(ss) and (ie) tags Thread poster: Csaba Ban
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Csaba Ban 
Hungary
Local time: 17:31
Member (2002)
English to Hungarian
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Dear All,
I'm facing the following dilemma. I have a tagged Trados file to translate. This is a manual with quite a few index entries.
The physical interface (i.e. text appearing on the front panel) of the equipment will not be localized, so the client intructed us to keep button names that appear in square brackets in their original form.
EN [Volume] Knob
HU [Volume] gomb
Such segments are preceded by an (ie) tag, which means "index... See more Dear All,
I'm facing the following dilemma. I have a tagged Trados file to translate. This is a manual with quite a few index entries.
The physical interface (i.e. text appearing on the front panel) of the equipment will not be localized, so the client intructed us to keep button names that appear in square brackets in their original form.
EN [Volume] Knob
HU [Volume] gomb
Such segments are preceded by an (ie) tag, which means "index entry".
Now, immediately after such segments what always follows is the same text, without brackets, with an (ss) tag.
My question is what (ss) stands for?
Whether the target texts after the (ss) and (ie) tags must be identical?
Or can I translate the button name after (ss) as follows:
EN Volume Knob
HU Hangerő gomb
Would this cause any conflict when creating the index? For this I would really need to know the function of this (ss) tag.
I plan to deliver the project Tuesday morning European time. I hope there are some night owls out there (or else people in different time zones...)
Thanks,
Csaba
[Módosítva: 2006-12-05 00:59] ▲ Collapse
| | | | | It's probably sorting order. | Dec 5, 2006 |
It's probably sorting order. Seems that author wanted sort entry "[Volume] knob" as "Volume knob", keeping it as "[Volume] knob" in index (but in "V" section, not in "[" section).
Give me 5 minutes, I will provide you with full info (unfortunately my VPN software doesn't work under Vista, so I cannot access my office desktop now).
Wojciech
| | | | | From S-Tagger 7 User Guide | Dec 5, 2006 |
If an (ie) tag and text is followed by the tag (ss) and additional text, this means that the index
entry should be sorted under some letter other than the first letter of the index entry.
For example, if the index entry ‘Road safety’ should always be sorted under S for safety, then the sort
string for the index entry ‘Road safety’ would be ‘safety’. Such an index entry would be represented
in the STF file as:
(imk 1)
(ie)Road safety
(ss)Safet... See more If an (ie) tag and text is followed by the tag (ss) and additional text, this means that the index
entry should be sorted under some letter other than the first letter of the index entry.
For example, if the index entry ‘Road safety’ should always be sorted under S for safety, then the sort
string for the index entry ‘Road safety’ would be ‘safety’. Such an index entry would be represented
in the STF file as:
(imk 1)
(ie)Road safety
(ss)Safety
(/imk)
The resulting index would contain the entry ‘Road safety’ under S instead of R.
Sort string entries should consist of an entire word rather than a letter. However, if the author has
entered only a letter, check the hard copy of the index to determine the letter under which the entry
should be sorted in the target language. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Csaba Ban
Hungary
Local time: 17:31
Member (2002)
English to Hungarian
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Now it makes sense
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