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Let TranslateIt! suggest

If you have already read Translating with TranslateIt!, you should know that TranslateIt! starts searching all active dictionaries for matching entries as soon as you start typing your query. But what if you misspell the word, or if TranslateIt! doesn't find any exact matches? Well, TranslateIt! is smart enough to handle such situations: It will present you with a list of suggestions that may contain an entry you were actually searching for.

There's another way to use TranslateIt! suggestions: Let's say you have found the word you have been searching for; but now you want to find some expressions or idioms using that word. This is where TranslateIt! suggestions come in handy again.

To request suggestions:

Why two menu items and two keyboard shortcuts you ask? Which one to use depends on how many characters you have typed or copied in the search box: if the number of characters in the search box is equal or exceeds the number set in the Make suggestions after ... characters setting, users can use the "Edit > Suggestions" menu item (or its keyboard shortcut ⌘↩), and if the number of characters in the search box is less than that number, the "Edit > Suggestions" menu item won't work, and users should use the "Edit > Force Suggestions" menu item (or its keyboard shortcut ⌥⌘↩) instead.

See also

Translating with TranslateIt!
Accessing TranslateIt! features globally
Let TranslateIt! speak
Managing notes