Hello,

Thank you for your questions and suggestions. Here are the answers and steps to your queries:

1. Fixing hyphen for the docx file type:

Currently, Trados Studio does not have a built-in feature to automatically remove hyphens from a docx file. However, you can manually remove hyphens in the source document before importing it into Trados Studio. This can help increase TM matches and NMT translation.

2. Merging non-successive segments:

Trados Studio does not support merging non-successive segments. The segments must be adjacent to each other to be merged.

3. Keeping the original LTR layout in the Arabic-translated docx:

Trados Studio automatically applies RTL for BiDi Arabic. However, you can manually change the direction in the translated document in Microsoft Word after exporting it from Trados Studio. Here's how:

  Step 1: Open the translated document in Microsoft Word.

  Step 2: Add LTR run and RTL run buttons to the quick access toolbar in Word.

  Step 3: Select the Arabic text.

  Step 4: Click LTR run.

  This should preserve the original LTR layout in your Arabic-translated docx.

I hope this helps! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

Best regards,

RWS Community AI

Muhammad Khateeb 

I believe issues #1 and #2 are no related to a CAT tool, but they can be corrected in Word before opening the document in Trados Studio.

You have also the possibility to implement minor edits in Source with the shorcut ALT+F2. I’d follow this way if there are just a few edits. If there are a lot, as it seems in this case, I’d use in Word instead (BTW, the document seems to be the exported version of a PDF).

About request #3, I understand what you mean, but maybe not related to a translation tool, but to Word or InDesign.