Strange jumping behaviour Thread poster: Jørgen Madsen
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I'm translating a word file (doc) using Word 2002 and Trados 6.5.5.438 (no recent upgrades). The word file contains one large table with one column and one sentence/segment in each cell. Some segments include internal Trados tags (not sure from which program, maybe FM).
When leaving some (not all) segments using Alt++ to go to the next segment, Word jumps 50 lines down in the document, thus skipping a lot of segments and opens a segment there. There's nothing wrong with the segments in bet... See more I'm translating a word file (doc) using Word 2002 and Trados 6.5.5.438 (no recent upgrades). The word file contains one large table with one column and one sentence/segment in each cell. Some segments include internal Trados tags (not sure from which program, maybe FM).
When leaving some (not all) segments using Alt++ to go to the next segment, Word jumps 50 lines down in the document, thus skipping a lot of segments and opens a segment there. There's nothing wrong with the segments in between; they can be opened normally.
Any ideas why this is happening? I've worked with Trados almost daily for 9 years now and have never seen this behaviour before.
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| | | | Pilar T. Bayle (X) 
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When leaving some (not all) segments using Alt++ to go to the next segment, Word jumps 50 lines down in the document, thus skipping a lot of segments and opens a segment there.
Not a solution, just some commiseration. I delivered a document yesterday that had the same glitch. I had to open the segments manually, one by one, since trying to jump automatically to the next segment would place me near the end of the document.
So have a cup of coffee and gather your patience... I learnt how to use some interesting shortcuts along the way.
P.
www.pbayle.com
| | | | | similar problem | Aug 11, 2005 |
again, with tables in Word format. In my case, 100% matches are not recognized, unless I manually press "get" button for each and every segment. Indeed, patience is required!
Does anyone know how Wordfast deals with tables?
| | | | Jørgen Madsen
Local time: 21:10
English to Danish
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Thanks for the comments... nice to know I'm not alone here
Anyway, as a freelancer you get used to finding workarounds and creative solutions to all kinds of problems. In this particular case, I chose not to try and understand Trados but rather make a copy of the file and convert the table into text. After having translated this copy, I could quickly translate the original file using Translate to fuzzy.
... See more Thanks for the comments... nice to know I'm not alone here
Anyway, as a freelancer you get used to finding workarounds and creative solutions to all kinds of problems. In this particular case, I chose not to try and understand Trados but rather make a copy of the file and convert the table into text. After having translated this copy, I could quickly translate the original file using Translate to fuzzy.
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