Other useful features¶

Inserting source segment in target¶

In some cases, the translation must be identical to the source text. To copy the source text in the translation, press Ctrl+Shift+S on your keyboard.

Of course, you may also copy-paste the source text in the translation if you prefer.

Creating an empty translation¶

All segments must have a translation, even if it's an empty translation. If you want to produce an empty translation, simply press the space bar in your keyboard to insert a space as the translation.

Inserting special characters¶

You may need to type special characters such as:

quotation marks: «», „“, ‘’, etc.
mathematical symbols: ×, π, ÷, ≤, ≠, √, etc.
superindex or subindex numbers or letters: ₂, ², ³, etc.
other characters: ®, ™, etc.

Character table¶

We put the most frequent special characters in the Character Table. To insert a special character from the Character Table, follow these steps:

Press Ctrl+Space on your keyboard several times until you reach the Character Table.
Double-click the character you want to insert.

Autotext¶

Alternatively, you may use Autotext entries to insert a special character by typing a shortcut. You can see the list of available shortcuts here.

Let's see some examples:

For example, to write the abbreviation of square meters ("m²"), you can type shortcut \sup2 to insert superindex character ².
Another example: in chemical formulas, the number of atoms is often noted with a subindex number, e.g. "CO₂". To insert character ₂, type shortcut \sub2.
In order to insert a non-breaking space, type \nbsp: the auto-completer will propose to insert the character from the autotext list.

Running concordance searches¶

A concordance search allows you to find words and expressions in the translation memory and the glossary.

To perform a search follow the steps below:

In the active segment, select the word or fragment you want to search for with your mouse.
While that part of the text is selected, press Ctrl+F on your keyboard.
Press the Search button in the Search window that will open.

The list results will be displayed. You can copy (select with mouse and press Ctrl+C on your keyboard) what you need from the results and paste it in the right place in the translation.

Note

There might be small differences (in punctuation, spacing, etc.) between the text you're searching for and other occurrences of the same text that would prevent an exact match. The option "Keyword search" might help overcome that problem, please use it if you don't get the results you were expecting.