Special characters in Trados from a Mac keyboard? Thread poster: Marie-Cécile Béal
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Hello,
Here comes the expected next question from me.
I am very happy with my MacBook Pro, and getting used to the US keyboard to type French special characters. I find this surprisingly easy.
I have installed Trados on a virtual Windows OS within the Mac, the application runs smoothly. I have found in this forum some tips to customize the Trados shortcuts.
Now, how to type the special characters in Trados with my Mac keyboard? The external ke... See more Hello,
Here comes the expected next question from me.
I am very happy with my MacBook Pro, and getting used to the US keyboard to type French special characters. I find this surprisingly easy.
I have installed Trados on a virtual Windows OS within the Mac, the application runs smoothly. I have found in this forum some tips to customize the Trados shortcuts.
Now, how to type the special characters in Trados with my Mac keyboard? The external keyboard solution doesn't suit me, I like to be mobile.
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| | | | Joakim Braun 
Sweden
Local time: 01:44
German to Swedish
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| What doesn't work? | Nov 6, 2010 |
Huh? I can type diacritics just fine in Trados on my Swedish MacBook Pro keyboard.
I'm pretty sure Parallels (you're using that, right?) simply forwards the Unicode of the typed characters to Windows. What you type is what you get.
As for shortcuts, don't forget to look at the Parallels keyboard settings.
| | | | Stefano Papaleo
Italy
Local time: 01:44
Member (2005)
English to Italian
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| Add French Layout | Nov 6, 2010 |
Hi,
instead of learning weird key combination, just add in Windows the French keyboard layout and switch to that when you need that. It takes a little to get used to and it's not WYSIWYG but if you're familiar with the French layout it won't be so hard to press one key knowing that it will output the special character you need. You can easily switch from one layout to the other by pressing ALT+SHIFT.
I have a UK keyboard and of course need Italian characters... having b... See more Hi,
instead of learning weird key combination, just add in Windows the French keyboard layout and switch to that when you need that. It takes a little to get used to and it's not WYSIWYG but if you're familiar with the French layout it won't be so hard to press one key knowing that it will output the special character you need. You can easily switch from one layout to the other by pressing ALT+SHIFT.
I have a UK keyboard and of course need Italian characters... having both layouts installed and being very familiar with where the keys are, I have no problem in typing on a British kb as if it were an Italian one. Give it a try.
Salut,
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| | | | | I use VMware Fusion | Nov 6, 2010 |
And my Mac Book is a US version but it works very well to write in French in the Mac environment. There is something not right then? I can write all the accents on the Mac, but the keys don't work in Windows or they have other functions.
I will try with the French keyboard setting in the Windows environment but I expected it would be easier. And perhaps I should give a try with Parallel instead of Fusion?
Fortunately Wordfast Pro works perfectly on Mac (trouble with Wo... See more And my Mac Book is a US version but it works very well to write in French in the Mac environment. There is something not right then? I can write all the accents on the Mac, but the keys don't work in Windows or they have other functions.
I will try with the French keyboard setting in the Windows environment but I expected it would be easier. And perhaps I should give a try with Parallel instead of Fusion?
Fortunately Wordfast Pro works perfectly on Mac (trouble with Wordfast Classic though with my Word 2011). Trados is such a complication.
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That type-this-then-type-that solution doesn't sound all that great.
If the standard French keyboard is a 105-key layout that can't be covered by the 104-key US keyboard (one physical key is missing), then I would buy a French keyboard for the computer. This being Apple, I'm sure it will be preposterously expensive but it should be available. Have a repair shop install it if you don't trust your own skills.
Of course if you type in French only occasionally, then it's pr... See more That type-this-then-type-that solution doesn't sound all that great.
If the standard French keyboard is a 105-key layout that can't be covered by the 104-key US keyboard (one physical key is missing), then I would buy a French keyboard for the computer. This being Apple, I'm sure it will be preposterously expensive but it should be available. Have a repair shop install it if you don't trust your own skills.
Of course if you type in French only occasionally, then it's probably not worth it.
An example (may not fit your computer):
http://www.welovemacs.com/f9227183.html ▲ Collapse
| | | | | US international is fine | Nov 6, 2010 |
FarkasAndras wrote: That type-this-then-type-that solution doesn't sound all that great. If the standard French keyboard is a 105-key layout that can't be covered by the 104-key US keyboard (one physical key is missing), then I would buy a French keyboard for the computer. This being Apple, I'm sure it will be preposterously expensive but it should be available. Have a repair shop install it if you don't trust your own skills. Of course if you type in French only occasionally, then it's probably not worth it. An example (may not fit your computer): http://www.welovemacs.com/f9227183.html
I have an external French keyboard that would fit but I prefer to use my MacBook as a laptop and thus remain mobile. The US international setting is very easy to use so I am a happy translator now
| | | | | Installing vs plugging in | Nov 7, 2010 |
The keyboard I was talking about is not an external USB keyboard. It's a replacement keyboard for the laptop. Otherwise talking about installation by a shop and model version compatibility would make no sense at all.
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Norway
Local time: 01:44
English to Norwegian
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| Special key for Windows on MacBook | Feb 17, 2011 |
How do access Home and End-key functions? Which keys do you press?
| | | | | dead keys not kludgy | Feb 17, 2011 |
FarkasAndras wrote:
That type-this-then-type-that solution doesn't sound all that great.
As for the “type-this-then-type-that solution” (dead keys), I find this still infinitely better than the “there’s no way to type anything” scenario on Windows.
Chinese is a completely different thing. Apple’s support for inputting Chinese is—what should I say—weird.
[Edited at 2011-02-17 20:14 GMT]
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