How to retrieve translation Thread poster: Carol Chen
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Carol Chen 
China
Local time: 20:34
English to Chinese
For a field of "DD-MM-YYYY", I happened to translate it. Then it shows a "DDDD-MMMM-YYYYYYYY".Now I want to bring it back to "DD-MM-YYYY". Is there any button to do it? Thanks in advance!
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| Clarification? | Sep 29, 2007 |
Hi Carol,
Could you clarify what program you are working in and what you want to do precisely? That would help to give you a proper answer.
Annelise
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Ivana UK
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:34
Member (2005)
Italian to English
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If you're using Trados just click on:
1. Options on Translator's Workbench
2. then Substitution Localisation (third tab)
3. then set your preference under Date
4. make sure the Date box is ticked
5. click OK.
That should do it! If you're using another CAT tool then I can't help.
Best of luck,
Ivana
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Carol Chen
China
Local time: 20:34
English to Chinese
TOPIC STARTER | Cancel translation | Sep 29, 2007 |
Hi Annelise, it is in a Word file. Actually, it is like this:
1. Source text
2. I translate it, then it becomes
{0>Source textTranslated text
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Samuel Murray
Netherlands
Local time: 14:34
Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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| No button, looks like a bug | Sep 29, 2007 |
Carol Chen wrote:
For a field of "DD-MM-YYYY", I happened to translate it. Then it shows a "DDDD-MMMM-YYYYYYYY". Now I want to bring it back to "DD-MM-YYYY". Is there any button to do it?
This is a very strange behaviour. My version of Wordfast has never done this. I think you should report the bug... and no, there isn't a button to fix this sort of thing.
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Samuel Murray
Netherlands
Local time: 14:34
Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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| Please edit your post | Sep 29, 2007 |
Carol Chen wrote:
2. I translate it, then it becomes
{0>Source text<}0{>Translated text<0}
3.Then I realize the source text doesn't require translation, it should be kept as it was, i.e. Source text.
4.How could I get it back?
Make sure you don't have an existing open segment (pressing Alt+Delete should suffice).
Put your cursor anywhere on that text, and press Alt+down to open it. Then press Alt+Insert copy the source text into the target text. Then press Alt+End to close the segment.
If the segment is close enough to your current position, you can simply use Alt+up to go back to it, and when you're done, use Alt+down to move back to your current position.
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Carol Chen
China
Local time: 20:34
English to Chinese
TOPIC STARTER
Hi Samuel,
Thanks for your suggestion!
Regards
Carol
[quote]Samuel Murray wrote:
[quote]Carol Chen wrote:
2. I translate it, then it becomes
{0>Source textTranslated text
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Samuel Murray
Netherlands
Local time: 14:34
Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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| Oh, you're using Trados | Sep 30, 2007 |
Samuel Murray wrote:
If the segment is close enough to your current position, you can simply use Alt+up to go back to it, and when you're done, use Alt+down to move back to your current position.
In another thread you mention that you're using Trados. Sorry, I thought you were using Wordfast (initially I thought you had OmegaT, in fact). My advice may not work for Trados.
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LuciaC
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:34
English to Italian
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| It happens to me if working in tables | Oct 1, 2007 |
I figured out that I need to add a return at the end of the original sentence or paragraph. So, first open the segment and restore the original text, then add a return, then retranslate.
Could this work in your case?
[Edited at 2007-10-01 08:27]
[Edited at 2007-10-01 08:27]
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