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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

    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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    [edited by: Trados AI at 5:32 AM (GMT 0) on 29 Feb 2024]
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