Regex for quotation marks.

Question

I would like to add some regex into my QA checker to search for quotations mark such as
"
«
»

And those alternatives with spaces too.

I do not know if someone can help me with this but even after a some research, it does not seem to work. Any suggestion on Regex to search these items in a sdlxliff file?

Thank you very much for you help!

Paul · Answer

Hi Marine, 
 
Probably best if you provide an example of the source and target so the appropriate QA check could be suggested. 
 
Regards 
 
Paul

Paul · Answer

Hi Marine, 
 Maybe these three rules would do you? 
 - "xxxxxxxxx" (without spaces) 
 "\S*?" 
 - " xxxxxxxxx " (with spaces) 
 "\s.*?\s" 
 - &laquo; xxxx &raquo; (with spaces) 
 &laquo;\s.*?\s&raquo; 
 Then make sure you use this option:

So this will find all cases where these conditions exist. It won't find the cases where they don't exist because this would be a little tricky and probably find every segment in the file where quotes are not being used... not really what you want You have to look at cases where quotes are used and think about how they are misused and then write the rules to find the misuse. If they are matching the source in some way it's easier because you have something to compare to. 
 Does this help? 
 Paul

Paul · Answer

Hi Nora, 
 I like that you try to get these rules into one expression... but worth noting a few things to be careful with. 
 
 You won't be able to make sure the correct quote is being used 
 You won't be able to check for one space only... you could have 100 spaces and it will pick up the same result 
 You could leave a quote out and it will report the same message (although maybe this is useful) 
 
 I like the concept "economy of accuracy" but sometimes it pays to be a little more specific. 
 Regards 
 Paul

Paul · Answer

In fact I need to correct one as it's wrong. This is better like this otherwise you can't have more than one word between the quotes: 
 - "xxxxxxxxx" (without spaces) 
 "\S.*?\S" 
 Regards 
 Paul

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Regex for quotation marks.