I use Vim to edit my Latex document. Depending on the conference/journal I am submitting to, the university I am studying at, etc., I might like to convert from British English to American English or vice versa. Does anybody know if there is a plug-in to do that?
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I’d guess that even if there were, it would be flaky and unreliable. Just like a spell-checker, such a translation tool cannot replace a good proofreader.
An example: US english is “license” for the noun or verb. British english is “license” for verb and “licence” for noun. The tool would have to do grammar analysis to get the correct results.
EDIT: not to mention problems with LaTeX commands such as
\begin{itemize}…