How to add a segmentation rule to have Studio segment BEFORE every opening bracket

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Hello. I want to create a new TM where Studio should segment BEFORE every opening bracket. I have tried playing with the segmentation rules, but I am having trouble since in most cases the segmentation happens after the break character, not before. I guess that the segmentation rule should look something like: Any character/digit before break, a space as the break character (which is not an option but it may be possible to add it as regex in the Advanced display of the rule) and an opening bracket followed by any character/digit after break. I am new to regex. Any ideas would be much appreciated.

Jesús Prieto · Answer

Hi Beatriz de Vega , 
 I know what's going on! 
 The Preview is a very nice feature to test your File Type settings, but it takes some default segmentation rules so your existing parentheses rule is bypassed. So please don't use the Preview to test segmentation rules. 
 Yo need to delete the file in the Files view, add it again, prepare it, and open it in the Editor. You'll see then that it's correctly segmented.

Jesús Prieto · Answer

Hi Beatriz de Vega , 
 Open the project in Projects view. 
 Ensure you've selected the Source language in the Files view. 
 
 After adding the DOCX file (take into account that you'd need to delete it if it's already there). 
 Ensure that the TM in the project has got the right segmentation rules. 
 Then right click on the DOCX file and select Batch Tasks , and then select the Prepare item and finish the wizard: 
 
 Then go to the Target language in Files view and open the file (SDLXLIFF extension) to check the segmentation in the Editor. 
 Regarding your question about the TM and Preview, segmentation rules apply to the project of course, but you won't be able to test them with the Preview button under File Types . And yes, you need to open the file in the Editor to confirm the segmentation rules are fine. Notice that the Preview button is in File Types section, so it makes sense to skip any other previews. On the other hand, I wished the feature to test the segmentation rules were available somewhere while adding a segmentation rule.

Lydia Simplicio · Answer

Hello Beatriz de Vega , 
 Could you perhaps post a screenshot of example text in Studio ,of where and how you want to segment. 
 This should make it easier to suggest options.

Jesús Prieto · Answer

Hi Beatriz de Vega , 
 This segmentation rule should do the trick: 
 
 Before break : . (just a dot, which means &ldquo;anything&rdquo; in regex) 
 After break : \[ (i. e., an opening bracket escaped)

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How to add a segmentation rule to have Studio segment BEFORE every opening bracket

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