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Thread poster: Michael Mestre
Michael Mestre
Michael Mestre
France
Local time: 18:24
English to French
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Oct 21, 2012

First of all, I apologize if this question has been asked many times.
I am a new user of SDL Trados 2009, and coming from OmegaT I have to say that I am a bit lost when it comes to TM searching.

I found that the feature I wanted was called "Concordance search". I type the expression I want to look up, choose if I want to look in the source or the target, and a lot of results come up.

Problem: what is performed is a case-insensitive *keyword search*.
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First of all, I apologize if this question has been asked many times.
I am a new user of SDL Trados 2009, and coming from OmegaT I have to say that I am a bit lost when it comes to TM searching.

I found that the feature I wanted was called "Concordance search". I type the expression I want to look up, choose if I want to look in the source or the target, and a lot of results come up.

Problem: what is performed is a case-insensitive *keyword search*.
OmegaT, for instance, provides many options when searching the TM (including keyword or full-expression search, case sensitivity, and the like). I cannot believe that such a widely used piece of software as Trados cannot provide the same options.

So I would like to ask: in SDL Trados 2009, how can I search the TM for an exact expression (not as keywords) and choose the case sensitivity ? ▲ Collapse
 
Maria Popova
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Bulgaria
Local time: 19:24
Member (2011)
German to Bulgarian
Simple Step Oct 22, 2012

Hi Michael,

It's very simple. You highlight the expression (no matter in target or source) and then with a right click choose "Concordance search" from the drop down menu. There you can go for additional options (case sensitive or not).

Regards,

Maria
 
Michael Mestre
Michael Mestre
France
Local time: 18:24
English to French
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I cannot find the options Oct 22, 2012

Hello Maria,

I did what you suggest, but I cannot find the options you mention anywhere.. and the search performed is still a keyword search, which gives me too many irrelevant results.
 


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