Shoutbox

Having a spell checker to analyze your translation is very useful.
On the other hand, it sucks 'cause all the translation keys (word before the = sign) can't be skipped. So far!

That's because I spent some of my time adding all those keys and a few other words into a "dictionary", which can be added to Word and save your precious time when reviewing all those lines.

It works for Word 2007. Tell me if you test with others.

How to install:

• Download the file
  
• Extract the file wherever you want. Messenger Plus! Live translation's folder, for instance. (CookieRevised's advice)
  
• Open Word 2007
  
• Office Button > Word Options > Text Review > Customize Dictionaries > Add... > MPL.dic¹

Things you'd like to know:

• It skips the spell check, but not the grammar check. You might want to disable it.
  
• I intend to update it in the future, so keep an eye on this thread.
  
• This is meant to be used with all languages. That's why only few words (other then keys) where added.
  These words are keyboard keys and names that should not be translated, so all translations will contain them.
  
• All help is welcome. A word is missing? Misspelled? Post here and I fix.
  Mods are able to edit my post. Therefore they are able to update the file too. Feel free.

History:
01/04/09 - First release
02/03/09 - Added MP!L 4.80.356 keys


¹ Words may be different. My Office isn't in English.

The path for XP is X:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Microsoft\UProof

Nice to know. Updated.

Today I added a few more keys.
I had forgotten this thread...

Seems like a really nice tool. Thanks Chancer

I did something similar some long time ago, but without a dictionary like this. Because, since the words are in the dictionary they are seen as 'ok'; This means that if such a word exists in the value also, it won't be detected as 'wrong' (And you constantly need to update the dictionary for new versions <= reason why I quit using a dictionary like this... too lazy to update it )

What you can do is write a VBA script which simply ignores the key name, topics and comments, and which also ignores special stuff and characters and even convert some sentences so they can be checked for grammar too (eg: replacing "Messenger Plus! Live" with "it"). Unfortunatly I've lost the macro script I once wrote for this. Though, it would be relative easy to even make this as a standalone Windows script using a Word object. If I only had the time someone?

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Originally posted by Chancer
It works for Word 2007. Tell me if you test with others.

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It should work for every version (even for other text editors too) since it is just a plane list of words, no special format.

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Originally posted by Chancer
[*]Extract the file at X:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UProof (Windows Vista) or X:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Microsoft\UProof (Windows XP)

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Directory highly depends on what your settings are. (but "UProof"? Shouldn't that be "Proof"). Anyways, best is to simply take a quick look in your Word settings to see where the dir is.

As a matter of fact, you can put it everywhere you like (eg: I suggest to put it in the Messenger Plus! languages folder!). Simply browse to it from within the dictionary settings and select the file and you're done. Also means that you can easly find it again and update it whenever it needs updating.

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Anyways, thanks for posting this, might be handy. In fact I'll start using it too, couldn't hurt anyways.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
What you can do is write a VBA script which simply ignores the key name, topics and comments, and which also ignores special stuff and characters and even convert some sentences so they can be checked for grammar too

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Unfortunately, I don't know anything about VBA.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
It should work for every version (even for other text editors too) since it is just a plane list of words, no special format.

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I'm not so sure. OpenOffice.org dictionaries seemed to be a little more  complex.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Directory highly depends on what your settings are. (but "UProof"? Shouldn't that be "Proof"). Anyways, best is to simply take a quick look in your Word settings to see where the dir is.

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That's what I did. But I liked your idea of placing together with the translations, as we can add any file from any folder as a dictionary.