File Created: January 21, 1996

		Norwegian Translator 2.0 for Windows


Installation:
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Under Windows run SETUP.EXE to install the program.
For Windows 3.1 and earlier a line must be added to your
C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

        C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE /L:500

Internet email:
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jec@sn.no -- or --
jcrandol@linknet.kitsap.lib.wa.us

Status:
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Shareware Version. You can freely distribute this program.

Background:
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     This is the shareware version of "the Norwegian
Translator" for Windows, which best can be understood as a
toolbox for translating between Norwegian and English.  The
program may be used for several functions and on different
levels of understanding of the two languages.

     The shareware version is limited to a database of 3,000
entries, and the user will not be able to add new words to 
the database.  In every other respect the shareware version 
would give an insight into how "the Norwegian Translator" 
works.

     The registered version has a database of 20,000 entries
which gives grammatical description of nouns and the
conjugation of verbs in five tenses.  A commentary box gives
3 lines per word for comments, i.e. the usage of phrases.
Since the program was written primarily for a North-American
market, the existing commentaries are written in English, as
is also the help files.  The user has full access to the
database, and can change spelling, grammar and comments to
suit personal taste (for example, the user may change
"bokmaal" into "nynorsk"), and may also fill the database by
adding words, or delete words from the database.

     As a quick dictionary the program will translate word by
word.  The user must himself or herself work on the sentence
structure, grammar, and phrases, but will in this have the
help of the grammatical descriptions, the commentaries, a
very short introduction to Norwegian grammar in the help files,
and "the picklist," a list of all words in the database,
beginning with the same three or more letters.

     In the middle of a letter in Norwegian it can happen to
even the most fluently bi-lingual person that one forgets the
translation of a word; write it in English, click a button,
and have the word instantly translated to Norwegian.  The
"Text Editor" is a mini word processing program, which gives
many of the editing options which other Windows word
processors give (such as printing in different fonts, cut and
paste, etc.)  It is also possible to take documents and other
text directly from other Windows word processors (like Word
or Word Perfect), have them translated, and then bring them back
into the original word processing program.

     For users needing more help in learning Norwegian, "the
Norwegian Translator" has a vocabulary module.  It brings
word by word to the screen, in English or Norwegian, asking
for the proper translation.  It gives the number and the
percentage of correct answers, and can be concentrated on the
words most frequently missed.

     If you, after having used and evaluated the shareware
version, would like to buy "the Norwegian Translator" Version
2.0, please read and follow the instructions on the shareware 
registration form located on the main menu of the program.

     We are pleased to receive questions, and also
suggestions about how we may improve the program.

		
                  ...Crandol Software...