Method to rebuild tables for Persian translations

Question

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]

Laila Mohammadi · Accepted Answer

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.

Olha Maksymiv · Answer

خیلی سپاسگزارم از جواب دقیق و مفید شما! И Степану спасибо, что сформулировал вопрос!

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Method to rebuild tables for Persian translations

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