Semicolon as End of Segment
Autor vlákna: Franz Holzer
Franz Holzer
Franz Holzer
Local time: 18:46
řečtina -> němčina
+ ...
May 17, 2021

And just another question:

I can't manage to set up Trados the way that the Greek semicolon, used as a question mark, is used as the end of the segment when segmenting. Are there any hints on how to do this, please?

Thank a lot!


 
Stepan Konev
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Ruská federace
Local time: 19:46
angličtina -> ruština
Adding a segmentation rule for semicolon May 17, 2021

1. Go to Project Settings > Language Pairs > All Language Pairs > Translation Memory and Automation > select your TM (the first/top TM in the list if you use more than one TM) > click Settings > click Language Resorces > click a pencil icon on Segmentation rules for your source language.
2. In the Segmentation Rules window, click Add...
3. Type the rule name (Description filed): Semicolon
4. Leave the 'Before break' field empty > Type ; for 'Break charac
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1. Go to Project Settings > Language Pairs > All Language Pairs > Translation Memory and Automation > select your TM (the first/top TM in the list if you use more than one TM) > click Settings > click Language Resorces > click a pencil icon on Segmentation rules for your source language.
2. In the Segmentation Rules window, click Add...
3. Type the rule name (Description filed): Semicolon
4. Leave the 'Before break' field empty > Type ; for 'Break characters' > leave 'Whitespace (including spaces)' in the 'After break' field, or select if not selected.
5. Click OK 5 times to complete the process. Don't use the [X/Close] button on any step here.
*Keep in mind that you apply this rule to a particular TM. If you use more than one TM, it must be your segmenting TM, i.e. the one that goes first in the list of TMs.
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Franz Holzer
Franz Holzer
Local time: 18:46
řečtina -> němčina
+ ...
AUTOR TÉMATU
Thanks May 18, 2021

Thanks Stepan, I did not pay attention to "

*Keep in mind that you apply this rule to a particular TM. If you use more than one TM, it must be your segmenting TM, i.e. the one that goes first in the list of TMs.

Thanks a lot!


 


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