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Top-Down layout in Editor View using a plug-in?

Frédéric Condette

Hello,
in Studio 2014
I know that natively you can't choose between left/right and top-bottom source/target TUs layout in the Editor View, but isn't there a plug-in that would allow to switch between the two views? (as Studio can export for review either in left-right and top-down).

I ask the question for someone that has a vision issue in one eye only, and who is much more comfortable reading and working with top-down layouts.

Thanks a lot


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    Hi Frédéric,

    The export goes to Word, it's not an option in the Editor. If this was a simple thing to do you can be absolutely sure we would have done this in the product a long time ago. The choice of technology that was made in 2009 for the Editor was a poor one and it has made it difficult to do many things that you may see in other tools... things like showing a horizontal approach as opposed to side by side. The new Online Editor has this capability to switch views, but the desktop editor does not, and probably won't.

    I guess if someone created a completely new Editor as a plugin then this may be possible... and perhaps a plugin could be created to show the source target of the active segment in a new view part and use that for editing... but a plugin to support a change in the current editor is not going to happen.

    Regards

    Paul

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  • 0 in reply to Paul Filkin
    So, the question is: how long will SDL stick to this wrong technology since we now know that it was a bad choice?
    Is this why we can't use TMs in both directions without using AnyTM (which, contrary to what SDL is trying to tell us, is simply a faster way to create a new TM and is not a real implementation of a TM which works both ways)?
    I start suspecting that this poor technology is also the culprit behind the terrible TM Editor, and the overall slowness of Trados.
    I do hope that SDL will one day come up with a new tool that will allow for more programming flexibility than the current incarnations of Trados.
  • 0 in reply to Wojciech Matyszkiewicz
    Hi Wojciech, hi Paul,

    If the background technology could have been better chosen, I know nothing of that but I prefer the 'side-by-side' layout. I worked in Trados long before Studio, and for me its top-to-bottom layout gave less continuity and appreciation of the context or the document as a whole. I was glad when Studio was brought out with the SDLX-type Editor layout. Am I in a minority?

    Maybe a plug-in that added an extra window containing the active segment in a top-to-bottom layout would be easier to achieve?

    Ali :)
  • 0 in reply to Alison Field
    Hi Alison,
    I don't mind the side-by-side layout, though I prefer the top-to-bottom slightly more. I was referring to the whole technology, which makes it impossible to implement various solutions. Most CATs give you some choice - Trados doesn't. And it's all due to the wrongly chosen technology back in 2009, which, I assume, has some rigid limitations. This is probably why, the TM Editor is so poor and frankly - useless, and we have been waiting for years for a mere slider for browsing through terms.
    It's not that I'm annoyed by the fact - I've come to terms with it ;) I would simply like to know if SDL are going to discard the useless technology that causes so many limitations - not now, obviously, but in 4-5 years maybe.
    I mean, am I the only one who notices that despite some nice additions like fragment matches and excellent Autosuggest, this all looks like trying to pimp up an old Mercedes?
    Trados loads about 3-4 times slower than most of its competitors - I know, because I've checked. Importing TMs to a Big Mama TM takes ages, TM cannot be used in both directions, you can't use Preview unless you have MS Word installed and even if you do, after modyfing a segment the Preview refreshes after a few seconds instead of immediately.
    Once again, don't treat it as some kind of a rant of an angry translator. I don't want to offend anyone. I know SDL are doing everything they can, but even the best mechanic can't do much if the car is simply an unsuccesful construction.
  • 0 in reply to Wojciech Matyszkiewicz

    Hi Wojciech,

    Ah, I see. I understand. Though, I'm very happy with Studio as it is - so long as we beta testers are listened to when improvements are in progress.

    This being said, where mechanics are concerned, my first car was a Wolseley 1500 and that was in 1978 so maybe I'm just old fashioned:

    Isn't she beautiful? I loved her sooo much. She had a walnut dashboard and purred like a kitten.

    But seriously, no offence taken at all [:D]

    All the best,

    Ali
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