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WebTCE (Translation Corpus Explorer for the Web)
Software from the ENPC project
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HELP
This short help explains how to use the WebTCE. The basic procedure is to key in a word (search string),
and select language, text, and database. Do not change the other settings if you are not
absolutely sure that the database you have selected has been tagged for part of speech (POS) or
direct speech. Most databases contain only two languages, so the choice of language is dependent on the choice
of database. You are welcome to take a copy of this file, and change the default settings to suit your preferences.
Search options:
| Search string |
Comment |
| help |
Finds word form help or lemma help
(search type must be set to Word and Lemma respectively) |
| Vpres |
Finds verbs with POS tag Vpres (verb, present tense)
(search type must be set to POS) NB! Takes some time to execute. |
| help* |
Finds words or lemmas beginning with help, including help itself |
| *fully |
Finds words ending in fully
(search type must be set to Word) |
| help | helped | helps |
Finds occurrences of all three word forms
(search type must be set to Word) |
| help<p=Vpres> |
Finds help when it is verb, present tense
(search type must be set to Word) |
The search engine recognises the following entities: &comma, &colon, &exmark, &qmark, and &semicolon.
Other settings:
| Option | Choice | Default |
| Language | See list | English |
| Text | Original/Translation | Original |
| Database | See list | Fiction (ENPC) |
| Tags | Hide/Show | Hide |
| Direct speech | Search in | N/A |
| Search | Word/POS/Lemma | Word |
Only original English texts have been tagged for part of speech. The texts have been tagged using the
EngCG-2. The tagging has not been proofread.
Filters
The filters are of two types. Either you supply a string that must appear within a certain distance or span of the word you have searched for,
or you supply a word that must/must not appear in the other language. The filters are applied one after the other. The punctuation marks , : ! ? ; can also be used as filters.
| Filter | Comment |
| +1 is\was\are\were | One of the words listed must come immediately after the search string |
| -2 *ing\*ed | Words ending in -ing or -ed must precede the search string
within a span of two words |
| NOT there\it | The translation must not contain there or it |
| AND there\it | The translation must contain there or it |
Context
To see more of the text in front of and after the current sentence, a context of maximum 25x25 sentences can be specified.
Questions about the program can be sent to
Jarle Ebeling, Dept. of British and American Studies, University of Oslo.
Infomation about the ENPC project and the texts can be found at
this location.