Frequently Asked Questions
What is Language Alchemist?
Language Alchemist is a well-designed, easy-to-use dictionary for the Mac to translate foreign language texts.
What are the system requirements for Language Alchemist?
Language Alchemist requires a Mac with OS X Snow Leopard or later.
Where can I buy Language Alchemist?
Language Alchemist is available to purchase for $9.99 via our Online Store or the Mac App Store.
What can I do, if I get varied translations for one word?
Some words can exist in other languages as well and have completely different meanings e.g. in German "die" is an article while in English it means "someone has come to death". If you have set your source language to "Automatic", the Language Alchemist shows you all meanings in every language it finds.
To get a unique result, please change the source language from "Automatic" to a concrete language, so that the Language Alchemist is able to pick only words from one dictionary.
What can I do, if the Language Alchemist cannot translate the word?
There are several reasons why the Language Alchemist might not translate your input. You can find numerous hints in the help system which guides you to still get a translation.
I use Adobe Acrobat Reader and cannot start a translation. What goes wrong?
Unfortunately Adobe does not support the standardized concept of Apple to extend a contextual menu. Nevertheless you are able to start a translation straight out of PDF documents.
For this please open your PDF with the "Preview" application. The "Preview" application is part of every Mac OS X distribution and is so available on your Mac. To learn more to this topic, please look into the help system of your Language Alchemist.
I lost or deleted my license. What can I do?
If your license got lost, then just write us an e-mail and we take care that you get back your license.
My demo version has expired, how do I obtain a license?
To obtain a valid license is very easy. Either visit our Online-Store and purchase directly online a license or ask your local software dealer.
What is Language Alchemist’s update policy?
jalada is serious about improving Language Alchemist. Therefore, 2.X.X minor and 2.X major updates are released regularly. The minor updates focus on bug fixes and performance improvements while the major updates also include new features. What’s more, all of the 2.X and 1.X.X updates are free.
How do I learn Language Alchemist?
Explore the Language Alchemist Tutorials website:
Learn Language Alchemist by exploring the Language Alchemist Tutorials website for text and video tutorials that will help you get started, or find useful tips and tricks to get the most out of the Language Alchemist features.
Browse Language Alchemist In-App Help:
Language Alchemist comes with In-App Help that includes an overview of nearly every feature in Language Alchemist, instructions for completing tasks, and keyboard shortcuts to help you accomplish things faster. Language Alchemist Help is updated with almost every minor release of the software. Choose Help > Language Alchemist Help to open the Language Alchemist help window.
Participate in the Language Alchemist Discussions:
Discuss ideas, share tips and solutions, request features, or share tutorials with fellow Language Alchemist users in Language Alchemist Discussions.
Where can I get help using Language Alchemist?
Participate in the Language Alchemist Discussions:
Post your questions, look for answers, and find friendly responses on any basic or advanced image-editing-related topic in Language Alchemist Discussions.
Email us:
Should you have any further questions about using Language Alchemist, please email @email .
Documentation:
Language Alchemist comes with In-App Help that includes an overview of nearly every feature in Language Alchemist, instructions for completing tasks, and keyboard shortcuts to help you accomplish things faster. Language Alchemist Help is updated with almost every minor release of the software.
How do I contact you?
To contact the jalada Team crew for general inquiries, send an email to @email
