Sort source segments by alphabetic order

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I would like to sort the source segments by alphabet in order tp check the consistency of the identical or similar target segments. Thanks you for help! 
 類似または同じ原文に対応する訳文の一貫性確認のため、原文をアルファベット順に並び替えたいと思っています。XTMでは直観的にできるこの機能、方法をご教示くださいませ。 
 Takaaki Yamane

Paul · Answer

JF Delannoy 
 JF Delannoy said: Are there computer-science details about the file-based implementation, for the technically curious? 
 All you really need to know is that Studio reads the SDLXLIFF file directly. It doesn't import it into a database where sorting would be trivial for example. There are advantages and disadvantages to this approach, but that's what we have. To be able to make sorting work we would either have to read the file into a database, which isn't a trivial amount of work now that we have the platform we do, or we have to load it into memory and allow you to sort etc. and write back any changes after they were made. Also non-trivial. 
 The sorting of the data in a TM should absolutely be technically possible, worth creating an idea for this. It would also be quite feasible for anyone to write their own application to handle an SDLTM in this way... it's SQLite and the current editing features are basic anyway. I'd really like to see one!

Lydia Simplicio · Answer

Hello Takaaki Yamane , 
 It isn't possible to filter directly in Studio alphabetically/change the order of the segments, as Studio uses the source file in the memory- rather than a database. 
 Perhaps if you are using excel (as source) you can first prepare (filter) outside of Studio- translate the file in Studio (updating your memory and then finally pretranslate the original source file through your TM.

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Sort source segments by alphabetic order

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