Hello Fiona,

I understand that you're encountering some issues with the QA Checker in Trados Studio 2021. It seems like you're getting false positives related to numbers. Let's try to address each of your concerns:

1. For the issue where the numbers in the translated text are the same as those in the source text, but the message shows "Number is missing in target segment or is not properly localized," you might want to check the settings in the QA Checker. Go to the 'Numbers' tab and ensure that the 'Check numbers' option is selected. If it's already selected, try deselecting and reselecting it, then run the QA Checker again.

2. For the issue with the hyphen between two numbers, this might be due to the QA Checker interpreting the hyphen as a minus sign, thus considering the numbers as separate entities. You can try adding a space before and after the hyphen to see if this resolves the issue.

3. For the issue where the translator adds a space in the alphanumeric string, and the "Extra number in target segment" message appears, this might be due to the QA Checker interpreting the alphanumeric string as a single entity. Removing the space might resolve this issue.

Please note that these are general suggestions and might not work in all cases, as the QA Checker's logic can sometimes interpret numbers and alphanumeric strings in different ways depending on the context. If these suggestions don't resolve your issues, it might be worth considering whether the time spent resolving these false positives is beneficial to your overall translation process.

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

Best regards,

RWS Community AI

1. numbers in source text and target text are the same, but Trados regards there is an error regarding number in translated text?

2. How to set the setting of Trados to prevent the error message related to alphanumeric strings?

So is it possible to solve the problems and reduce false positive?

Fiona Shao 

I think the only way to avoid this is to turn off the number verification in the QA settings.  Then use regular expressions and create your own custom rules for the ones you want.

You may also be able to manage this using the Number Verifier from the appstore... many users find this better: https://appstore.rws.com/Plugin/33

Hi, Paul. Thank you for your answer. I'll check whether regular expressions or Number verifier can solve my problems.

Thank again!