Paratext checking tools - when to run which checks
BRBrian Renes · Mar 18, 2014, 11:27 PM · Last modified: Sep 28, 2026, 11:37 AM
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Extracted text from Day_8_checking_overview.pdf:
Checking Overview Outcome:
- all checks will be done at the appropriate time 2. the text will continue to be improved and refined at each stage
What you will learn:
- when to run which checks 2. how to configure each check and understand the results
Summary of desired outcome: At the end of every chapter At the end of every book: draft, translate, edit spell-check (display spelling) (spell check current book)
draft, translate, edit spell-check
Checking for every book at the end of STAGE I spell check current book basic checks and select both: Chapter/Verse and Markers
Checking to do for STAGE II spell check current book basic checks and select ALL BASIC CHECKS
Checking to do for STAGE III and IV spell check current book basic checks and select ALL BASIC CHECKS Checklists: compare titles, relative length (long/short) verses, long paragraphs, long sentences
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It is important to NOT turn on DISPLAY SPELLING (red jagged underline in editor window) while translating or editing the text. It will distract most people. But it is important to DISPLAY SPELLING before going on to the next section or next chapter. The content, terminology and intent of what you want the text to say is most accessible at that point. Spell checking the text later will often result in having to re-read both the translation and other texts. At times it may take just a few seconds but I would be most certain the time to review and fix will most often be more than a few seconds. Worse yet, there is a greater chance of "fixing" one problem but creating another (worse) problem, like correcting a typo - replacing it with the wrong word.
I like your focus on using "Spell check current book" as the base method of spell checking. Using this tool teaches Paratext to recognize words that do not fit the usual pattern for the language quicker than any other method.