Most translators will use Google as their preferred search engine. However, it may be annoying to copy a word or string and then paste it into Google every time. With a simple AutoHotkey will make this process simpler. First, AutoHotkey must be installed on your system. Please download it at this site. Please copy the following lines to your ahk file:
;
^g:: ; Google Search or Show Link with CTRL+G
{
Send, ^c
Sleep 50
Run, http://www.google.com/search?q=%clipboard%
Return
}
return
;; Source http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/13404-google-search-on-highlighted-text/
When executing the ahk file containing this code, you can google search for any highlighted text by pressing [Ctrl+G] in any applications. The keyboard combination can be customized by referring to this page. This code will facilitate your search process and ultimately will help speed up your translation process.
If the above script does not work, please install Google Chrome and then set it as the default browser.