Need help with DejaVu Thread poster: Xiao Mei Tian
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Does anyone use DejaVu?
I would like to enlist your help in dealing with the coding problem I encountered when I tried to use DejaVu. I followed the DV Tutorial closely, but when I tried to send the sentences in Chinese from the project to the memory database, Chinese characters were turned into a (horrendous to me) list of question marks.
Does anyone have any clue as to what the problem was? Could anyone help?
Xiaomei with questio... See more Does anyone use DejaVu?
I would like to enlist your help in dealing with the coding problem I encountered when I tried to use DejaVu. I followed the DV Tutorial closely, but when I tried to send the sentences in Chinese from the project to the memory database, Chinese characters were turned into a (horrendous to me) list of question marks.
Does anyone have any clue as to what the problem was? Could anyone help?
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| Which Windows system do you use? | Oct 21, 2002 |
If you use Windows 2000 or Windows XP, that will happen as DV cannot handle Chinese font\'s name in Chinese character. Even you selected a Chinese font for the target language, DV will automatically revert to an English font for the target Chinese character, which results in the display in ???? of the Chinese text. The new version of Daja Vu X is coming soon. This is completely unicode based system and the above issue will be gone forever.
I had the same problem before and ... See more If you use Windows 2000 or Windows XP, that will happen as DV cannot handle Chinese font\'s name in Chinese character. Even you selected a Chinese font for the target language, DV will automatically revert to an English font for the target Chinese character, which results in the display in ???? of the Chinese text. The new version of Daja Vu X is coming soon. This is completely unicode based system and the above issue will be gone forever.
I had the same problem before and am waiting for the new version.
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Xiao Mei Tian 
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TOPIC STARTER | Trados or DV? | Oct 21, 2002 |
Thank you, Dr. Li.
My operating system is Windows 2000.
An aside for Dr. Li: which one do you prefer, Trados or DV?
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| I kind of prefer DV | Oct 22, 2002 |
I kind of prefer DV although I have used Trados for many years. DV has a single interface and it can use short phrases you translated to assemble a sentence for you.
Trados is too rigid and fragmented with the so called WorkPlace that is completely useless. They spent nearly two years on that while they should concentrate on core functionality and the intergration of different filters, small programs.
Another thing is their Terminology tool, cumbersome... See more I kind of prefer DV although I have used Trados for many years. DV has a single interface and it can use short phrases you translated to assemble a sentence for you.
Trados is too rigid and fragmented with the so called WorkPlace that is completely useless. They spent nearly two years on that while they should concentrate on core functionality and the intergration of different filters, small programs.
Another thing is their Terminology tool, cumbersome and ineffective. You could not add entry in real time until recently.
When I worked at Intel, I found so many bugs and issues and talked to their tech support so often that they told me at the Orlando ATA conference that they were trying to get me out of Intel and work for them. Of course, when I called them, I often tell them some work arounds to the issues, especially those specific with Chinese.
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Chinoise
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| Another suggestion! | Oct 27, 2002 |
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On 2002-10-21 21:41, xiaomei wrote:
Does anyone use DejaVu?
I would like to enlist your help in dealing with the coding problem I encountered when I tried to use DejaVu. I followed the DV Tutorial closely, but when I tried to send the sentences in Chinese from the project to the memory database, Chinese characters were turned into a (horrendous to me) list of question marks.
Does a
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On 2002-10-21 21:41, xiaomei wrote:
Does anyone use DejaVu?
I would like to enlist your help in dealing with the coding problem I encountered when I tried to use DejaVu. I followed the DV Tutorial closely, but when I tried to send the sentences in Chinese from the project to the memory database, Chinese characters were turned into a (horrendous to me) list of question marks.
Does anyone have any clue as to what the problem was? Could anyone help?
Xiaomei with question marks
Hi Xiaomei,
I once had a similar question , which I posted under the topic \"Please convince me to buy TRADOS vs. other CATs\" in the forum entitled \"Comparison shopping\". Here is the hyperlink
www.proz.com/?sp=bb/viewtopic&topic=3791&forum=9&20.
(If this link is technically unclickable ,you may directly visit that forum)
There are some 20 posts there, so you cannot miss the most valuable tips. Should you have further questions, let\'s discuss them later on.
Have a nice Sunday!
Regards,
Betty
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