HELP! Source text and translation side by side, separated by little purple curly brackets in TWB 5.5 Thread poster: T_Herrmann (X)
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T_Herrmann (X) 
Local time: 17:00
German to English
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Boy I am close to a heart-attack. I just finished an assignment and had my translation proofread by a colleague. He pointed out some formatting errors, when trying to fix these (basically just bold, italic, underlined stuff) Suddenly I get an error message "Can't open translation unit, another unit may still be open, try closing this unit first. So I click the close unit button, and now hell breaks loose. Somehow the document refreshes, and I see all source text right beside the translation, sep... See more Boy I am close to a heart-attack. I just finished an assignment and had my translation proofread by a colleague. He pointed out some formatting errors, when trying to fix these (basically just bold, italic, underlined stuff) Suddenly I get an error message "Can't open translation unit, another unit may still be open, try closing this unit first. So I click the close unit button, and now hell breaks loose. Somehow the document refreshes, and I see all source text right beside the translation, separated by little purple curly brackets, text markers etc. Basically the whole uncleaned file at once. How do I go back to the original view? Do I have to clean the file? Can somebody help? My deadline is approaching rapidly, and TRADOS support in Germany isn't available on weekends. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Ralf Lemster
Germany
Local time: 17:00
English to German
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| Sounds like hidden text is being displayed | Aug 16, 2003 |
...and when editing in uncleaned files, that's the safe way of doing it - if you just display the target text, you might unintentionally damage some segments.
Unfortunately you did not mention which version of Word you're using - in Word 97, hidden text display is switched on/off under Extras / Optionen - Ansicht.
A quicker way to toggle the display (which is particularly handy when doing the final edit) is by using the button showing the paragraph symbol (looks ... See more ...and when editing in uncleaned files, that's the safe way of doing it - if you just display the target text, you might unintentionally damage some segments.
Unfortunately you did not mention which version of Word you're using - in Word 97, hidden text display is switched on/off under Extras / Optionen - Ansicht.
A quicker way to toggle the display (which is particularly handy when doing the final edit) is by using the button showing the paragraph symbol (looks like a P shown in reverse) on your Standard toolbar.
HTH - Ralf ▲ Collapse
| | | | T_Herrmann (X)
Local time: 17:00
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TOPIC STARTER
unfortunately it is not the formatting symbols of word. Tried that already. A paragraph would look something like this:
2.1.1 {90General Statement90} Allgemeines {77This chapter shall govern the rules set forth for77} {Dieses Kapitel bestimmt die Regeln, die für}...
Und so zieht sich das durch das ganze Dokument.
TIA
| | | | | Possible solution | Aug 16, 2003 |
Something similar has happened to me several times during final checks. In Word, try Tools, Options,unselect both Field Codes and Hidden text. Let's hope its nothing more serious than that.
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two2tango
Argentina
Local time: 12:00
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| Another idea | Aug 16, 2003 |
This could work if you have a fresh copy of the original. Try exporting the TM from Workbench. Open a new TM and import the previously exported TM. As you validate segment after segment of your TM, make all the necessary changes. Once you get to the end, clean the document. Hope this helps!!
 Haydée
| | | | two2tango
Argentina
Local time: 12:00
Member
English to Spanish
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| Just one more idea | Aug 16, 2003 |
I may be wrong, but you could check. Something similar to the example you mention happeneed to me the other day.
When you open Word documents from the Menubar/Open, with all files (*.*) selected instead of all Word.doc documents, you will get the source and the target segments one next to the other. Hope this helps too!
Haydée
| | | | | Try reorganizing your memory | Aug 17, 2003 |
Hi T_Herrmann!
Try the following:
- have a cup of coffee, take a deep breath
- reorganize your memory
- repair your document
- fix your formating
I suspect that if you were working without the hidden text displayed when you were trying to fix your formatting, that you accidentally "tweaked" one of the tags (the purple curly brackets). That's why it's always safest to work with hidden text displayed - although it does take a bit of getting ... See more Hi T_Herrmann!
Try the following:
- have a cup of coffee, take a deep breath
- reorganize your memory
- repair your document
- fix your formating
I suspect that if you were working without the hidden text displayed when you were trying to fix your formatting, that you accidentally "tweaked" one of the tags (the purple curly brackets). That's why it's always safest to work with hidden text displayed - although it does take a bit of getting used to.
If it still tells you that you've got a busted unit (the essence of your error message), then clean up your document and then you'll be able to see the busted unit quite clearly (it'll have neon green tags around it). Then you can delete this unit manually and manually insert the translation of the unit in its place.
HTH
Alison ▲ Collapse
| | | | T_Herrmann (X)
Local time: 17:00
German to English
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TOPIC STARTER | First of all, you guys ROCK! | Aug 17, 2003 |
Finally, after phoning support in three different countries, phoning the ATA, and all kinds of efforts it seems I really found a bug when working with TWB and Word XP.
Okay, this basically happens, you were all right when it comes to damaging the segment. Obviously while editing with the source text hidden, I must have deleted or overwritten the "End" marker.
What happens next though seems to be specific for the combination 5.5 and Word XP
Naturally I have my auto... See more Finally, after phoning support in three different countries, phoning the ATA, and all kinds of efforts it seems I really found a bug when working with TWB and Word XP.
Okay, this basically happens, you were all right when it comes to damaging the segment. Obviously while editing with the source text hidden, I must have deleted or overwritten the "End" marker.
What happens next though seems to be specific for the combination 5.5 and Word XP
Naturally I have my autosave feature set on a paranoid 5 minute intervall. XP, when autosaving doesn't cashe the file before writing it to the HD. When damaging an end-marker there is about half a second where word (while refreshing the view) mistakes the markers with numerations before the refresh cycle is over. If (the numerical probability of this happening is actually diminishingly small) at the very exact same instance the autosave kicks in, word saves the document as though if the markers were numerations. Thats why it showed weird numbers after the curly brackets, normally it only shows 0=not visible and 100=visible.
Cleaning itself won't help either, since due to Word changing the numbers between the curly brackets TWB won't recognise this text as segments anymore. Well, now that I know I'll figure something out.
End of story.
It is amazing that after all this time TWB 5.5 still manages to surprise me again and again with new and bizarre ways to screw up your work. I feel really stupid, cause now I have to ask the client for a days extension, despite the fact that I really had a more than generous amount of time to finish this thing.
Anyway just wanted to thank you all for taking the time to help. Felt good not to be "all-alone" with it. Thank you all many times.
Better luck next time ▲ Collapse
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