How to quickly add stuff (abbreviations, etc.) to segmentation rules when translating?

Question

OK, in memoQ, when you run into an incorrectly segmented segment caused by e.g. an abbreviation, you can quickly add it to your segmentation rules for the current src language, and even re-segment your entire project (if you want). E.g., I just ran into this problem, as Studio segmented on "FIG.", I don;t want it to do this. How can I quickly tell Studio not to break on "FIG."? 
 Michael

Paul · Answer

Hi Michael, 
 
I'm afraid this is something that is not possible in Studio. You have to add FIG. to your abbreviation list in the TM settings and then prepare the file again. Sadly, this is something which is not so easy to do in Studio as we work on the files and not a database. I guess it would be possible to automate the process but even then it would not be as fast as it is in some tools that are based on a database. 
 
Regards 
 
Paul

Paul · Answer

Unknown said: OK, so another question: how can I save this new seg rule so it is ALWAYS used, rather than just linked to this 1 particular TM? 
 Hi Michael, 
 I hate to ruin your night :-( Studio has a concept of language resource templates so you can create one of these and use it to create all your new TMs with the appropriate segmentation rules, abbreviations, ordinal followers, variables etc. But if you have existing TMs then you'll have to go into them all and make the changes to them all separately. 
 You don't have to tell me how much better it would be if we could have a language resource that was used by multiple TMs so that you only had to change the resource once to see it reflected across all the TMs you use. But this is something that is fixed deeper in the software and working a different way would require a major change to the way they currently work. You won't be the first to want this, and probably not the last! 
 Tricky to do with an app as well... but perhaps we can have another look at this when we get some time (that means it won't be soon unfortunately!). But perhaps another developer has played with this sort of problem to try and find a better solution? 
 Regards 
 Paul

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How to quickly add stuff (abbreviations, etc.) to segmentation rules when translating?