Hide batch list of words in Excel before translation Thread poster: Ahmed Maher
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Hi,
I have Excel file to translate. I also have another list of words and phrases repeated in this Ecel file and I want to hide such words before translation.
The list somehow big and it is impossible to hide the words and phrases manually.
I need to keep the words in this list in source language after translation with Trados Studio.
Let me know if any clarification required.
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Maybe do a VLOOKUP... | Aug 17, 2014 |
... in Excel against this list and have the formulae add some text to an empty column. Then filter on that column once it contains some text and hide all these rows. Now translate the file.
Would something like that work? Clearly without seeing your file I have no idea if this is an approach that would work but it might give you an idea.
Regards
Paul | | |
Ahmed Maher Local time: 02:21 English to Arabic + ... TOPIC STARTER Sample file sent | Aug 18, 2014 |
Hi Paul,
Thanks very much for your post.
I sent a sample file to your page at ProZ.
Let me know if any further query.
Regards,
Ahmed Maher | | |
Ok - now I understand what you want | Aug 18, 2014 |
Hi Ahmed,
All you have to do is copy the stuff you want to remain as is and add it to your variable list in your TM. This way the text will remain untranslated when you get a match in your TM, and can be easily placed and recognised as non-translatable text when you are in a new segment.
Hiding them is not the right answer because they are actually within the sentences your are working on. So you just need to make them variables.
If you have Studio 2014 i... See more Hi Ahmed,
All you have to do is copy the stuff you want to remain as is and add it to your variable list in your TM. This way the text will remain untranslated when you get a match in your TM, and can be easily placed and recognised as non-translatable text when you are in a new segment.
Hiding them is not the right answer because they are actually within the sentences your are working on. So you just need to make them variables.
If you have Studio 2014 it's pretty simple because you can use the openexchange application called Variables Manager to simply copy the list from excel straight in.
Regards
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Ahmed Maher Local time: 02:21 English to Arabic + ... TOPIC STARTER Post-edit job | Aug 18, 2014 |
Thanks a lot, Paul.
This is a post-edit job where we are required to use one of MT plug-ins in Trados Studio. Having such variables in English in target MT output will save a lot of time. This is client requirement to keep such phrases in English while doing the post-edit. I sent you a screen shot of what I got after adding our phrases to Variable List. MT server has not recognized them and translated them.
Our goal is to advice MT server not to translate them. That's why I ... See more Thanks a lot, Paul.
This is a post-edit job where we are required to use one of MT plug-ins in Trados Studio. Having such variables in English in target MT output will save a lot of time. This is client requirement to keep such phrases in English while doing the post-edit. I sent you a screen shot of what I got after adding our phrases to Variable List. MT server has not recognized them and translated them.
Our goal is to advice MT server not to translate them. That's why I think about hiding these phrases in source Excel file.
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In this case... | Aug 18, 2014 |
... what you could do is add them to a termbase with source and target the same, and then take advantage of SDL Language Cloud where you can load a TBX of these terms into Language Cloud and it can use these in the Machine Translation so they are not translated.
You could test this via the Language Cloud trial if you like... assuming you are using Studio 2014 of course.
I used your sample xls and tested this out. So I created a Multiterm Termbase with the same source/t... See more | | |
Ahmed Maher Local time: 02:21 English to Arabic + ... TOPIC STARTER
The translation in this sample by SDL Language Cloud is great and much better than Google Translate.
It was our client requirement to use Google Translate, but I will discuss considering SDL Language Cloud than Google Translate.
In case of Google Translate, is there similar or other work around? | | |
None that I'm aware of... | Aug 18, 2014 |
Hi Ahmed,
I think Language Cloud is fairly unique amongst the many plug-in MT providers for Studio and is the only one that can offer you the capability to instantly improve an MT suggestion based on a list of approved terminology.
Regards
Paul | |
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Ahmed Maher Local time: 02:21 English to Arabic + ... TOPIC STARTER
Hi Paul,
I have checked SDL Language Cloud yesterday, and prices looks really reasonable. Thanks very much for all your help.
Ahmed Maher | | |