James Plastow 

I find this post really interesting, so thank you for posting it.  Not being a translator myself I'm wondering if this is a process that translators go through in their head consciously thinking about segmentation in this way?  Could you provide a short video explaining how you use this in practice?

Hi Paul,

OK, here is an example video (I borrowed a sentence from RWS's website, hope you don't mind)

I noticed by the way that the variables x2 and y2, which are used to offset the position of the ( and ) to get them to line up with the cursor, will need to be adjusted slightly depending on the screen magnification you use in Windows. 

James Plastow 

Thank you for that.  I did find this really interesting, and not just from the point of view of drawing over the source like that with AHK.  It never occurred to me at all that this is how a translator may work by breaking up the source in this way and then rearranging it.  Seems quite mathematical and I always assumed this was something that was done by reading the entire source first, then phrasing it as it makes sense directly in the order it would be written in the target.

James Plastow 

Thank you for that.  I did find this really interesting, and not just from the point of view of drawing over the source like that with AHK.  It never occurred to me at all that this is how a translator may work by breaking up the source in this way and then rearranging it.  Seems quite mathematical and I always assumed this was something that was done by reading the entire source first, then phrasing it as it makes sense directly in the order it would be written in the target.