Unintended symbols after using Find and Replace Regex

Question

Hello, I'm new to both Regex and Trados Studio, so any guidance is much appreciated. I've been trying to write a Regex string to find USA formatted phone numbers and replace the phone number with a +1 added to the front. When I use \+1 in the replace box, it ends up turning into a yen symbol (if my project is EN-JA) or just staying as a \. Is there something I should be including before \+1 to indicate I'm adding something that wasn't in the original Regex string?

Trados Studio Find and Replace dialog box with a Regex string in the Find what field and '+1' in the Replace with field, showing a list of USA formatted phone numbers in the background.

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[edited by: Trados AI at 4:39 AM (GMT 0) on 5 Mar 2024]

John Fry · Answer

Just omit the \ at the beginning of the Replace string, no? 
 You don't need to quote symbols in the Replace string, since the Replace string is just an ordinary string, not a regexp.

Paul · Answer

Linka Wade 
 Try this. Search for: 
 (\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4}) 
 Replace with: 
 +1 $1 
 That works for me.

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Unintended symbols after using Find and Replace Regex