Removing AT statuses as you work

This one has always been a hot topic and I've been fairly opinionated on this in the past, but today there are so many published ways to do this I thought I'd share a simple way of automating the removal of the AT status as you work:

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Clear AT statuses in SDL Trados Studio.
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^+f::
Send ^a^c!{Ins}^a^v
Return

The script is simple enough, you just press Ctrl+Shift+f and the AT status from a machine translation magically disappears so the active segment appears to be a new translation for you to post-edit.  The script just automates the selection of the target, copy the target to the clipboard, overwrite the target with the source which clears the AT status, select the target again and paste back the original machine translation.

Paul Filkin | RWS Group

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  • Hi ,

    Maybe you need a delay in there. Or maybe you have different shortcuts than the ones I use. What happens if you do this?

    1. Click in a target segment with the AT status
    2. Press Ctrl+A (to select all the text)
    3. Press Ctrl+C (to copy the selected text to the clipboard)
    4. Press Alt+Ins (to copy source to target)
    5. Press Ctrl+A (to select all the text)
    6. Press Ctrl+V (to paste the original content back in)

    Does that all work with these shortcuts? If it doesn't then replace the appropriate part of the script with the shortcuts you use.

    Regards

    Paul

    Paul Filkin | RWS Group

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