It may be useful to provide translators with a web-based archive of reference documents that pertain to their translation.  This would help them do highly focused searches in online documentation etc.


===== Create a custom Google search engine =====

Google offers a service whereby anyone can create a specialised search engine by limiting the pages and web sites that are indexed.  The service has several additional features but for our purposes the most basic features would suffice.

  * [[http://www.google.com/coop/cse/|http://www.google.com/coop/cse/]]

  * You must have a Google account (free registration)
  * You can change most aspects of it later, so don't worry about putting in the wrong information.
  * You can specify just one or several pages/sites to index, and you can specify them in interesting ways (eg only pages that contain the letters "about").  You can also exclude pages by a pattern.

Unfortunately, the URL of the search engine is a bit difficult to remember, but you can easily link to it from any page.

Here is a test search engine that will search only pages of this wiki, as well as pages from the Wikipedia that contain the letters "transl" in their URL:

  * [[http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=003167205026530159007%3Asrfg5ujnxog|Translate Wiki Search Engine]] (try doing a search for "machine").

===== Adding a custom search in Opera =====

How to create a custom search in Opera 9.5

  - Go to a page that contains the search box.
  - Right-click the search box and select "Create search".
  - Type in a name and a shortcut for the search (e.g. "Art of Illusion" and "aoi").
  - Done!

Methods to use:

  * Select text, then right-click the selection and use "Search with..." -> "Art of Illusion".
  * Double-click a word (it will be selected), then use "Search with..." -> "Art of Illusion".
  * Open a new tab (Ctrl+T), then type "aoi searchword" and ENTER to search for "searchword".

===== Adding a custom search in Opera =====

How to create a custom search in Firefox 2

  - Go to a page that contains the search box.
  - Right-click the search box and select "Add keyword for this search".
  - The caption will read "Add bookmark", but don't worry, you're actually adding a search.
  - Type in a name and a shortcut for the search (e.g. "Art of Illusion" and "aoi").
  - Done!

Methods to use:

  * Open a new tab (Ctrl+T), then type "aoi searchword" and ENTER to search for "searchword".