Checking formatting codes in Transit Satellite PE Thread poster: Jerzy Czopik
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Jerzy Czopik 
Germany
Local time: 03:09
Member (2003)
Polish to German
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Is there any automated possibility to check the formatting codes (as my customer called them) - which I mean should be TAGs?
We have translated a document and send it to the customer, who told me now to verify those codes and I would appreciate, if it goes automatically. I do not have a full version of Transit.
MTIA
Regards
Jerzy
| | | | Endre Both
Germany
Local time: 03:09
English to German
| There's a menu command for that | Jan 20, 2006 |
Jerzy, try Options / Check formatting codes / Start checking.
It must be done for each individual file, and you must be aware that not all warnings actually indicate actual problems: I have experienced Transit warning about unusual formatting that is already present in the source file, e.g. only opening format tags (bold, italic), which are closed in the next segment (where Transit then warns again. Also, it doesn't like some characte... See more Jerzy, try Options / Check formatting codes / Start checking.
It must be done for each individual file, and you must be aware that not all warnings actually indicate actual problems: I have experienced Transit warning about unusual formatting that is already present in the source file, e.g. only opening format tags (bold, italic), which are closed in the next segment (where Transit then warns again. Also, it doesn't like some characters such as straight quotation marks (") and a few others.
In sum, it seems to me that Transit does not check that the translation has the same tags as the source document (like e.g. DVX would do); instead, it checks whether the tags in the translation are "well-formed" by Transit's own criteria.
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| | | | Bob Kerns (X)
Germany
Local time: 03:09
German to English
| Extras / Formatierungscodes prüfen | Jan 20, 2006 |
The function is available in the Extras menu. In my German user interface it's called "Formatierungscodes prüfen".
| | | | Jerzy Czopik
Germany
Local time: 03:09
Member (2003)
Polish to German
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It was to obviuos and easy, as usual
I would say I´m the case for RTFM now
Have a great weekend
Jerzy
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Andrej
Local time: 07:09
Member (2005)
German to Russian
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| Go to the menu | Jan 22, 2006 |
Options/Check Formatting Codes/Settings first. Check there "Leading blanks", "Trailing blanks", "Numbers", "From cursor position" and then click the Start button.
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