Encoding goes crazy with Trados 2007 / Word 2007 Thread poster: Jussi Rosti
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Jussi Rosti 
Finland
Local time: 01:32
Member (2005)
English to Finnish
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I'm translating from Swedish to Finnish, (using Trados 2007 with Word 2007) and suddenly - closing a segment - all the special characters changed into some Asian (probably Japanese) chars. Oh my god. This is a mess.
[Edited at 2007-10-31 14:37]
| | | | Jerzy Czopik
Germany
Local time: 00:32
Member (2003)
Polish to German
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| Did you check the styles? | Nov 1, 2007 |
Is the language of your document set up properly? Or maybe the language is/was defined as an Asian one?
Jerzy
| | | | arterm
Serbia
Local time: 00:32
English to Russian
| the matter is with the default styles in the document | Nov 1, 2007 |
I often get this with the files sent from Israel.
I use the following trick:
1) Select ALL
2) Change language to what you really need
3) Save as MS Word 6.0 document
4) Close the document
5) Open the document
Alternatively you have to check each style used in the document and make sure that Asian language settings in the Font section are disabled and changed to your correct local settings.
| | | | Jussi Rosti
Finland
Local time: 01:32
Member (2005)
English to Finnish
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TOPIC STARTER | Yes, I've checked all I can think of, but nothing seems wrong | Nov 1, 2007 |
I have checked styles, languages, and document properties and I don't see anything strange.
The language is ok (even on the individual strange chars).
However, they have different font (MS Mincho). Changing that back to Times does not help.
Please note that this doc is fully ok before closing segments with Trados.
Moreover, I managed to translate the document with TagEditor, with no problems at all (apart from not being able to use my Word shortcuts, ... See more I have checked styles, languages, and document properties and I don't see anything strange.
The language is ok (even on the individual strange chars).
However, they have different font (MS Mincho). Changing that back to Times does not help.
Please note that this doc is fully ok before closing segments with Trados.
Moreover, I managed to translate the document with TagEditor, with no problems at all (apart from not being able to use my Word shortcuts, of course).
Maybe I'm not finding something in the Word 2007? I kind of do not like the style of hiding technicalities. Of course, it makes the program more accessible for the first-time users, but solving problems is a nightmare.
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Jussi Rosti
Finland
Local time: 01:32
Member (2005)
English to Finnish
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TOPIC STARTER | The more I study, the better it gets... | Nov 1, 2007 |
ARTEM SEDOV wrote:
I often get this with the files sent from Israel.
I use the following trick:
1) ...
I already use old Word format, so I can't try this. However, I tried
1) to save in RTF - does not help; the same
2) save in plain text, then copy the unformatted text to a plain vanilla Word file. This results in situation, where closing Trados segment changes the special characters to Thai (sic!) instead of Japanese, and this time correctly changing the language, too to Thai.
(but changing the language back to Swedish does not fix the chars)
[Edited at 2007-11-01 11:25]
| | | | Jerzy Czopik
Germany
Local time: 00:32
Member (2003)
Polish to German
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| The reason for the font changes lies in formatting/styles | Nov 1, 2007 |
Please check again, if there is no Asian language in the styles of your document.
The change to MS Mincho points really in that direction.
OTOH Tageditor will never change any formatting, as it works on a different level.
If you are still curious, please send me the Word file in question (I have "only" Office 2003, so if there is an option of savin as O2003, please do so). Please contact me via my profile for that.
Jerzy
| | | | arterm
Serbia
Local time: 00:32
English to Russian
| I can also try to fix your file if you want | Nov 1, 2007 |
I can also try to fix your file if you want
| | | | Jussi Rosti
Finland
Local time: 01:32
Member (2005)
English to Finnish
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TOPIC STARTER | Problem solved | Nov 4, 2007 |
The problem came from a startup .dot file (some macros), which worked ok with earlier Word, but not with 2007 anymore. Removing the .dot file fixed the problem.
Thank you for your help Jerzy & Artem!
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