How can I apply Swedish quotation marks instead of the normal inch mark in Studio? Thread poster: Fredrik Pettersson
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How can I apply Swedish quotation marks instead of the normal inch mark in Studio?
If I get a file from my customer full of strings of every row, each beginning and ending with a " sign, as my settings are now in Studio 2014 Studio uses the inch mark " to pretranslate to Swedish, but the correct quotation mark in Swedish is ” (actually doesn't look as it should here in this ProZ.com editor, should be more curled). Is there any way to change this in the settings?
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Roy Oestensen 
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| You may try AutoHotkey | Oct 10, 2015 |
Norwegian has the same trouble, except that we use « and » like French, except that French wants a space around the quote marks. I got the tip of using AutoHotkey (you would have to search for it in Google, I am afraid), where you can easily create a script to get " changed to the type of quote marks you want.
Insidentally, I thought Swedish was more or less identical to English in that respect, in that also English translators would prefer curly quotation marks over straight ones... See more Norwegian has the same trouble, except that we use « and » like French, except that French wants a space around the quote marks. I got the tip of using AutoHotkey (you would have to search for it in Google, I am afraid), where you can easily create a script to get " changed to the type of quote marks you want.
Insidentally, I thought Swedish was more or less identical to English in that respect, in that also English translators would prefer curly quotation marks over straight ones, but I guess Studio thinks that if the writer has chosen badly and uses the inch marks, then the target should do the same.
You could of course also use search and replace after you have finished the translation too.
But I regretably don't know of any way to change the setting in Studio directly. ▲ Collapse
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Gerard de Noord
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| File > Options > File Types > select a file > QuickInsert | Oct 11, 2015 |
As far as I know, the only workaround offered by Studio 2014 itself is File > Options > File Types > select a file > QuickInsert to add smart quotes as a QuickInsert element for each and every file you don't want straight quotes in. It's not ideal but faster than copying and pasting.
Cheers,
Gerard
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| Changing quotation marks | Oct 11, 2015 |
Hello, Fredrik,
You can use Quotation Magic tool (part of TransTools for Word add-in), which automatically replaces any quotation marks using a specific quotation mark style. It also changes straight apostrophes to curly apostrophes, and uses prime and double prime symbols (for feet and inches) after numbers. However, the tool works on Word documents only, so you would need to make replacements afte... See more Hello, Fredrik,
You can use Quotation Magic tool (part of TransTools for Word add-in), which automatically replaces any quotation marks using a specific quotation mark style. It also changes straight apostrophes to curly apostrophes, and uses prime and double prime symbols (for feet and inches) after numbers. However, the tool works on Word documents only, so you would need to make replacements after the document is exported from Studio.
Best regards,
Stanislav Okhvat
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Roy Oestensen
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English to Norwegian (Bokmal)
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| AutoHotkey is application independent | Oct 11, 2015 |
and I seem to remember it is free, so it may be a better choice than Quotation Magic tool. Also, to use TransTools for Word you would have to make an External View document, while AutoHotkey works automatically in Studio. I still think it is the better choice as long as you can't create a global setting for " in Studio.
To me it's a pity SDL demands that you have to do the chance for Quick Insert in each individual file type, which is a great weakness in my view. After all, some se... See more and I seem to remember it is free, so it may be a better choice than Quotation Magic tool. Also, to use TransTools for Word you would have to make an External View document, while AutoHotkey works automatically in Studio. I still think it is the better choice as long as you can't create a global setting for " in Studio.
To me it's a pity SDL demands that you have to do the chance for Quick Insert in each individual file type, which is a great weakness in my view. After all, some settings would be language dependent (like this one) and not file type dependent. ▲ Collapse
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| I think it came... | Oct 11, 2015 |
Roy Oestensen wrote:
To me it's a pity SDL demands that you have to do the chance for Quick Insert in each individual file type, which is a great weakness in my view. After all, some settings would be language dependent (like this one) and not file type dependent.
... about to ensure only things that were supported by the individual filetypes went into the translation and this can vary between files. Probably a constraint inherited from Trados days.
However, the Quicker Insert app I referred to provides a mechanism for working around it, and in Studio 2015 this app is actually part of the product.
Regards
Paul
SDL Community Support
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Roy Oestensen
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| Overlooked that | Oct 11, 2015 |
"However, the Quicker Insert app I referred to provides a mechanism for working around it, and in Studio 2015 this app is actually part of the product."
Excellent! I overlooked that in your message. Downloaded it straight away, and see it added to the ribbon now.
Will be interesting to try it out.
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NeoAtlas
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