Cannot get Glossary to perform translation Thread poster: AllegroTrans
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AllegroTrans 
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:25
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I am a complete Wordfast novice. I have started to build a TM and this "works". I have now converted an Excel glossary (2 columns, 1 for source and 1 for target) into a .txt file and have made it active within Wordfast. I can view it using the data editor button.
Having said that, I cannot for the life of me get WF to perform a single translation transaction on a term in the glossary.
SET-UP: Wordfast 6.01g (fully licensed) running with Word 2007 on Windows 7.
... See more I am a complete Wordfast novice. I have started to build a TM and this "works". I have now converted an Excel glossary (2 columns, 1 for source and 1 for target) into a .txt file and have made it active within Wordfast. I can view it using the data editor button.
Having said that, I cannot for the life of me get WF to perform a single translation transaction on a term in the glossary.
SET-UP: Wordfast 6.01g (fully licensed) running with Word 2007 on Windows 7.
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Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:25
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| Passive glossary | Dec 12, 2011 |
The glossary doesn't actually do your translation for you, but it should highlight any terms which come up in the segment you're translating by using a different colour for each glossary you've activated and you can then select the highlighted term by pressing Control Alt Right arrow and then Control Alt down arrow to insert the term in your target segment. I'm assuming you've selected the glossaries in the setup box? You can also get the glossary and TM to display in little companion boxes (ide... See more The glossary doesn't actually do your translation for you, but it should highlight any terms which come up in the segment you're translating by using a different colour for each glossary you've activated and you can then select the highlighted term by pressing Control Alt Right arrow and then Control Alt down arrow to insert the term in your target segment. I'm assuming you've selected the glossaries in the setup box? You can also get the glossary and TM to display in little companion boxes (ideal for a second screen or a corner of a big screen), so you can see all the available options as you work, by pressing Control Alt GG and Control Alt MM in quick succession. I find that immensely useful. ▲ Collapse
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AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:25
Member (2011)
French to English
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TOPIC STARTER | Thanks Claire but.... | Dec 12, 2011 |
I see, a term that's in the glossary is highlighted. However when I press ctr+alt+rt arrow, the whole of my window turns by 90 degrees to the right!!
Cannot find a way to get the translated term into the target segment.
Kind regards
Chris
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Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:25
French to English
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| Keyboard shortcuts | Dec 12, 2011 |
Ah, it sounds as though you need to check your keyboard shortcuts - not sure how you do that, but it sounds as though that key sequence has been allocated to something else. Does it work if you press the copy placeable icons in the Wordfast toolbar? I'm sure someone else will know how to sort this out...
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AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:25
Member (2011)
French to English
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TOPIC STARTER | Keyboard shortcuts | Dec 12, 2011 |
Tnanks again Claire, it sounds like my shortcuts are wrongly configured. I am hoping there is an easier way to get matches from the glossary into the target segment - a major number of the short, difficult terms that I use are there.
Chris
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Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:25
French to English
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You can activate the Propagate commands in Pandora's box (under setup) to automatically propagate terms from any or all of your glossaries in each segment. It's not something I use as I tend to have a lot of duplicate terms, so it gets complicated, but it might be worth experimenting in the meantime.
Also see this thread:
... See more You can activate the Propagate commands in Pandora's box (under setup) to automatically propagate terms from any or all of your glossaries in each segment. It's not something I use as I tend to have a lot of duplicate terms, so it gets complicated, but it might be worth experimenting in the meantime.
Also see this thread:
http://www.proz.com/forum/wordfast_support/98612-ctrl+alt+down_arrow_shortcut_on_laptop.html
This might solve your problem!
Good luck
Claire ▲ Collapse
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Alex Lago
Spain
Local time: 13:25
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| Computer specific | Dec 13, 2011 |
This sounds like a computer feature, what type of computer are you using?
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AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:25
Member (2011)
French to English
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TOPIC STARTER | Type of computer | Dec 13, 2011 |
It's a Lenovo H420
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Alex Lago
Spain
Local time: 13:25
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| IBM does that | Dec 13, 2011 |
You probably have your IBM hotkeys activated. It's been a while, but if I don't misremember this is what you need to do:
Ctrl+Alt+F12 will bring up your Intel control panel
Look for "Hotkeys"
Uncheck the box that says "Enable Hotkeys"
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| Several possibilities | Dec 13, 2011 |
AllegroTrans wrote:
I am hoping there is an easier way to get matches from the glossary into the target segment - a major number of the short, difficult terms that I use are there.
Witrh version 6.x of Wordfast Classic, there are a number of ways to copy recognized source terms to the target segment:
1) Ctrl+Alt+right/left to select, Ctrl+Alt+down to copy ("red framing" method)
2) first letter+tab: you press the first letter (or first two letters) of the source term your want to copy, then press the tab key
3) propagation: you press Alt+S (or Alt+Ins) and all source terms are copied to the target (as well as the rest of the words, depending on PB parameters). You need to activate the relevant parameters in Pandora's box (Propagate1, Propagate2 etc.)
4) first two *target* letters + Enter: you need to tick 'Let autocomplete suggest' and 'Terminology from glossaries' in Setup > AC
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