Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert |
3.8 The Translation Function
3.8.1 Phrase Translation Tip Display
After the article or sentence has been segmented, hover your cursor over a certain word or term in Sentence Segmentation pane. If an English translation exists for this word or term in the system database, it displays as a tool tip.
Notes:
1.If the words have notes, the notes will be shown after the translation.
2.If you have checked the “Show both Traditional and Simplified Chinese characters in the online translation window“ option in Settings, the translation tip will display with both Traditional and Simplified Chinese characters.
3.8.2Lookup Phrase Translation in Dictionary
The Penpower Chinese Expert provides an extensive dictionary providing bilingual translations and usage rules.
First, click the Dictionary 
button to open the dictionary. Enter the Chinese or Eng- lish word/phrase to lookup then click the Search button or press Enter. The phrase’s English or Chinese translation, definition and usage is then displayed.
Chinese to English | English to Chinese |
Click the Text to Speech 
button to hear the phrase’s Chinese or English pronuncia- tion.
For Chinese words, click the Character tracing 
button to view an animation of its how the character is writing, its radical and the number of stroke for the Chinese character.
