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Method to rebuild tables for Persian translations

Stepan Konev

A friend of mine who can't use English (she is a Persian to Ukrainian/Russian translator) asked me to post her question here.
When she translates from Persian, the layout in her source documents (docx) is right to left.
However, when she exports her translation to the target file, words go left to right (and it's ok) while the table layout remains the same, right to left (which is not ok).
I understand that Trados has nothing to do with 3rd-party table layouts and cannot rebuild tables for them, but probably there is an easy way or a hack to automatically rebuild or flip tables horizontally. Or can you confirm that there is no way other than rebuild tables manually?
Screenshot showing a table with Persian text layout from right to left labeled 'Original layout' and a red box highlighting the issue.

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[edited by: Trados AI at 5:32 AM (GMT 0) on 29 Feb 2024]
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  • 0 in reply to Kelly Edward

    Hi ,
    Attached are sample files, Fa > Ru.
    I don't know why that happens, but here the preview only shows question marks. However, when I open it, I can see the text in Persian.

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  • 0 in reply to Kelly Edward

    FYI: the original text is in PDF format. When I download it from my email, I can see the text in Persian in the preview screen. However, when I open it on my PC, all the Persian characters disappear. The file looks empty with only slashes, numbers and punctuation marks:
    Screenshot of a PDF file opened on a PC showing missing Persian characters, replaced by slashes, numbers, and punctuation marks in a table format.
    With that said, if I export the pdf file into Word, it successfully converts into Persian characters (see Sample_Fa.docx).
    *The file was converted intro MS Word before importing into Trados.
    Anyway, the disappearing characters is not the problem in this case. The problem is the table that has to be rebuild after translation.
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    Hi ,
    Could you please take a look at my question. I guess you experience this issue too. What do you usually do with it?
    Thank you.
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  • 0 in reply to Stepan Konev

    Right ?

    Screenshot of Trados Studio with two Word documents open, both displaying tables with Arabic text and numerical data. Error icons are visible in the toolbar.
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  • 0 in reply to Kelly Edward

    Wow! The lower table is exactly what I need. How did you do that?
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  • +1 in reply to Stepan Konev

    Hi,

    Yeah, I had the same issue. I couldn't fix the table using SDL Trados. But if the file is pdf and can be converted to a Word file, then it's easy to fix the table in MS Word. Copy and paste the table in the Word program, first select the whole table, then right click, go down the list and click on table properties, at the bottom of that menu, there is table direction and select right-to-left for Persian translations and left-to-right for English ones. This is the method I use mostly. Otherwise, if the file is not convertible to MS Word, I rebuild the whole table. I hope it helps. 
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  • 0 in reply to Laila Mohammadi

    Thank you so much for your immediate reply. I don't have any table direction setting in my Table Properties screen, but this is probably because I don't have Persian installed on my PC. I will forward your answer to my friend. Hope she would find that setting on her side. Thanks a lot!
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  • 0 in reply to Stepan Konev

    Screenshot of Table Properties dialog in a word processor with an arrow pointing to the 'Left-to-right' table direction option.It could be because of RTL languages. Anyway, I have this option here. 
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  • 0 in reply to Laila Mohammadi


    Thank you so much again. Once I installed Persian, I have this setting now too Slight smile Loads of thanks to you!
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