Font size problem in WordFast Thread poster: Daina Jauntirans
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In the document that I am translating currently, the text in the target box shows up in 10-point font, although the source is in 12-point font. Sometimes the font also changes from Times New Roman to Courier New. Why would this be happening?
| | | | | Have save as copy and resort to horizontal tiling of two files | Sep 6, 2003 |
Take a save as copy of the original document say x as x-translated. Have both the files tiled horizontally one above the other, the x-translated preferably at the top. Just select the first sentence in the top tile, type your translation over it and there should be no font problem. The advantage of this method is that you do not need any printout. Just use the bottom file for reading and overtype the top tile. At the end of the day you will end up with two documents identical in appearance, font... See more Take a save as copy of the original document say x as x-translated. Have both the files tiled horizontally one above the other, the x-translated preferably at the top. Just select the first sentence in the top tile, type your translation over it and there should be no font problem. The advantage of this method is that you do not need any printout. Just use the bottom file for reading and overtype the top tile. At the end of the day you will end up with two documents identical in appearance, fonts, italics et al, except of course the language. Remember one thing. Do not select bold words along with the non-bold letters, italic letters etc. In that case even the bold and italic words will be retained in their respective places. For example, the German word "Feld" can be easily converted to "field" with minimum number of keystrokes. The total keystrokes will be much less than if you have to type all the words afresh. The numbers can be left untouched and there is no risk of typing the numbers wrongly. Good luck.
Daina Jauntirans wrote:
In the document that I am translating currently, the text in the target box shows up in 10-point font, although the source is in 12-point font. Sometimes the font also changes from Times New Roman to Courier New. Why would this be happening? ▲ Collapse
| | | | | same happened to me | Sep 6, 2003 |
Sorry I'm unable to help!
I have version 4.20 build 44e running on Word 2000 under Windows XP.
The same happened to me and I went through options and PB commands but couldn't find anything to solve it, because, infact, it does it randomly, only in a few scattered segments, generally in long documents.
I'd appreciate a good hint to solve it as well.
| | | | | This happens in Trados sometimes too.... | Sep 6, 2003 |
Hi Daina!
I work with Trados, not Wordfast, but a problem similar to the one you describe sometimes happens in Trados too. It occurs when the source text hasn't been properly formated by the orginator. It would be so nice if everyone understood the joys of Word formatting, but unfortunately that is not the case.
In Trados I work around this problem by going to the previous translated sentence, highlighting a few characters, clicking that little paintbrush icon on your ... See more Hi Daina!
I work with Trados, not Wordfast, but a problem similar to the one you describe sometimes happens in Trados too. It occurs when the source text hasn't been properly formated by the orginator. It would be so nice if everyone understood the joys of Word formatting, but unfortunately that is not the case.
In Trados I work around this problem by going to the previous translated sentence, highlighting a few characters, clicking that little paintbrush icon on your Word toolbar (Helen taught me this trick, she learned it from Katy... but that was a long time ago). This icon means copy formatting. Then "brush" over the text you want to reformat.
Hope that helps a little bit.
Alison ▲ Collapse
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| Sorry, I didn't read the initial posting carefully | Sep 7, 2003 |
It never occurred to me that this was some problem with CAT tool, though in retrospect my excuse looks very feeble. Fact is, the mind did not register it at that time. Sorry.
| | | | | Couldn't find the solution either | Sep 8, 2003 |
In my case, I have Version 4.20 Build 31 running on Word 2000/Windows 2000 Pro. (Need to update!) My text was only about 3-4 pages, and every segment was like this. It did have quite a few bulleted lists - wonder if this has anything to do with it. Anyway, I used the paintbrush method and then checked the formatting again after cleaning. This would be a pain, though, with a long doc!
PS No problem, Narasimhan! In fact, the way you describe working is the way I work in most ca... See more In my case, I have Version 4.20 Build 31 running on Word 2000/Windows 2000 Pro. (Need to update!) My text was only about 3-4 pages, and every segment was like this. It did have quite a few bulleted lists - wonder if this has anything to do with it. Anyway, I used the paintbrush method and then checked the formatting again after cleaning. This would be a pain, though, with a long doc!
PS No problem, Narasimhan! In fact, the way you describe working is the way I work in most cases also. ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Found a time saver! | Sep 8, 2003 |
Just found this WordFast shortcut:
Alt + Ctrl + Insert
It copies the style of the source segment to the target segment - quicker than "painting." So at least we have a workaround.
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