Adding Words to Tutor Dictionaries
Adding new words to Tutor dictionaries means creating cards for these words in the dictionary window. To switch to the dictionary window, click the Switch to dictionary… button in the exercise window.
A Tutor dictionary card contains a word to be learnt, its translations, transcription and usage examples.
To create a card, you can use:
the Create Card command on the Actions menuTo create a card in ABBYY Lingvo Tutor:
- Select the Create Card… command on the Actions menu or click
on the toolbar.
- In the Dictionary Card window that opens, fill in the required fields and click Save.
Note.
- You can use the Translate in ABBYY Lingvo… command to add translations to the card. This method will only work if there is a card in ABBYY Lingvo x3 for the word in question.
- You can type several translations, separating them with a semicolon.
- Once you have added a translation, the status of the card changes to To learn. You can change the status if required.
a similar card from ABBYY Lingvo x3You can add words and phrases to a Tutor dictionary from ABBYY Lingvo x3. In ABBYY Lingvo x3, open the card of the word or phrase you wish to add. You can open ABBYY Lingvo x3 cards directly from ABBYY Lingvo Tutor, without launching ABBYY Lingvo x3. Do one of the following:
- Type the word or phrase you wish to add in the entry field and select the Translate in ABBYY Lingvo… command on the Tools menu.
- When creating a card in the Tutor dictionary, enter the word or phrase you wish to add in the Word field and click
.
In the ABBYY Lingvo x3 card that opens:
- Click
on the card toolbar. The headword from the ABBYY Lingvo x3 card will be copied to the Word field of the Tutor dictionary card. The fields Translation, Transcription, Example, and Word will be filled in automatically: the ABBYY Lingvo x3 will copy the first translation, transcription, etc. from its card into the Tutor card.
- Select the Add to ABBYY Lingvo Tutor Dictionary command on the shortcut menu of the card. This will place the headword of the ABBYY Lingvo x3 card into the Word field and the selected word into the Translation field (if no words are selected, ABBYY Lingvo x3 will copy the word on which you placed the mouse pointer).
Note. If the ABBYY Lingvo x3 card has the Sound facility, the sound will be automatically added to the Tutor card.
Only the Word field will be completed in the cards of the newly added words. Once you have entered their translations in the Translation field, the cards will be available for exercises.
the History facility of ABBYY Lingvo x3You can add words from ABBYY Lingvo x3 History:
- Select the Add Cards from ABBYY Lingvo History command on the Tools menu or click the “…” button on the toolbar in the dictionary window.
- In the Add Cards from ABBYY Lingvo History dialog box, select the words and phrases you wish to add and click Add >. The added words will be displayed in the word list window.
- Click the Add to Dictionary button.
Only the Word field will be completed in the cards of the newly added words. Once you have entered their translations in the Translation field, the cards will be available for exercises.
