SP2 disallows locking/unlocking segments when Track Changes are ON

I've already logged this with SDL Support, but wanted to bring it up here.

Basically, Trados SP2 has a new *feature* which disables locking/unlocking segments when Track Changes are enabled.

I believe before you would get an error message when you tried locking a segment that included Track Changes,

so perhaps the developers thought this was an improvement to prevent errors.

However, if you need to lock/unlock segments and also make Track Changes in the same file,

you have to turn Track Changes ON/OFF multiple times which is tedious.

A better solution would be to disable locking segments only when there are track changes in the segment regardless of whether Track Changes are ON or OFF.

Anyways, my two cents.

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SP2 disallows locking/unlocking segments when Track Changes are ON I've already logged this with SDL Support, but wanted to bring it up here. Basically, Trados SP2 has a new *feature* which disables locking/unlocking segments when Track Changes are enabled. I believe before you would get an error message when you tried locking a segment that included Track Changes, so perhaps the developers thought this was an improvement to prevent errors. However, if you need to lock/unlock segments and also make Track Changes in the same file, you have to turn Track Changes ON/OFF multiple times which is tedious. A better solution would be to disable locking segments only when there are track changes in the segment regardless of whether Track Changes are ON or OFF. Anyways, my two cents.
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Paul over 10 years ago

Hi Jesse,

Maybe a quick hint that might be helpful is to use the sdlxliff toolkit from the SDL OpenExchange. This will allow you to lock/unlock many segments at once irrespective of whether track changes are on or not. Might be what you need?

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Jerzy Czopik over 10 years ago in reply to Paul

Did not work for me, when I was a different user from those, who has locked the segments.
I need to check that again, but it seems as this behavior would have changed since SP2.
Kind regards, Jerzy

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Paul over 10 years ago in reply to Jerzy Czopik

Interesting Jerzy... I didn't test that. Maybe send me a file where you locked them and I can try it?

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Jerzy Czopik over 10 years ago in reply to Paul

Let me first check, if it is still like that. I forgot to mention, that the segments were PerfectMatch and I created by me in a different role on a different PC. Then I took the file on another PC for review, where I have a different user name. On that PC we run only the freelance version of Studio. In this version unlocking was not possible. Also the Toolkit would not perform on that machine. If you're interested, we could use TeamViewer or GoToWebinar or similar to look in that files.

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Paul over 10 years ago in reply to Jerzy Czopik

Easier if you can send me a file that has been through that process. Just make something up when you have time and run through the different steps to create a file like this. It's easier for me to play with it on my own computer as I know where everything is and how to use it.

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Jesse Good over 10 years ago in reply to Paul

Just to make sure my point was clear.

With track change turned on, the "Lock Segments" command is grayed out (Red boxes):

With the track changes off, the "Lock Segments" button is enabled (Red boxes):
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Paul over 10 years ago in reply to Jesse Good

Hi Jesse, this is understood. I gave you a workaround using the SDLXLIFF Toolkit because this is indeed not possible in the editor.

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Jesse Good over 10 years ago in reply to Paul

I see. While I use SDLXLIFF Toolkit almost everyday to lock and slice files, unfortunately it doesn't help for my use case. Basically for all translations we lock all 100%/CM matches in advance. However during review often times the checkers need to unlock segments to fix problems they find in the 100% matches. Since they are working in review mode, its tedious to have to switch track changes off and then on every time they need to just unlock a segment to fix something.

Anyways thanks for the help and feedback!
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Paul over 10 years ago in reply to Jesse Good

Hi Jesse, ok, I see the problem then. Maybe you can use Ctrl+Alt+F10 to quickly toggle the track changes, or even better string Ctrl+Alt+F10, Ctrl+L, together using AutoHotkey. Then it would one keyboard shortcut to achieve this.

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Jesse Good over 10 years ago in reply to Paul

Yep, those would be the "workarounds". It's a bit unfortunate though that in SP1 you could unlock/lock freely without worrying about having a workaround. Also, any idea the rationale behind the change in SP2? (Seems SDL could just revert back to the behavior in SP1...)
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