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Numbers proppagation when there are 2 numbers whose location shall be switched

Clarisa Morana

Dear colleagues

I'm translating a batch of files with many repetitions; most of the source segments (ENGLISH) are short and include two numbers. The translations are into foreign languages that the location of those numbers is swapped, e.g:

SOURCE: Take 2 tablets every 3 days.
TRANSLATION:  XXXX 3 days ZZZZ 2 tablets  

SOURCE: Take 5 tablets every 7 days.
TRANSLATION:  XXXX 7 YYY ZZZZ 5 AAAA

At the beggining the propagation is ok, but I've discovered that the autoreplacement will offer the source numbers in the same order (while they should be swapped). 

SOURCE: Take 2 tablets every 3 days.
TRANSLATION:  XXXX 2 days ZZZZ 3 tablets  (WRONG)

 

I"ve 14 files, with over 15,000 repetitions... and the task of controlling and avoing the wrong replacement is cumbersome. Could you please recommend me the best setting to fix this issue? 
The translations are already done, but now I have to doble check the number locations at all the files.  

Thanks
  
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    Instead of auto propagating I would filter for such segments, copy all source to target and use regex to replace. Then confirm all in one go.

    Example:

    Take 2 tablets every 3 days.

    Search phrase: Take \d+? tablets every \d+? days.

    Replace with: Alle $2 Tage nehmen Sie §1 Tableten.

    This will be much faster and very reliable.

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  • 0 in reply to Jerzy Czopik

    Thanks for the suggestion, but besides I don't handle regex very well at all, the segments are similar but... they have different content and numbers, e.g.

    SOURCE: Take 2 tablets every 3 days.
    SOURCE: Take 5 tablets every 7 days.

    SOURCE: Take 2 pills every 3 days.
    SOURCE: Take 5 pills every 2 months.
    SOURCE: Take 2 tablets every 3 days.
    SOURCE: Take 5 pellets every 7 days.

    Can I apply the regex even for different words preceding/or after the numbers?

    Thanks

     
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  • 0 in reply to Clarisa Morana

    Not really, if the translation differs. If not, it should be possible.

    The search would be:

    Take (\d+?) (pills|tablets|pellets) every (\d+?) days.

    Replace with:

    Alle §2 Tage nehmen Sie §1 Tablette(n).

    It should also be possible to do that with months. But the crucial point can be the endings of words depending on numbers like in Polish. We could evaluate this in private better then here, if you wish. If so, drop me a line at info (at) tts-td.com

    Please also note, that my first regex is wrong, it misses the brackets for the groups. It should be: Take (\d+?) tablets every (\d+?) days.

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