Import Word file in Trados 2021, without the protected pages

Hello,

I have received from a client several word files which contain pages that are restricted from editing, and pages that are available for editing (translation).

Is there a way to import in Trados the word files by excluding the restricted text and by including only the text that is available for editing?

As a test, I imported the files and edited the restricted parts, just to see whether or not the restricted text gets modified when I save the target files, and, unfortunately, the restricted text gets modified as well.

Thank you in advance for your help and suggestions.

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  • Hi Kelly,

    Sure. This is a test file similar to the documents received from the client.

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  • as you can see

    Trados Studio " Knows " it from top to toe.

    The two arrows (two tags) mean "Permisson to edit" Starts and "Permisson to edit" Ends

    Screenshot of Trados Studio interface showing a text document with 'Permission to edit' tags indicated by two yellow arrows pointing to 'permStart' and 'permEnd' tags within the text. 

    So, when The company deny or fail to give you nice solution.
    I will test it.
    Not now.

    My idea is quite simple.

    Lock segments until it reach "Permission to edit Start" tag
    Then stop Lock segment until it reach "Permission to edit End" tag
    and do it again and again
    -of course, automatiKelly

    Too Easy, right ? 

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  • yep

    I have finished testing, like I said.

    I have showed you the way you could handle with yourself, already.

    Now, I'm showing you the OneClickWay, all you have to do is click once.

    Screenshot of Trados Studio interface with a document open in the Editor view. Red arrows point to 'NotPermLock', 'permEdit', 'permStart', and 'permEnd' tags in the text.

    Of course, it is a Paid service.

    Regards

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  • I added a style "tw4winInternal" to WordDocument via VBA
    But...
    This is quite inconvenient than the above.

    Screenshot of Trados Studio interface showing a translation project with segments of text highlighted in pink and blue, indicating 'permStart' and 'permEnd' tags within the document.

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  • I added a style "tw4winInternal" to WordDocument via VBA

    Indeed, this should have been the easy way to go but tricky without using VBA.  In fact probably not possible unless you are able to unprotect the document first and then manually work your way through it... which could be unworkable depending on the amount of content like this.

    Now, I'm showing you the OneClickWay, all you have to do is click once.

    Screenshot of Trados Studio interface showing a Word document in the Editor pane with 'permStart' and 'permEnd' tags highlighted by red arrows indicating areas added via VBA.

    Of course, it is a Paid service.

    That seems a neat solution and probably worth paying for if you have a lot of files like this.  I hope you get some interest with that.

    Paul Filkin | RWS Group

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  • Hi Kelly,

    Thank you for your interesting point of view. However, I am a bit confused how you managed to see the permStart, permEnd tag. I understand it is a Paid service, but is it a Plugin? Or you used a paid software to pre-process the word file before importing it in Trados?

    Thank you Slight smile

    PS - Loved the "automatiKelly" word play Smiley

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  • However, I am a bit confused how you managed to see the permStart, permEnd tag.

    In Trados Studio the default display is "All segments", but if you use the display filter you can change this to show "All content".  Kelly is just showing the content between the segments using this filter.  Trados Studio typically moves external tags out of the translatable content so you have less work to do and can focus on the translation, not unnecessary tags.

    Paul Filkin | RWS Group

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