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Gerry Vickers
Gerry Vickers  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
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Czech to English
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Apr 12, 2012

OK - another thing that is probably really easy to solve!

How do I stop spaces being generated in the target where they are not needed after the {ut1} (whatever they are called) or after symbols such as "/".

Thanks
 
Yasmin Moslem
Yasmin Moslem  Identity Verified
Egypt
Local time: 19:37
English to Arabic
Google Translate? Apr 12, 2012

Dear Gerry,

Do you use Google Translate? If so, here is the problem. You will NOT even have this if you use MS Translator.

What you can do is to activate TransCheck on "Forbidden Characters" at the main list (Edit menu > Preferences > TransCheck), and "Apply", and then add something like "} " (a curly bracket without quotes) to the "Forbidden Chars" sub-tab. You can later use the TransCheck toolbar button. At least this will notify you about such cases; however, remembe... See more
Dear Gerry,

Do you use Google Translate? If so, here is the problem. You will NOT even have this if you use MS Translator.

What you can do is to activate TransCheck on "Forbidden Characters" at the main list (Edit menu > Preferences > TransCheck), and "Apply", and then add something like "} " (a curly bracket without quotes) to the "Forbidden Chars" sub-tab. You can later use the TransCheck toolbar button. At least this will notify you about such cases; however, remember that some of them could be correct and others not correct; so this requires checking them manually.

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Best Regards,
Yasmin Moslem

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Gerry Vickers
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I thought it might be something like that Apr 12, 2012

Thanks.

I tried the transcheck that you mention, however all it seems to do is to tell me where they are which doesn't actually help
 


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