No pictures and other problems with Trados 6
论题张贴者: Bianca Adriaensen
Bianca Adriaensen
Bianca Adriaensen  Identity Verified
Local time: 22:45
English英语译成Dutch荷兰语
+ ...
Aug 27, 2003

Boy oh boy... lots of trouble in one program..... My assignment has so many different font styles and sizes I can't even begin changing them in Trados in order to keep out any webdings and wingdings in the translated text.
Even supposedly hidden original text shows, no matter what I do or don't do...
But what's more: the very nice and necessary pictures inserted in the original Word document are left blank when using Word and Trados.
This assignment just contains too many page
... See more
Boy oh boy... lots of trouble in one program..... My assignment has so many different font styles and sizes I can't even begin changing them in Trados in order to keep out any webdings and wingdings in the translated text.
Even supposedly hidden original text shows, no matter what I do or don't do...
But what's more: the very nice and necessary pictures inserted in the original Word document are left blank when using Word and Trados.
This assignment just contains too many pages to translate in the old-fashioned way...
All help is definitely welcome.

greets,
Bianca
Collapse


 
Suzanne Blangsted (X)
Suzanne Blangsted (X)  Identity Verified
Local time: 13:45
Danish丹麦语译成English英语
+ ...
lots of problems with Trados Aug 28, 2003

Have you thought about translating directly in the document without Trados? Print out the document in its original form after saving it in its original form, then save a copy as a translated form. If there are that many problems, I would do the translation without Trados, or use Trados with each segment separately, i.e., open the segment and then "close" instead of using "next open". It is a bit slower but does work most of the time, windings and all.

 
Bianca Adriaensen
Bianca Adriaensen  Identity Verified
Local time: 22:45
English英语译成Dutch荷兰语
+ ...
主题发起人
Thanks for the tip Aug 28, 2003

BLANGSTED wrote:

Have you thought about translating directly in the document without Trados?


Thanks once more for the tip... I had thought about it but was quite reluctant to do so: how would Trados react to partially translated texts without the hidden source text.... But after your reply and a very speedy reply from the support in Bruxelles, I tried and... it worked!
As for the pictures: copy and paste from the original into the translation... Tedious and time-consuming but effective!
Some of the tips Bruxelles suggested:
* use the "get placeable" functions in Trados for all images and field codes
* don't use font styles which were changed manually / afterwards (Trados ignores them and uses the basic styles of the original document instead)
* documents made in Office 2000/Millenium/XP will create font type/size related problems when using Office 98 for translating with Trados. "Whenever possible, try to use the same Office version..."

The latter was easy: I asked my husband nicely (with a lot of hugs and kisses) to change my workstation into a multi-boot one.


houdoe,
Bianca


 


To report site rules violations or get help, contact a site moderator:


You can also contact site staff by submitting a support request »

No pictures and other problems with Trados 6







TM-Town
Manage your TMs and Terms ... and boost your translation business

Are you ready for something fresh in the industry? TM-Town is a unique new site for you -- the freelance translator -- to store, manage and share translation memories (TMs) and glossaries...and potentially meet new clients on the basis of your prior work.

More info »
Trados Business Manager Lite
Create customer quotes and invoices from within Trados Studio

Trados Business Manager Lite helps to simplify and speed up some of the daily tasks, such as invoicing and reporting, associated with running your freelance translation business.

More info »