What is Tag Editor? Thread poster: Robert Forstag
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Robert Forstag 
United States
Local time: 01:35
Spanish to English
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Apologies for the stupid question, but a job has just been posted in my language pair that requires Trados and Tag Editor. I've just purchased Trados, but I've not yet used it. Does "Tag Editor" come with the Trados package or is this a separate program? If separate, does it cost money, and if it costs money where does one purchase it?
Okay, a number of pretty rudimentary questions here....
Happy holidays to all!
| | | | | Thanks for asking | Dec 23, 2008 |
Odd you asked this question Robert as I was wondering about Tag Editor this afternoon. I have been a translator for 2O years without using Tag Editor and am suddenly curious about it. What does it do better than others?
| | | | Buck
Netherlands
Local time: 07:35
Dutch to English
| What is Tag Editor? | Dec 23, 2008 |
A pain in the a*se, if you ask me. We have recently started using it in the office for PowerPoint files, for example. You have to make sure you don't accidentally delete a tag or forget to copy one and you can't make any changes to a string that isn't open. I much prefer TW. Just my opinion.
| | | | Mulyadi Subali
Indonesia
Local time: 12:35
Member
English to Indonesian
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| access to tageditor | Dec 23, 2008 |
Robert Forstag wrote:
Apologies for the stupid question, but a job has just been posted in my language pair that requires Trados and Tag Editor. I've just purchased Trados, but I've not yet used it. Does "Tag Editor" come with the Trados package or is this a separate program? If separate, does it cost money, and if it costs money where does one purchase it?
Okay, a number of pretty rudimentary questions here....
Happy holidays to all!
it does come with the trados package. assuming you have the latest freelance version, you can access it from start - all programs - sdl international - sdl trados - sdl trados 2007 freelance - tageditor.
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Mulyadi Subali
Indonesia
Local time: 12:35
Member
English to Indonesian
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| what i like... | Dec 23, 2008 |
NR_Stedman wrote:
Odd you asked this question Robert as I was wondering about Tag Editor this afternoon. I have been a translator for 2O years without using Tag Editor and am suddenly curious about it. What does it do better than others?
i dunno whether it's better (than other cat tools), but i like it because it preserve tags and formatting better than using translator's workbench + microsoft word. it also provides one interface/tool to deal with, i.e., translate, various file formats instead of swaping between tools.
| | | | Mulyadi Subali
Indonesia
Local time: 12:35
Member
English to Indonesian
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Buck wrote:
A pain in the a*se, if you ask me. We have recently started using it in the office for PowerPoint files, for example. You have to make sure you don't accidentally delete a tag or forget to copy one and you can't make any changes to a string that isn't open. I much prefer TW. Just my opinion.
to prevent tag deletion, you can turn on the tag protection. to make sure you don't forget inserting the tag, you can set tageditor, or is it tw?, to copy the source on empty translation unit. btw, usually there's pop up window reminding us when a tag is missing or different.
| | | | Heinrich Pesch
Finland
Local time: 08:35
Member (2003)
Finnish to German
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| Its not an editor for tags at least | Dec 23, 2008 |
Tageditor is part of the SDL Trados package since version 6.5 at least. With TE you can translate also files that come from various publishing applications like Framemaker, Indesign and the like. Ideally you translate just the content and all formatting is preserved, so the customer can open the translation in their own application without any post-translation efforts. So TE enlarges the spectrum of environments far beyond normal word processing environments like Word.
The drawback of TE i... See more Tageditor is part of the SDL Trados package since version 6.5 at least. With TE you can translate also files that come from various publishing applications like Framemaker, Indesign and the like. Ideally you translate just the content and all formatting is preserved, so the customer can open the translation in their own application without any post-translation efforts. So TE enlarges the spectrum of environments far beyond normal word processing environments like Word.
The drawback of TE is the missing on-line spelling checker.
Regards
Heinrich ▲ Collapse
| | | | Rod Walters
Japan
Local time: 14:35
Japanese to English
| You can set a spell checker for TE | Dec 24, 2008 |
You can use a spell checker when closing segments, but you have to set it up first.
Use:
Tools > Plug-ins to choose a spell checker
then
Tools > Options > Spelling to set the options
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Spiros Doikas
Local time: 08:35
Member (2002)
English to Greek
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| And of course you can spell check | Dec 24, 2008 |
... At any time. For example, when you are finished with your translation, click F7.
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