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Format Paint: how do I use it with SDLX Lite?
Thread poster: Ivana de Sousa Santos
Ivana de Sousa Santos
Ivana de Sousa Santos  Identity Verified
Portugal
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French to Portuguese
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Jan 31, 2010

Hi

I guess this question deals with format paint.

I'm translating a text with SDLX Lite and I've got a format issue.

The expression is DinaViewTM Technology

Dinaview = blue colour
TM (upperscript) = yellow colour
Technology = Green colour

For the translation to be OK in Portuguese I would be:

Tecnologia DinaViewTM ---> this is:

Tecnologia = blue colour
DinaView = yellow colour
TM (u... See more
Hi

I guess this question deals with format paint.

I'm translating a text with SDLX Lite and I've got a format issue.

The expression is DinaViewTM Technology

Dinaview = blue colour
TM (upperscript) = yellow colour
Technology = Green colour

For the translation to be OK in Portuguese I would be:

Tecnologia DinaViewTM ---> this is:

Tecnologia = blue colour
DinaView = yellow colour
TM (upperscript) = Green colour

I don't know how to do this change.


Thank you in advance for your help,
Ivana ▲ Collapse
 
Heinrich Pesch
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Finland
Local time: 23:25
Member (2003)
Finnish to German
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Better view tabs as text Feb 1, 2010

Format painting is tricky sometimes. I always view the tags as text. Then you are able to highlight both text and tags and switch them around using draw and drop with the mouse.
Regards
Heinrich
 
Samuel Murray
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Netherlands
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Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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Export to TTX Feb 1, 2010

Ivana de Sousa Santos wrote:
I guess this question deals with format paint.


I have always refused ITD jobs because of format painting (or have told clients that I will do the translation but not the painting). Then I discovered that most (all?) ITD files can be exported to TTX, and back. Do you have that option? The important thing to remember is that you mustn't change the filename (or at least, change it back to what SDL Edit made it).
 
Translation-Pro
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Germany
Local time: 22:25
English to German
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Click on Help :-) Feb 2, 2010

Hi,

Click on Help, then Help Topics, then Format Painting.

Hope this helps!

Christa
 


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