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Trados: Making certain symbols "untouchable"
Thread poster: IanW (X)
IanW (X)
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Nov 13, 2003

I have Trados 5.5 Freelance and am working on a huge project which contains certain Greek symbols used as a kind of legend - i.e. an Alpha means "refer to handbook" etc.

My problem is that Trados replaces these symbols with entirely different ones, meaning I have to change them back manually every time. As these symbols appear alone in a translation unit, I was wondering if it was possible to make them "untouchable", or to program Trados to ignore them completely in the same way as... See more
I have Trados 5.5 Freelance and am working on a huge project which contains certain Greek symbols used as a kind of legend - i.e. an Alpha means "refer to handbook" etc.

My problem is that Trados replaces these symbols with entirely different ones, meaning I have to change them back manually every time. As these symbols appear alone in a translation unit, I was wondering if it was possible to make them "untouchable", or to program Trados to ignore them completely in the same way as it ignores numbers.

I've had a quick look through my Trados manuals but can't find anything. If anyone can tell me if this is possible and perhaps point me in the right direction, I would be very grateful.

Thanks


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Ralf Lemster
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Unicode issue Nov 13, 2003

Hi Ian,
I assume these are Unicode characters which are outside the normal font table. This is a known issue affecting Trados versions up to 5.5 - apparently, the codepage conversion doesn't work 100% here. The issue was fixed with T6 - if you want, you can send me one page, and I'll test it for you (using T6LSP).

Contact Trados Support and see if they have a workaround for you.... See more
Hi Ian,
I assume these are Unicode characters which are outside the normal font table. This is a known issue affecting Trados versions up to 5.5 - apparently, the codepage conversion doesn't work 100% here. The issue was fixed with T6 - if you want, you can send me one page, and I'll test it for you (using T6LSP).

Contact Trados Support and see if they have a workaround for you.

This KB article addresses your problem, I think - note that the main issue is a Word problem. T6 has additional functionality that circumvents this.

Best regards, Ralf

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