Hi Marion

When you said "not only in the Editor", where else do you require this to happen?

Here's where you set your smart quotes (i.e. curly quotes):

Click through: File > Options > Editor > AutoCorrect

Choose your target language in the dropdown menu at the top, then tick "Replace 'straight quotes' with smart quotes".

Apologies if you already know this and that was what you meant by "not only in the Editor".

Unfortunately, I don't think it is possible to change the punctuation settings of DeepL.  It would be quite quick to run a find & replace for " or ' on the whole document...

Have you asked DeepL Support about this?

All the best,

Ali

Hi Ali

I know what Marion means. Even if you tick that box, it will not always put the curly apostrophs correctly, e.g. when you hit the backspace key or when you are reviewing a text. And especially when you translate into French, like Marion does, that is really annoying and time-consuming. You will then have to insert them manually using the ASCCI code to ensure you have got the correct ones in your text.

Best regards,
Annemieke

 Annemieke Stössel-Lub Marion Bertrand 

Hi Annemieke and Marion,

I wonder if it would be possible to add the French quotes via the 'Replace text as you type' function on the same page above?

Perhaps someone who translates into French with Trados would have an answer on this, for example Julien Poireau  ?

Paul  do you have any insight on this? I read it as a request for help, but now see that it's in the Ideas section.

All the best,

Ali

 Annemieke Stössel-Lub Marion Bertrand 

Hi Annemieke and Marion,

I wonder if it would be possible to add the French quotes via the 'Replace text as you type' function on the same page above?

Perhaps someone who translates into French with Trados would have an answer on this, for example Julien Poireau  ?

Paul  do you have any insight on this? I read it as a request for help, but now see that it's in the Ideas section.

All the best,

Ali

I put this in the idea section after having asked a Trados hotline person and getting the answer that there was no such function but that I could place it as idea for next Trados developments... But maybe someone has found a trick anyway, so no worries and thanks for the suggestions, Alison!
And as you said: I'm pretty sure I'm not the only (French speaking) user to be encountering this problem...

Cheers! Marion 

Marion Bertrand Annemieke Stössel-Lub 

Fingers crossed ...

Hello Ali! I can confirm the way Trados deals with quote replacement can be frustrating in French. I use ASCII codes most of the time. I never entirely rely on the AutoCorrect feature. Some clients want French quotation marks (Guillemets) and straight single quotes in the same project. Don't ask me why! My life is sooo wonderful! So, I'd be happy to have something more customisable :-)

Julien Poireau 

Hello Julien,

Thanks for coming in on this thread. It is interesting what combinations of punctuation some end clients prefer; then there's whether they want spaces between number and unit of measurement. 

I guess giving a definite preference prevents documentation containing a mix of all possibilities.

It would be a great idea if someone would program a localisation plugin with customisable settings for each language and each potential prefernece in that language!

Did you notice that Alessia Vonau  has written an AutoHotKey script that will produce curly quotes. Perhaps it would be possible to write one that converts to guillemets.

Marion Bertrand , Annemieke Stössel-Lub  - did you see Alessia's post?

All the best,

Ali

Thanks. I haven't used AutoHotkey for a while. I should definitely give it another chance. And I think you're right: a plugin would be helpful here too.