Hi all,
I've never used the "reference files" feature in Studio, and I wonder how it works. I can't find any information about it in Help, except how to add reference files, or switch usage type to reference.
I've got a PDF reference file (monolingual, target language) and after adding it to my project, I can't access it, except simply by opening it in a PDF reader. Surely the idea is to use it in Studio somehow? Maybe through concordance?
Can anyone enlighten me?
Thanks,
Emma
Thanks for your insights, Paul, Walter and Ali. So, basically, ref files are put into a project to keep everything in one place. That makes sense.
I was hoping for a ref file with concordance look-up. Something like this:
The Studio plug-in CRIC certainly sounds very similar, and potentially more useful as it handles Studio file formats (AntConc only handles .txt files, as you noticed, Paul).
All very interesting!
Emma
Thanks for your insights, Paul, Walter and Ali. So, basically, ref files are put into a project to keep everything in one place. That makes sense.
I was hoping for a ref file with concordance look-up. Something like this:
The Studio plug-in CRIC certainly sounds very similar, and potentially more useful as it handles Studio file formats (AntConc only handles .txt files, as you noticed, Paul).
All very interesting!
Emma
The feature of concordance search in reference files is simply brilliant and just cries out to be implemented.
Drop some files where you know the context for your terms exists into the project as reference and voila - you have a ready to use translation memory substitute. Especially great when you don't have any real TMs for the time being. Or even when you have some.
Now users have to make some sort of fake TMs (where source = target) and use it for concordance, or use some third party apps for this purpose.
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