Hi Fiona,

Here's my best shot at these ones!!

Fiona said:

1. Consistent application of smart quotes (the function is a bit flaky at the moment – seems to vary with the speed I type, and smart quotes are rarely applied on suggestions from TM/MT).

Quotation marks from the TM are always going to take on the format they are in the TM.  MT is different and to a large extent is dependent on the MT provider and how the plugin was developed.  It would be good to have examples of where they don't work correctly so we can correct the ones in our hands at least... so SDL language Cloud and Google Translate.

On the speed thing... I have seen this before with very fast typists.  Perhaps one way to get around this is to use something like Autohotkey and see whether this responds differently when typing so fast.  Would be an interesting test.  On whether this is different in Studio 2017... I don't really know.  I think you'll need to test it and see once we release a trial.

Fiona said:

2. Recognition of German-format numbers and dates (this is highly unsatisfactory at the moment – probably because of the wide variety of ways German separate 1000s and decimals)

Numbers and date formatting are driven by your operating system.  So whatever Microsoft thinks the numbers should be, Studio uses.  There are ways to get around this, for example:

• change the number settings in the windows control panel to match your needs. Restart your computer and Studio and you should see the changes available to you in Studio
• use plugins such as the Regex autoSuggest Provider from the SDL AppStore which can do a great job of converting to whatever you want on the fly
• change the source numbers (if the problem is the source text) so that they match what Studio expects.  Not too hard if you use something like the SDLXLIFF Toolkit from the SDL AppStore
• allow Studio to do what it wants with the numbers and search replace the target afterwards - possibly in one go across the whole project if you use the SDLXLIFF Toolkit

But as for Studio 2017... nothing new in this regard.  Studio still uses the underlying formats of your operating system.

Fiona said:

3. Ability to order files within a project by date of receipt – usually the file imported last is listed last, which is OK, but sometimes it seems more random and I can't work out how to reestablish a date order

I'd also like to see more flexibility here and more use made of the project management and file management views.  There is no change in Studio 2017 from this perspective.

Fiona said:

4. Ability to maximize preview window with one click!

Nice idea!  Not part of studio 2017 though.  No easy workaround either unless you have two screens and can just keep it available on the other screen.  Not really a workaround I know... but don't know how you are working now.

Regards

Paul

Hi Fiona,

Here's my best shot at these ones!!

Fiona said:

1. Consistent application of smart quotes (the function is a bit flaky at the moment – seems to vary with the speed I type, and smart quotes are rarely applied on suggestions from TM/MT).

Quotation marks from the TM are always going to take on the format they are in the TM.  MT is different and to a large extent is dependent on the MT provider and how the plugin was developed.  It would be good to have examples of where they don't work correctly so we can correct the ones in our hands at least... so SDL language Cloud and Google Translate.

On the speed thing... I have seen this before with very fast typists.  Perhaps one way to get around this is to use something like Autohotkey and see whether this responds differently when typing so fast.  Would be an interesting test.  On whether this is different in Studio 2017... I don't really know.  I think you'll need to test it and see once we release a trial.

Fiona said:

2. Recognition of German-format numbers and dates (this is highly unsatisfactory at the moment – probably because of the wide variety of ways German separate 1000s and decimals)

Numbers and date formatting are driven by your operating system.  So whatever Microsoft thinks the numbers should be, Studio uses.  There are ways to get around this, for example:

• change the number settings in the windows control panel to match your needs. Restart your computer and Studio and you should see the changes available to you in Studio
• use plugins such as the Regex autoSuggest Provider from the SDL AppStore which can do a great job of converting to whatever you want on the fly
• change the source numbers (if the problem is the source text) so that they match what Studio expects.  Not too hard if you use something like the SDLXLIFF Toolkit from the SDL AppStore
• allow Studio to do what it wants with the numbers and search replace the target afterwards - possibly in one go across the whole project if you use the SDLXLIFF Toolkit

But as for Studio 2017... nothing new in this regard.  Studio still uses the underlying formats of your operating system.

Fiona said:

3. Ability to order files within a project by date of receipt – usually the file imported last is listed last, which is OK, but sometimes it seems more random and I can't work out how to reestablish a date order

I'd also like to see more flexibility here and more use made of the project management and file management views.  There is no change in Studio 2017 from this perspective.

Fiona said:

4. Ability to maximize preview window with one click!

Nice idea!  Not part of studio 2017 though.  No easy workaround either unless you have two screens and can just keep it available on the other screen.  Not really a workaround I know... but don't know how you are working now.

Regards

Paul

Unknown said:

2. Recognition of German-format numbers and dates (this is highly unsatisfactory at the moment – probably because of the wide variety of ways German separate 1000s and decimals)

Numbers and date formatting are driven by your operating system.  So whatever Microsoft thinks the numbers should be, Studio uses.  There are ways to get around this, for example:

• change the number settings in the windows control panel to match your needs. Restart your computer and Studio and you should see the changes available to you in Studio

I'm so glad I read this! I had no idea that number and date formatting came from Windows. I've been complaining about the added days of the week in the long date format and a.m./p.m. in the long time for a while now but I hadn't come across the suggestion to change the settings in Windows. I'll share this with my team immediately, as this tends to be a big issue with some client files.

Thanks Paul!

Unknown said:

I guess there's a technical reason which makes it too hard for Studio to create flexibility here?

Hi James,

I reckon it could be done technically, but it's probably non-trivial, so as an item of work compared to other things in the backlog it's probably not had the business need to push it up the priority list.  It affects a lot of areas and not just recognition as you translate... analysis, placeables, project settings, supply chain are a few I can think of as I'm writing this.  These are all areas which need careful thought before changing things.

Regards

Paul