Segmentation

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Hello! 
 I think my question is quite basic, but I cannot find a solution so I'm asking here. 
 I want to set segmentation of the source file in such a way as to avoid the break when certain abbreviations with a full stop are found, e.g. Art. (of a Law), but I do not know how to do it. Can someone help me? 
 Thank you in advance 
 Valeria

Paul · Accepted Answer

Thanks for your patience Valeria Maria Tafel 
 Just updating the thread with the solution. We had a quick call and the problems seems to be two main things: 
 
 abbreviations that look similar but actually have a different case and sometimes preceded by an apostrophe without a space making new words, and 
 needing to run the "Performance and Tuning" after making changes to the abbreviation list 
 
 Hopefully all working well now and perhaps useful for others.

Paul · Answer

Valeria Maria Tafel 
 A good question in fact as I'm sure you are not the only one wondering about things like this!

add your TM to the TM View and select it, 
 click on "Settings", 
 click on "Language Resources", 
 click on the word "Default" in the "Abbreviations" column for the source language of your TM, 
 type in your abbreviation with the full stop 
 
 What source language are you referring to because in English United Kingdom and many other languages I just checked this abbreviation is already there? 
 Also what version of Trados Studio as this example I shared is 2021. It'll look different in earlier versions? 
 And maybe also what content is in your source file for translation? Can you share a screenshot of the segment and also show any tags that might be in there?

Paul · Answer

Valeria Maria Tafel 
 ok... a few questions. 
 Valeria Maria Tafel said: Is there any other setting to check? 
 Can we see a short sample of a file where the problem occurs? Maybe reproduce the issue in Word with a couple of sentences and share that? 
 Valeria Maria Tafel said: And, is this a setting that must be repeated manually for EACH TM? Can this be set for all TMs? 
 Yes, it does have to be done for all TMs... at least if you are using a file-based TM. If you are using Cloud Resources then these settings are actually a resource that can be used by all TMs: 
 
 There is a workaround for file-based TMs though using this applyTM Template from the appstore: 
 https://appstore.rws.com/language/app/applytm-template/966/ 
 That will allow you to maintain a single language resource template and then apply this to as many TMs as you like in one go.

Paul · Answer

Valeria Maria Tafel 
 I can&rsquo;t help you with this example. If I recreate it I won&rsquo;t have a problem. Please provide a sample file, even a couple of sentences, where you can reproduce this problem.

Paul · Answer

Valeria Maria Tafel 
 Thank you. I asked for the document example in case there were hidden tags in there, or maybe even a document format that forced the segmentation. But based on what you have provided I can achieve this: 
 
 To do this I just added these to the Italian abbreviation list: 
 nr. S.r.l. dall'art. S.p.A. 
 I couldn't just add art. because there is no space between the dall' and art. so it's seen as a word in its own right. 
 So I guess the next things to check given the more obvious ones didn't work for you either is what TM are you applying this to, what language in your TM are you applying this to and when are you adding them? 
 
 it must be the TM you are actually using in your project and if you have multiple TMs it must be the one at the top of the list. 
 it must be the Italian language as this is your source: 
 I made these changes to my TM before creating my project so they could take effect when the sdlxliff segmentation is effected. 
 
 I have also attached my TM so you can try it. Given this 100% works for me a failure to work for you might give us some indication where the problem lies: 
 it(IT) - en(GB).zip

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