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Newest feature - good or not good?
Thread poster: Rox-Edling
Rox-Edling
Rox-Edling
Germany
Local time: 09:55
Spanish to German
+ ...
Sep 26, 2018

The new beta version of CafeTran has among others one new feature:

  • ignoring short (fewer than 4 characters in length) upper-case words in spellcheck

    This feature avoids that an user must add dozens of acronyms to his user dictionary. I am unsure if this is a clever idea, as typos in short uppercase words will then remain undetected, at least with the spellchecke... See more
    • The new beta version of CafeTran has among others one new feature:

  • ignoring short (fewer than 4 characters in length) upper-case words in spellcheck

    This feature avoids that an user must add dozens of acronyms to his user dictionary. I am unsure if this is a clever idea, as typos in short uppercase words will then remain undetected, at least with the spellchecker.

    The pro opinion of this feature says:

    • "there is far less work spotting any 3-letter upper-case spelling mistakes, not to mention low probability of making them, than adding such words to user's spell checker dictionary.
    • I don't remember seeing a spelling error in 3-letter upper case words in real texts

    I won't repeat my arguments here, but I want a real feedback form colleague about their practice and routine work. Am I perhaps overestimating the negative effects of this feature?

    What do you think? ▲ Collapse


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    DZiW (X)
    DZiW (X)
    Ukraine
    English to Russian
    + ...
    A user must? Sep 26, 2018

    A user must add acronyms? While I prefer to work in MS Word via WordFast, enjoying built-in spellchecking/highlighting, I'm sure there're many people who either use only specific/approved glossaries or don't use them at all.

    However, I would agree with you that many acronyms are less than five letters (let alone homographs!), what might compromise the consistency.
     
    Rox-Edling
    Rox-Edling
    Germany
    Local time: 09:55
    Spanish to German
    + ...
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    ... in the meantime ... Oct 4, 2018

    ... this feature has been set to optional.
     


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