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Source text and paragraph markers appearing in trados
Thread poster: Kate Larabie
Kate Larabie
Kate Larabie  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:22
French to English
Apr 16, 2008

I wonder if someone could help as I cant seem to access the Tradaos help centre from my computer today.

I was in the middle of translating a document and I must have unwittingly changed a setting as all of a sudden every time I pressed 'set/close' it would not replace the source language phrase with the translated one but would show the soure phrase then the translation after it, along with purple markers.

After some fiddling around I just carried on translating but no... See more
I wonder if someone could help as I cant seem to access the Tradaos help centre from my computer today.

I was in the middle of translating a document and I must have unwittingly changed a setting as all of a sudden every time I pressed 'set/close' it would not replace the source language phrase with the translated one but would show the soure phrase then the translation after it, along with purple markers.

After some fiddling around I just carried on translating but now almost the whole document is like this. Could anyone tell me how to get rid of this and just put it back to only the translation showing, not only for further translations but for the section I have already completed?

Very simple problem, I know, but I'm stumped!

Many thanks in advance for any help you could offer!! ▲ Collapse
 
Rebecca Hendry
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Hidden text Apr 16, 2008

Hi Kate,

If you go to Tools-->Options-->View, you will probably find that the "hidden text" box is ticked in the "formatting marks" section. Just untick it, that should do it!

Becky.
 
Ralf Lemster
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English to German
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Works as designed - search for 'hidden text' Apr 16, 2008

Hi Kate,
You did not specify the software you're working with, as requested when posting a new topic in this forum; from your description, I would assume you're referring to a Word document, which you're translating in Word - right?

This is not a problem - in fact, Word works as designed: to avoid inadvertently damaging tags, it is recommended to keep all non-printable characters and hidden text displayed.

The 'mechanics' of showing/hiding non-printable character... See more
Hi Kate,
You did not specify the software you're working with, as requested when posting a new topic in this forum; from your description, I would assume you're referring to a Word document, which you're translating in Word - right?

This is not a problem - in fact, Word works as designed: to avoid inadvertently damaging tags, it is recommended to keep all non-printable characters and hidden text displayed.

The 'mechanics' of showing/hiding non-printable characters have been discussed many times in this forum - just search for "hidden text".

Best regards,
Ralf ▲ Collapse
 
Kate Larabie
Kate Larabie  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:22
French to English
TOPIC STARTER
Thanks for quick reply Apr 16, 2008

Thank you for getting back to me so quickly.

I am using Windows Vista and Trados Synergy 2007.

Unfortunately as I am using Windows Vista and the layout is different I am still struggling to find the 'hidden text' box using Becky's tools-options-view suggestion. Any ideas where it is in Vista?

Many thanks again for any help offered.

Kate
 
Kate Larabie
Kate Larabie  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:22
French to English
TOPIC STARTER
Found it! Apr 16, 2008

Dear all,

Just found it! In Vista you have to go a very different route to the 'hidden text' option but I have deselected it and it now only shows the English - much easier to proof!!

Many thanks for all your help as I really was stuck on what to look for.

Kate
 
Ralf Lemster
Ralf Lemster  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 20:22
English to German
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Vista vs. Office Apr 16, 2008

Hi again,

Unfortunately as I am using Windows Vista and the layout is different I am still struggling to find the 'hidden text' box using Becky's tools-options-view suggestion. Any ideas where it is in Vista?

Nowhere - Vista is the operating system. You would need to look in Word (2007, presumably?).

Best regards,
Ralf
 


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