Hello,

Translating technical materials from Japanese to English, I have to localize a lot of the measurement symbols and special characters. Is there a way to quickly to this in Trados? Here's how one problematic segment looks:

Main culprits are the "phi" symbol which in Japanese is written as "φ" but our style guide has us write it as "ø" in English. Same with "℃" in Japanese is one character but "ºC" in English is two characters. Symbols like the Japanese asterisks "※" is written as "*" in English. There are many more. 

What I'd like to set up is autotext or autosuggest for symbols. This is difficult cuz it's only one character and I'd have to type the first letter of something to get its candidate to appear. 
I know I could use the Insert Symbol add-in, but I'd have to find those symbols first, put assign them to a speed-dial slot, and then remember the shortcut key for 10 different symbols. Ctrl+comma would be much better. 

Open to suggestions.

Best regards,

Keenan