Hello René,

To prevent segmentation for proper names in Trados Studio, you can follow these steps:

Step 1: Open Trados Studio and go to the "Project Settings" or "Options" (for all new projects).

Step 2: Navigate to "Language Pairs" > "All Language Pairs" > "Common" > "Segmentation" > "Rules".

Step 3: Click on the "Edit Rules" button. This will open the "Edit Segmentation Rules" dialog box.

Step 4: In the "After" section, you will see a list of punctuation and special characters that Trados Studio uses to determine where to segment the text.

Step 5: Find the full stop (.) in the list and click on it to highlight it.

Step 6: In the "Exceptions" section below, click on the "Add" button. This will open a new dialog box where you can add an exception rule.

Step 7: In the "Add Exception" dialog box, enter the name (e.g., "PETER D.M. ST. GERMAIN") in the "Before break" field and click "OK". This tells Trados Studio not to break the segment before this text.

Step 8: Click "OK" again to close the "Edit Segmentation Rules" dialog box.

Step 9: Click "OK" once more to close the "Options" or "Project Settings" dialog box.

Now, Trados Studio should keep the name "PETER D.M. ST. GERMAIN" together as one segment. Remember to save your changes and restart Trados Studio for the changes to take effect.

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

Best regards,

RWS Community AI

Rene Morin 

I tested the AI for you... I don't think you did activate it.  However, although the process is sort of correct the answer won't work.

The solution however is simple enough.  Just add these to your abbreviation list:

ST.

D.M.

Then you get this:

Rene Morin 

I tested the AI for you... I don't think you did activate it.  However, although the process is sort of correct the answer won't work.

The solution however is simple enough.  Just add these to your abbreviation list:

ST.

D.M.

Then you get this:

Thanks Paul! Indeed, the AI did not provide a usable solution, but yous did! Humans are (still) so much smarter than machines, which is actually comforting!