Target font colour setting during a translation Thread poster: Rahi Moosavi
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Rahi Moosavi 
Canada
Local time: 22:24
Member (2004)
English to Persian (Farsi)
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Hi
One of my clients requires me to set the font colour of target segments on green (Trados dark green) but unfortunately I forgot to set this from the beginning of work in the TM attributes. Now I have set it but it only works when I translate a new segment or open/close an existing one. I've proceeded quite a lot with the translation and it would be hard to go back and open/close all the segments or change their colour from the start.
Is there any other way to do it? ... See more Hi
One of my clients requires me to set the font colour of target segments on green (Trados dark green) but unfortunately I forgot to set this from the beginning of work in the TM attributes. Now I have set it but it only works when I translate a new segment or open/close an existing one. I've proceeded quite a lot with the translation and it would be hard to go back and open/close all the segments or change their colour from the start.
Is there any other way to do it? I have to deliver the uncleaned text as well so it's not enough to make the clean file and modify the whole document (already been there!)
I'm working with Trados 6.5 + Word XP.
Thanks
Rahi
[Edited at 2005-04-17 10:17] ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Retranslate the original text | Apr 17, 2005 |
Hi!
If you open the original text (not the one you're working on) and retranslate it (using the go to next fuzzy should zip you through the sentences you've already translated) that ought to do the trick.
If you no longer have the original, you can (bear with me - it's kinda long).
1. Clean your text into a brand new memory
2. Export that memory
3. Import that export into a new memory reversing the language pair
4. Use that memory to pre-t... See more Hi!
If you open the original text (not the one you're working on) and retranslate it (using the go to next fuzzy should zip you through the sentences you've already translated) that ought to do the trick.
If you no longer have the original, you can (bear with me - it's kinda long).
1. Clean your text into a brand new memory
2. Export that memory
3. Import that export into a new memory reversing the language pair
4. Use that memory to pre-translate the translation back to the original.
5. Open your original memory again
6. Translate the source language document you should now have obtained with the correct color settings.
HTH
Alison ▲ Collapse
| | | | Rahi Moosavi
Canada
Local time: 22:24
Member (2004)
English to Persian (Farsi)
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TOPIC STARTER | Good one but another problem | Apr 17, 2005 |
I came up with that solution after posting the question but the problem became worse. The issue is that I am working with a TM supplied by the client (from the far east) and for some reason, their TM has Chinese characters along with Farsi and when you try to translate the text again with this TM (has my own translations as well) it places a number of occasional question marks in 100% matches, so I can't use the normal ALT+*
I even tried to fiddle with the font setting but i... See more I came up with that solution after posting the question but the problem became worse. The issue is that I am working with a TM supplied by the client (from the far east) and for some reason, their TM has Chinese characters along with Farsi and when you try to translate the text again with this TM (has my own translations as well) it places a number of occasional question marks in 100% matches, so I can't use the normal ALT+*
I even tried to fiddle with the font setting but it didn't help. I think I'm going to leave the font issue till the end when I'm doing the final proofing and shall use the colour as a mark of the proofing progress. Thanks for your help though, your solution works perfectly if the TM is good. ▲ Collapse
| | | | | One suggestion | Apr 17, 2005 |
If the translated segments have a definite "style," you can proceed as follows:
Find-Replace - More - Format - Style - Your Style -
(be sure that find box is empty, i.e., you are finding anyting with the specified style)
Replace With - Font - Font Color - Your Color
(be sure that replace with box is empty, i.e., you are changing only font color of the specified style)
This will change the color of all text with the named style.
... See more If the translated segments have a definite "style," you can proceed as follows:
Find-Replace - More - Format - Style - Your Style -
(be sure that find box is empty, i.e., you are finding anyting with the specified style)
Replace With - Font - Font Color - Your Color
(be sure that replace with box is empty, i.e., you are changing only font color of the specified style)
This will change the color of all text with the named style.
One more alternative:
Tools - Options - View:
Uncheck Hidden Text
Select All
Change color
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Rahi Moosavi
Canada
Local time: 22:24
Member (2004)
English to Persian (Farsi)
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TOPIC STARTER
Thanks Selcuk. I'll give the first suggestion a try. The second alternative won't work. I've already done that. When you uncheck, only the translated segments will be visible and one thinks that chnging the colour here would only be imposed on the translated segments but safly, when you check the option again to return to your work, all source and target segments are painted.
| | | | | First option works | Apr 17, 2005 |
I have just checked the first option with an uncleaned file.
It seems working although both source and target text have the same style ("normal"). Be sure that the hidden text option is unchecked.
| | | | Rahi Moosavi
Canada
Local time: 22:24
Member (2004)
English to Persian (Farsi)
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