Michael Farrel’s IntelliWebSearch (IWS) is an extremely popular program for looking up terms in a large number of terminology (and other) resources, also from within Studio and other CAT tools. It’s quite easy to use, but the help pages (on the net) may be slightly off-putting. Therefore, I have written this quick guide, which will help you use the basic functions (which as usual is what you will use most of the time). Note: This guide is about Version 3 of IWS. In 2015, however, Michael released Version 5, which is substantially improved in many ways, but which also is not free (although you might argue that €25 for a twelve-month license is not an awful lot of money; besides, you can test it for free during two months).
And eventually, there will be a guide to Version 5 on this website, similar to this one. In brief: With IWS – both versions – you select a word or expression in your text and the either uses the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+B which will take you to the search window, where you can choose one or some (or all) of the web sites – up to 50 in Version 3 – which you have selected as suitable search places. Or you can enter a shortcut directly to a selected site (which may be preferable, since this directness is one of the great advantages of IWS). Once arrived at the site you might find a suitable translation, in which case you select it and press Ctrl+Alt+C. The text will be copied and at the same time you are taken back to Studio (or wherever you started), where you can paste it with Ctrl+V. All shortcuts are re-programmable. It’s that easy.
In fact, the only part that might be a bit tricky is if you want to program a site which you want to use and which is not already on Michael’s lists (see below). But there is a “wizard” for that (and the help, of course). Basic use You get the installation file on the (and is the introduction). During (or after) the installation you can choose to start the program with Windows or put it on the desktop.
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IntelliWebSearch saves translators, interpreters and terminologists time when searching the web. Pressing a convenient shortcut copies selected text, opens your browser and sends the text to any number of dictionaries and other web resources. The ATA Chronicle July 2008 27 One feature that is new in the latest version of IntelliWebSearch is the ability to search dictionaries installed on your hard drive.
When it’s activated, a small i is shown to the right in the taskbar, or behind the Show hidden icons arrow. By right-clicking the icon, you open a menu leading to all IWS windows: And this is the search window, to be opened by Ctrl+Alt+B or the quick menu above: In the search field on top you will see the search expression, which you can edit. You can also strip numbers or punctuation. Explanations of the search options (note also the option of using shortcuts here: Alt+underlined figure or letter): PluriSearch means searching on the sites that you select in a list like this: Click the Search settings button. The Search settings window opens (see figure below).