Hidden symbols out of nowhere in segments

Hi,

We've noticed that in some segments, Trados seems to automatically add hidden symbols. So in Trados 2021, they look like extra spaces (no tags). When hidden symbols are not visible, the text looks completely normal. There don't seem to be extra spaces then. In the cleaned Word version, these so-called spaces look like 1 space and 2 squares, also only when hidden symbols are visible. When the hidden symbols is toggled off, the text looks normal.

Trados:

Screenshot of Trados Studio segment showing text with apparent extra spaces represented by dots between words.

Word:

Screenshot of Trados Studio segment with a green checkmark indicating no errors, but text still shows extra spaces as dots.

Any ideas what causes this?

The only thing I can think of, is that it has something to do with different Trados versions: the file was created with Trados 2021, but the Translator had an older Trados version. The switch to Trados 2021 was done recently.

Any help is appreciated, thanks



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  • This seems to be a font issue. Your screen shows WYSIWYG, while in the tag-only view such characters should already be visible in Studio. Looks like someone during the translation has copied some characters which are not included in the font.

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  • It could be a font issue, but I can't get the tags. I searched how to include the formatting tags and it works when I make something bold. But the so-called spaces haven't changed:

    Screenshot of Trados Studio showing a segment comparison with formatting issues. The source text on the left has unnecessary spaces and commas, while the target text on the right correctly displays bold formatting tags around the word 'gezondheidszorgstelsels'.

    Also, there was no hit from the TM, so it can't have come from there.

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  • Oh, sorry. I must have missed something in your comment.

    Well, what can have caused these signs are keyboard shortcuts inserting some characters outside from the visible charmap. These can come from the auto suggest function or from the MT. You see them as spaces in Studio, but these are not recognizable for Word and thus replaced by some strange symbols. In fact I cannot tell you where these exactly do come from, but the simplest solution is to delete these and forget about it. Only if that will be repeating itself more often there will be a need to investigate further.

    Have you done any copy & paste here from Internet or other app?

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