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Toralf Mjelde
Toralf Mjelde  Identity Verified
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English to Norwegian
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Aug 1, 2009

Hello colleagues,

I am a Norwegian translator working in the US. I'm using a Dell computer bought here in the states, but it doesn't have Norwegian spell checking capabilities. Does anyone know of I need to buy that (Office Proofing tools) or if there is anyway to get that for free?

Thanks,

Toralf
 
Adam Łobatiuk
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Poland
Local time: 03:17
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English to Polish
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Try Open Office Aug 1, 2009

At least for spellchecking
 
Vitals
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Lithuania
Local time: 04:17
English to Lithuanian
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I think I just had a similar problem Aug 1, 2009

In my case the laptop is from the US, but I needed Russian and LIthuanian spellcheckers. Someone gave me a MS Office Proofing Tools pack for my version of the office, but I think it should be available for free on some MS webpages. One example is below (it maybe the wrong one, but it can lead you to... See more
In my case the laptop is from the US, but I needed Russian and LIthuanian spellcheckers. Someone gave me a MS Office Proofing Tools pack for my version of the office, but I think it should be available for free on some MS webpages. One example is below (it maybe the wrong one, but it can lead you to something better...)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9F31CCC2-6E4B-4384-A997-C0CC3B31B3B7&displaylang=en

Good luck in finding the free spellchecker, it should be there...somewhere...

VS ▲ Collapse
 
sokolniki
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United States
Local time: 20:17
English to Russian
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Microsoft charged me.. Aug 1, 2009

.. $30 for the Russian Language Pack and Russian spellchecker works really well.
 
Miroslav Jeftic
Miroslav Jeftic  Identity Verified
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English to Serbian
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Nope. Aug 1, 2009

Vitals wrote:

In my case the laptop is from the US, but I needed Russian and LIthuanian spellcheckers. Someone gave me a MS Office Proofing Tools pack for my version of the office, but I think it should be available for free on some MS webpages. One example is below (it maybe the wrong one, but it can lead you to something better...)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9F31CCC2-6E4B-4384-A997-C0CC3B31B3B7&displaylang=en

Good luck in finding the free spellchecker, it should be there...somewhere...

VS


Yup, it's a wrong link, that's only a service pack. As far as I know, Proofing Tools are not free for download anywhere.
 
Toralf Mjelde
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English to Norwegian
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Thanks! Aug 2, 2009

Thank you for all your replies!
 


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