Auto Segmentation after a Specific String of Characters - Trados Studio 2021

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Hi,

I regularly have to translate files which have been imported from another translation software and feature strings of random characters within segments, e.g. </mt:t><mt:p/><mt:b><mt:t>.

I want to make it so that Trados automatically starts a new segment after these characters but cannot figure out how to do it. I think that they represent the presence of bullet points in the original software but this has not transferred well into Trados. I cannot delete them because I need to be able to transfer the translation back into the original software at the end.

Is anyone able to tell me how to make Trados automatically start a new segment after these characters? It would make my life so much easier if someone was able to show me how and I would be eternally grateful! The files are imported as .xml.sdlxliff files.

Thank you in advance.

Paul · Accepted Answer

Rachel Hutcheson ok... that helps. Although if you'd actually given me text instead of an image it would have saved me some time retyping it all. I used this in the end which seems representative of your file: Fullscreen sampleProblem.xml Download 323462 <m:t>Sample text sample text sample text. Sample text sample text sample text. Sample text sample text sample text. </mt:t> <m:t>Sample text sample text sample text. Sample text sample text sample text. Sample text sample text sample text. </mt:t> <m:t>Sample text sample text sample text. Sample text sample text sample text. Sample text sample text sample text. </mt:t> <m:t>more sample text more sample text more sample text. more sample text more sample text more sample text. more sample text. </mt:t> <m:t>more sample text more sample text more sample text. more sample text more sample text more sample text. more sample text. </mt:t> <m:t>more sample text more sample text more sample text. more sample text more sample text more sample text. </mt:t> I created a quick custom xml filetype with this using these rules: If I preview the file I see this which is what you are seeing I guess? To solve it I process the text being parsed with the html filetype as embedded content: Now it looks like this: And to get rid of the orange tabs if they annoy you... The tabs are there because you are now essentially parsing the content of every element twice, once with your XML filetype, and then again with the html filetype. But now it would look like this: Segments 10, 11 and 12 don't break after the full stop in my example because I search and replaced with a lowercase "more" to get additional text :-) If I fix it... in case this is a concern for you: For more information on creating a custom XML filetype this article may help: https://multifarious.filkin.com/2014/06/01/custom-xml/ I recommend you take some time to learn because if you want to handle files like this it makes sense to understand how to do it.

Paul · Answer

Rachel Hutcheson 
 Rachel Hutcheson said: I then import the .xml files into Trados. 
 Perfect. In this case you should create a custom XML for your XML files and create rules to handle the tags in the way you'd like them to be handled. If you can provide a sample of the XML file it'll be easier to explain what you need to do?

Paul · Answer

Rachel Hutcheson Rachel Hutcheson said: I'm not sure I understand what you mean by a sample of the XML file. This would be a small sample of a file: Fullscreen 8304.sample.xml Download This is a confidential title The topic in this element must not be shared with anyone as it’s highly confidential Rachel Hutcheson said: Do you mean an excerpt from the text? No I mean a sample of the file so I can see the structure. A small snippet as I showed above would be fine... but just anonymise the text: Fullscreen safe_sample.xml Download A poem Mary had a little lamb its fleece was white as snow I'm not interested in the text in the file at all. Just the structure of the file. So open it with a text editor, save as a new file so you have a copy, then delete all the lines apart from a representative sample of what the structure looks like. Finally, with the few lines you are now providing just anonymize the text.

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