Forum: Wordfast support
Topic: Wordfast changes the numbers in my proofreading text
Poster: Samuel Murray
Post title: @Anna
[quote]Anna Sarah Krämer Fazendeiro wrote:
I am afraid I don't understand your second question... [/quote]
[i]Is the document that you proofread already translated in the document itself, or are you "retranslating" it segment by segment against the TM?[/i]
What I mean is this: do all the segments below the current segment already have translations in them? Or are those segments empty, and only get text in them when you get to them? I'm just curious to know whether WFP actually overwrites the current text with something in the TM.
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By the way, the problem with Wordfast is that it doesn't store all segments with numbers, in the TM. If you have these three segments: "there are 2 sheep. there are 3 sheep. there are 4 sheep" then Wordfast stores only the first segment in its TM, and tries to update the number. However, if the number is "complex" (e.g. if it's right up against another character), Wordfast won't update the number, and then you have to do it manually. I've had similar frustrations with texts that contain lots and lots of similar number-containing segments, and Wordfast stores only one instance of it in its TM. If I remember correctly, this was done to make TM look-up faster. I know of no way to force Wordfast (Classic or Pro) to store *all* segments in its TM and to serve all of them as well.
Topic: Wordfast changes the numbers in my proofreading text
Poster: Samuel Murray
Post title: @Anna
[quote]Anna Sarah Krämer Fazendeiro wrote:
I am afraid I don't understand your second question... [/quote]
[i]Is the document that you proofread already translated in the document itself, or are you "retranslating" it segment by segment against the TM?[/i]
What I mean is this: do all the segments below the current segment already have translations in them? Or are those segments empty, and only get text in them when you get to them? I'm just curious to know whether WFP actually overwrites the current text with something in the TM.
==
By the way, the problem with Wordfast is that it doesn't store all segments with numbers, in the TM. If you have these three segments: "there are 2 sheep. there are 3 sheep. there are 4 sheep" then Wordfast stores only the first segment in its TM, and tries to update the number. However, if the number is "complex" (e.g. if it's right up against another character), Wordfast won't update the number, and then you have to do it manually. I've had similar frustrations with texts that contain lots and lots of similar number-containing segments, and Wordfast stores only one instance of it in its TM. If I remember correctly, this was done to make TM look-up faster. I know of no way to force Wordfast (Classic or Pro) to store *all* segments in its TM and to serve all of them as well.