SDL format painting -- how to do it Αποστολέας σε συζήτηση: Samuel Murray
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Samuel Murray 
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G'day everyone
I'm using SDL Edit Lite (2007, build 7014) and a client sent me some files to translate. Translating is easy, but apparently there is "format painting" to be done, and I can't figure out how to do it.
When format painting mode is on, I can't select any text, and if I select text first and then enable format painting mode, the selection is cancelled.
So at the moment I have all the target text in the format colour of the first formatted text ... See more G'day everyone
I'm using SDL Edit Lite (2007, build 7014) and a client sent me some files to translate. Translating is easy, but apparently there is "format painting" to be done, and I can't figure out how to do it.
When format painting mode is on, I can't select any text, and if I select text first and then enable format painting mode, the selection is cancelled.
So at the moment I have all the target text in the format colour of the first formatted text of that line, and all the other format colours are stacked up at the end of the line with little red markers under them. And I can't figure out how to "move" these format colours so that the appropriate text is coloured.
Any ideas?
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| | | | Samuel Murray
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ΞΕΚΙΝΗΣΕ ΤΟ ΘΕΜΑ | This is not a Trados question | Mar 27, 2008 |
Samuel Murray wrote:
I'm using SDL Edit Lite (2007, build 7014) and...
This question was moved here from the "CAT Tools Technical Help" forum. This forum is for SDL Trados, isn't it? But my question has nothing to do with Trados. The SDL company have more products than just Trados.
Anyway, I think I've licked it. SDL Edit doesn't allow you to paint text that has already been painted, so to repaint any text you have to start painting from the start of the line... so that the text that you didn't "paint" becomes unpainted. Then you can paint it with another colour.
| | | | Ralf Lemster
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| Correct forum | Mar 27, 2008 |
Hi Samuel,
This question was moved here from the "CAT Tools Technical Help" forum. This forum is for SDL Trados, isn't it? But my question has nothing to do with Trados. The SDL company have more products than just Trados.
I'm aware of that - please have a look at the forum description:
Get and give support on SDLX, Trados, MultiTerm, and other SDL Trados products
Best regards,
Ralf
| | | | Samuel Murray
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Hmm, my browser sent the post but I thought I had cancelled it.
[Edited at 2008-03-27 11:18]
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Claudia Digel
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| You can display tags instead of format painting | Mar 27, 2008 |
Hi Samual,
It seems you have already worked out how to do the format painting.
I just wanted to mention one thing though: You can display tags instead of format painting. Users who are not too familiar with SDLX sometimes find it easier to work this way.
To do so go to View > Tags and select one of the three options for tags. Unfortunately, it's not possible to copy and paste the tags but at least you will have a precise idea of what they will do and where ... See more Hi Samual,
It seems you have already worked out how to do the format painting.
I just wanted to mention one thing though: You can display tags instead of format painting. Users who are not too familiar with SDLX sometimes find it easier to work this way.
To do so go to View > Tags and select one of the three options for tags. Unfortunately, it's not possible to copy and paste the tags but at least you will have a precise idea of what they will do and where they should appear in the translated segment.
HTH
Best regards,
Claudia ▲ Collapse
| | | | Kathi Stock
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| | What I do in SDLX 2006 | Mar 27, 2008 |
I have only a limited experience in SDLX, but this is what I do:
-Select the paintbrush
-Double-click on the source text colour with the colour to transfer to the target segment: the whole part of the source text with the same colour gets highlighted.
-still with the paintbrush on, select the text to be painted in the target segment. Here you are, the selected target text is painted with the colour chosen on the source text.
Then you carry on, select colour in sour... See more I have only a limited experience in SDLX, but this is what I do:
-Select the paintbrush
-Double-click on the source text colour with the colour to transfer to the target segment: the whole part of the source text with the same colour gets highlighted.
-still with the paintbrush on, select the text to be painted in the target segment. Here you are, the selected target text is painted with the colour chosen on the source text.
Then you carry on, select colour in source then apply it in target (you can use shift+click to select text from the last cursor position to the next)
Hope it helps,
Philippe
Edit: to get rid of the trailing formats, in the FormatPainting menu, select get rid of all format before applying the formats
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| | | | Samuel Murray
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ΞΕΚΙΝΗΣΕ ΤΟ ΘΕΜΑ | Any way do to this without a mouse? | Mar 27, 2008 |
Philippe Etienne wrote:
I have only a limited experience in SDLX, but this is what I do...
This is more or less what I have done, yes. But after just ten minutes my shoulder was aching because of all the mousework. It seems that SDL requires more accurate mousework than PaintShopPro! Is there any way to do this without the mouse, or at least with the mouse only in the source text column?
The alternative is to tell the client "I don't paint formats" and let their inhouse translator suffer the joint pains.
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Textklick
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Εις μνήμην | Track changes, perchance? | Mar 27, 2008 |
The alternative is to tell the client "I don't paint formats" and let their inhouse translator suffer the joint pains.
Hi Sam,
Do that and the client will want a rebate.
Claudia's suggestion is spot on, IMO.
But it sounds like you have a real bucketload of painting to do.
It might be an idea to check this with the client. For example, Word docs with unaccepted track changes look like a bloody rainbow. Accept the changes, create new itds and we're back in the real world of mono. I often get files with unaccepted track changes and either ask for permission to accept the changes or just do it myself.
G'luck
Chris
| | | | Samuel Murray
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ΞΕΚΙΝΗΣΕ ΤΟ ΘΕΜΑ | I meant, of course... | Mar 27, 2008 |
Textklick wrote:
Do that and the client will want a rebate.
I meant, of course, to say this *before* the client assigns me the job. I meant it as a strategy for future work, not for the current job.
| | | | | Where is the format paint ? I cannot find it in Trados. | Apr 28, 2021 |
I am trying to find the format paint, but cannot find it. Can anyone advise? Thank you.
| | | | Samuel Murray
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Jessica Rong wrote:
Where is the format paint ? I cannot find it in Trados.
This question and the "format painting" feature is not related to Trados. It concerns "SDL Edit", which is a completely unrelated program. It was unlike the "format painter" feature that you see in e.g. MS Word.
I don't know if Trados has a format painter. A search through Mats Linder's Trados manual for "paint" yields no results.
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| How can I turn on the format painting mode? | Apr 28, 2021 |
Samuel Murray wrote:
Jessica Rong wrote:
Where is the format paint ? I cannot find it in Trados.
This question and the "format painting" feature is not related to Trados. It concerns "SDL Edit", which is a completely unrelated program. It was unlike the "format painter" feature that you see in e.g. MS Word.
I don't know if Trados has a format painter. A search through Mats Linder's Trados manual for "paint" yields no results.
[Edited at 2021-04-28 06:28 GMT]
Hello Samuel,
Thanks for the reply. I saw on your previous post that you have the "format painting mode" on in Trados. Can you let me know how to turn on the format painting mode? Thank you.
Best,
Jessica
| | | | Samuel Murray
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Jessica Rong wrote:
I saw on your previous post that you have the "format painting mode" on in Trados. Can you let me know how to turn on the format painting mode?
I am not aware of a "format painting mode" in Trados.
Also, I did not say that I have "format painting mode" on in Trados. What I said was that I had "format painting mode" on in SDL Edit. SDL Edit is not Trados. It is a completely different product.
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