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Number of character per source and target segment in the status bar (with spaces)

Gabriela Raț

Hello everyone!

I am thinking of buying Trados Studio Freelance 2021 SR2 and I want to know if there is a possibility to see the number of characters per segment (source compared to target) in the status bar at the bottom of the screen, as you type. This feature is very important to me and it will help me decide if I want to buy Trados or not.

I have seen that there have been several questions in the forums about this feature where people complained about problems (that the number of characters did not take spaces into account, for example) but they are older than two years...so maybe things have changed since then. I have participated in a conference about one and a half years ago, and one of the presenters said that this kind of contrastive view of the character count in the source and target segments was possible in MemoQ but not in Trados.

Thanks in advance for all your answers!
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    You can just see the number of characters (including spaces) in the target segment. Studio does not show the character count for source segment.

    You can however use the QA function to make sure, the number of characters in target does not exceed the number of characters in source. It is also possible to allow a certain percentage of characters more (or less) in target.

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    You can just see the number of characters (including spaces) in the target segment. Studio does not show the character count for source segment.

    You can however use the QA function to make sure, the number of characters in target does not exceed the number of characters in source. It is also possible to allow a certain percentage of characters more (or less) in target.

    _________________________________________________________

    When asking for help here, please be as accurate as possible. Please always remember to give the exact version of product used and all possible error messages received. The better you describe your problem, the better help you will get.

    Want to learn more about Trados Studio? Visit the Community Hub. Have a good idea to make Trados Studio better? Publish it here.

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