Error opening header/footer for translation Thread poster: Alexandra Timmis
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Hi,
First of all, I am sorry to bring up this topic yet again! I have gone through the previous calls for help, but nothing that was suggested helped.
I am using Trados 2007 Freelance, Vista and Office 2007. I am currently translating a Word file with different header and footers and am struggling to translate those. I can open the footer/header section but when I then try to open the segments in Workbench (open/get) it closes the footer/header and opens another ... See more Hi,
First of all, I am sorry to bring up this topic yet again! I have gone through the previous calls for help, but nothing that was suggested helped.
I am using Trados 2007 Freelance, Vista and Office 2007. I am currently translating a Word file with different header and footers and am struggling to translate those. I can open the footer/header section but when I then try to open the segments in Workbench (open/get) it closes the footer/header and opens another sentence from the running document. BTW, I used the “translate” option of workbench before I started translating the document. Funnily enough, the headers and footers have been translated (unfortunately some are fuzzy matches, which means I need to amend)
- I can’t use TagEditor as the customer has specified an “unclean Word file”
- I have translated the document through to the end in the hope that it would then move on to the headers/footers. Unfortunately it didn’t.
- I have tried the option of adding a „hard break“ at the end of the footer/header – to no avail. It still ignores my request and opens a sentence in the running text.
- The format of the headers/footers is: “header even page”, “header odd page”, “footer even page” and “footer odd page”, no numbering style.
Since the headers/footers are all pre-translated (some 100% and some fuzzy matches), I was wondering what happened if I altered the translated segments without actually opening them in WB? Will it accept the changes when the customer cleans the document?
Thanks very much for all suggestions.
Alex ▲ Collapse
| | | | cry4moon
South Korea
Local time: 06:29
English to Korean
| similar problem.. | Oct 22, 2008 |
Hi, friend! I had got simliar problems before and asked several collegues. Unfortunately, nobody gave me a clear answer. The only answer I'd got was the one you told. I directly corrected the content without opening the segment. guess there were no problems as my client told me it's just ok. Even sometimes the other segments excluding header/footer were not accessible as well soon after I opened header/footer first. I guess it mig... See more Hi, friend! I had got simliar problems before and asked several collegues. Unfortunately, nobody gave me a clear answer. The only answer I'd got was the one you told. I directly corrected the content without opening the segment. guess there were no problems as my client told me it's just ok. Even sometimes the other segments excluding header/footer were not accessible as well soon after I opened header/footer first. I guess it might be a technical problem within the application itself. Cheers! ▲ Collapse
| | | | | You can use TE indeed | Oct 22, 2008 |
You can use TagEditor and still deliver an unclean Word file. You can translate your file in TagEditor and then convert it to a bilingual RTF using TTXpress; I thing PlusTools can do the trick too but I am not 100 % sure.
| | | | Annika Hedqvist 
Sweden
Local time: 23:29
Member (2008)
English to Swedish
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| Solution without TagEditor and TTXpress? | Feb 28, 2009 |
I'm having the exact same problem as Alex and I'm wondering if anyone ever came up with a solution that worked. I tried translating my document in TagEditor, but then I couldn't even find the headers I needed to translate! Granted, I'm not very experienced with TagEditor, so maybe I need to change some settings to see them.
I also tried downloading TTXpress out of curiosity - it sounds like it could be a useful tool. I opened the .exe file, which ran for a few seconds or so and then... See more I'm having the exact same problem as Alex and I'm wondering if anyone ever came up with a solution that worked. I tried translating my document in TagEditor, but then I couldn't even find the headers I needed to translate! Granted, I'm not very experienced with TagEditor, so maybe I need to change some settings to see them.
I also tried downloading TTXpress out of curiosity - it sounds like it could be a useful tool. I opened the .exe file, which ran for a few seconds or so and then promptly told me it was installed. I'm using Word 2007 too and I can't see TTXpress anywhere. Does it not work with Word 2007?
I think my client will probably accept that I just translate the headers manually, without Trados, but it's an annoying problem and it would be great if someone had a solution. ▲ Collapse
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Alexandra Timmis
Germany
Local time: 23:29
English to German
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TOPIC STARTER | what I ended up doing | Feb 28, 2009 |
Hi Annika,
I can't help you with TTXpress, but I can tell you what I ended up doing:
In case of the pre-translated units, I manually amended them (i.e. I did not open the TU with Workbench, but simply put my cursor in there and typed away)
The header/footer that were not pretranslated, I just had to translate manually and told my client why I did that. He was happy enough.
It would, however, be wonderful if somebody some day found a good solution to t... See more Hi Annika,
I can't help you with TTXpress, but I can tell you what I ended up doing:
In case of the pre-translated units, I manually amended them (i.e. I did not open the TU with Workbench, but simply put my cursor in there and typed away)
The header/footer that were not pretranslated, I just had to translate manually and told my client why I did that. He was happy enough.
It would, however, be wonderful if somebody some day found a good solution to this rather annoying issue.
Good luck
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| | | | Carmen Álvarez
Spain
Local time: 23:29
Member (2014)
English to Spanish
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| Three years later... | Jan 31, 2012 |
...I have the same problem. Windows 7, Trados 2007 and Word 2007.
Anyone found out any solution?
Thanks.
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