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untranslatable doc. for a lot of tags
Thread poster: aazaadeh
aazaadeh
aazaadeh
Iran
Local time: 22:20
Sep 25, 2010

I have a doc. that I should translate it on SDLX trados studio 2009 but when I convert the file to sdlxliff format it shows a lot of tags that makes it unable to read and so translate. is there anyway to remove tags or change the document in a way that has less tags?
what should I do? HELP

thank you in advance

Aazaadeh
 
Emma Goldsmith
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Spain
Local time: 20:50
Member (2004)
Spanish to English
probably a pdf Sep 25, 2010

Your doc file was probably a pdf conversion and is full of spacing tags between characters.
If you can, clear all formatting from your word doc, or, if you don't want to lose all the formatting, then select the whole file and then give it a single font, set kerning to 0 and scale to 100%. These setting can be accessed by pressing ctrl+D (character settings), 2nd tab.
Then open this doc in Studio.
HTH
 
aazaadeh
aazaadeh
Iran
Local time: 22:20
TOPIC STARTER
no diffrerence Sep 25, 2010

I think so. but your approach doesn't work
any other idea?
 
Jerzy Czopik
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Germany
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Polish to German
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It will work Sep 25, 2010

You have to recreate your SDLX file after having reformatted the Word document as Emma suggests.
You can also apply a common font to all segments.
Convert the file to Word 2007, check the filter settings if ignoring of advanced formatting like kerning or tracking is allowed and try with that file.
 
aazaadeh
aazaadeh
Iran
Local time: 22:20
TOPIC STARTER
thank both of you Sep 25, 2010

by your explanations, Jerzy, I got the point. it works Emma. thanks alot
 
Heinrich Pesch
Heinrich Pesch  Identity Verified
Finland
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Finnish to German
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Get David Turners CodeZapper Sep 26, 2010

Next time you should try CodeZapper, it removes those tags in one run.
Regards
Heinrich
 
aazaadeh
aazaadeh
Iran
Local time: 22:20
TOPIC STARTER
let me try it Sep 26, 2010

thanks for your suggestion. surely I will try it and thank you

[Edited at 2010-09-26 13:52 GMT]
 


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