Overview: Spell Checking

A translator can check the spelling of a target document at any time, by pressing the [F7] key.

If the option Spell checking as you type is enabled (by default it is enabled), SDL Trados Studio spell checks the target document as the translator types, and marks misspelled words with a red wavy underline.

When SDL Trados Studio checks the spelling, it looks in all dictionaries that are enabled for the target language.

SDL Trados Studio uses Hunspell software and dictionaries for its spell checking. For more information about Hunspell spell checker, see the Hunspell home page: sourceforge.net/projects/hunspell.

Provided Dictionaries

SDL Trados Studio contains dictionaries for a number of languages, as shown in the following table.

The table contains a list of the standard dictionary files in the Hunspell sub-folder of the SDL Trados Studio program folder. The naming format is: <language>_<country>.dic.

af_ZA.dic 

ar.dic

az-Latn-AZ.dic

bg_BG.dic

ca_ES.dic

cs_CZ.dic

cy_GB.dic

da_DK.dic

de_AT.dic

de_CH.dic

de_DE.dic

de_DE_comb.dic

de_DE_neu.dic

de_frami_neu.dic

el_GR.dic

en_AU.dic

en_CA.dic

en_GB.dic

en_NZ.dic

en_US.dic

en_ZA.dic

es_ES.dic

es_MX.dic

et_EE.dic

eu-ES.dic

fa.dic

fa_IR.dic

fo_FO.dic

fr_FR-1990.dic

fr_FR.dic

gl_ES.dic

he_IL.dic

hi_IN.dic

hr_HR.dic

hu_HU.dic

hy_AM.dic

id_ID.dic

is_IS.dic

it_IT.dic

lt_LT.dic

lv_LV.dic

mi_NZ.dic

mn_MN.dic

mr_IN.dic

ms_MY.dic

nb_NO.dic

nl_NL.dic

nn_NO.dic

ns_ZA.dic

pl_PL.dic

pt_BR.dic

ro_RO.dic

ru_RU.dic

sk_SK.dic

sl_SI.dic

sv_SE.dic

sw_KE.dic

th_TH.dic

tn_ZA.dic

uk_UA.dic

xh_ZA.dic

zu_ZA.dic

 

 

You can also create and add custom dictionaries to SDL Trados Studio. Click here for more information about custom dictionaries.

Dictionary Format

A dictionary is a text file. It has one word per line, in alphabetical order. The first line of the file is the number of words.
The text file must be in UTF-8 format. To find out how to change to UTF-8 format, refer to the documentation for your text editor.

 

 

Related Topics

Overview: Setting Preferences

Options Dialog Box: Spelling

How to Create a New Custom Dictionary

How Add an Existing Custom Dictionary

How to Remove a Custom Dictionary

How to Modify a Custom Dictionary

How to Specify a Default Dictionary

How to Enable /Disable a Custom Dictionary

How to Enable/Disable Check Spelling As You Type

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