Mark a line / Segments as "Do Not Translate" by Regular Expression

Question

Hi, We are using SDL Trados 2021. 
 
 We are trying to translate the markdown files. Example file pasted as a code block. 
 In our scenario, The titles and some special formats should not be translated. 
 How could we mark some segment as "No Need to Translate"? (i.e.: Exclude them from sdlxliff) 
 
 Regex list (the matching lines not needed to be translated.): 
 ^#.*$ 
 ^- \[.*$ 
 ^&bull; .*$ 
 ^node_modules .*$ 
 \| `.*?` \|

Kindly Regards 
 Raynor 
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Lydia Simplicio · Answer

Hi Raynor Chen Thank you for your post. 
 2 things come to mind. 
 1. File Type settings 
 How has your file type settings been defined? Are you using any of the embedded content processors? As I believe from that point on you can confirm certain strings as tags and then clarify if the tag is inline or structure etc.

2. Trados Data Protection Suite 
 I love this app: https://appstore.sdl.com/language/app/trados-data-protection-suite/936/ 
 I use it in a way that in not strictly conventional but it may give you some short term relief that I want to mentioned regardless. Regardless of your file type settings (primary area to perfect), if you have your strings in plain text within the Studio Editor you can try run the app - define your regex rules and it will tag accordingly. 
 Both options means the titles will be part of the sdlxliff but they should be tagged and therefore protected. 
 I hope this helps and gives you avenues to explore 
 Lyds

Paul · Answer

Raynor Chen 
 You cannot exclude anything using regex in the markdown filetype. Looking at your file only the first two expressions match anything anyway so a more complete example would be helpful. But based on your example I would exclude these two matching expressions using the advanced display filter as they match the headings and list items. 
 
 So you could either just hide them, or lock them leaving only the paragraph items for example. 
 IF you are not using the out of the box markdown filetype and have instead built your own using the Regular Expression Delimited Filetype then you can of course build the filetype to exclude whatever you like. 
 Perhaps you can share a sample that includes enough examples for us to provide a more helpful answer? 
 I also just noticed Lydia Simplicio already responded and her idea of the Data Protection Suite is also a good one. 
 Plenty of options... just need a better idea of what you have to suggest the most appropriate solution.

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Mark a line / Segments as "Do Not Translate" by Regular Expression