the bottom of
the screen.
The next option allows one to setup the exporting of entries to
the Flash! application. From the Flash! author Jaime Quinn
homunculus@kagi.com
Flash! is a personal trainer for your mind, based on the concept of flash
cards. Its "learning" mode conforms to the latest learning research by
quizzing you on a personal schedule that adapts to the difficulty you have
learning each individual fact; in "quiz" mode you can evaluate your
progress. Supports full on-pilot editing capabilities and import from
several formats. Quiz yourself on the honor system or using multiple
choice. 50% of income from Flash! goes to charity.
Flash can be downloaded from PalmGear at this time. Click here for more info
The Translate program can export word entries to the Flash! program in two
different ways, selectable via the preferences.
--The Manual export mode will only export an entry if you press the Export
button on the main screen.
--The Automatic export mode will automatically export any words you look up
that have an exact match. Words within words, or Closest match finds
will not automatically export as they may not have been the words you
were trying to learn. You can always override this and export manually
by pressing the Export button.
--The None mode will turn off exporting altogether.
--Cut, Copy, and Paste
From the pull down menus, you can cut, copy, or paste to and from either word
on the screen, and bring/take either word into/from another application (such
as the memopad application).
-------------------------------- Menus -------------------------------------
File -- contains Choose Language and preferences choices.
Edit -- contains cut, copy, and paste choices as well as a choice to bring up
the onscreen keyboard, as an alternative to entering graffiti.
About -- Gives information about the program.
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