Trados problem (I can't close segment) Thread poster: Cecilia Coopman, M.A. in Translation
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Hello,
I am working with Trados 5.5 (a Word file) and I can't close a segment. The strange thing is that I can continue opening and closing the following segments but the one I am talking about stays open. I tried to fix the document with Trados option (Trados > Fix Document) but the problem is still there... What should I do?
| | | | Ralf Lemster 
Germany
Local time: 19:49
English to German
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| Not really open | Sep 10, 2004 |
Hi Cecilia,
If you can open another segment, this means that the segment in question isn't really open (although it might look that way).
Is there a section break, or an embedded object (picture, chart, etc.) next to that segment?
Have you tried working on a copy of the file (IOW is the behaviour recurrent, or has something gone wrong with this instance)?
Have you made sure that there were no revision marks left in the document be... See more Hi Cecilia,
If you can open another segment, this means that the segment in question isn't really open (although it might look that way).
Is there a section break, or an embedded object (picture, chart, etc.) next to that segment?
Have you tried working on a copy of the file (IOW is the behaviour recurrent, or has something gone wrong with this instance)?
Have you made sure that there were no revision marks left in the document before starting to work on it?
It's very difficult to check the reason for this without checking the file. I have seen this kind of behaviour - usually this was a formatting problem with the Word file.
Best regards, Ralf ▲ Collapse
| | | | | thanks for your coments | Sep 10, 2004 |
Ralf Lemster wrote:
Hi Cecilia,
If you can open another segment, this means that the segment in question isn\'t really open (although it might look that way).
I think this is the case!!!
Is there a section break, or an embedded object (picture, chart, etc.) next to that segment?
No!!!!!
Have you tried working on a copy of the file (IOW is the behaviour recurrent, or has something gone wrong with this instance)?
It is not a copy of the file.
Have you made sure that there were no revision marks left in the document before starting to work on it?
No revisions marks left...
It\'s very difficult to check the reason for this without checking the file. I have seen this kind of behaviour - usually this was a formatting problem with the Word file.
One question Ralf, if this is the case, how can I fix it? Is it fixable?
Many thanks for your help. Much appreciated!
Best regards, Ralf
| | | | Ralf Lemster
Germany
Local time: 19:49
English to German
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| Can't tell by remote diagnosis, I'm afraid... | Sep 10, 2004 |
Hi again,
Slightly OT, information on how to use the quoting function is here...
If you can open another segment, this means that the segment in question isn't really open (although it might look that way).
I think this is the case!!!
...in which case you may have to copy this section from the original file.
Have you tried working on a copy of the file (IOW is the behaviour recurrent, or has something gone wrong with this instance)?
It is not a copy of the file.
Let me rephrase that: try to use a copy of the original file (which, I hope, you kept unchanged...) and check if the behaviour occurs again.
It's very difficult to check the reason for this without checking the file. I have seen this kind of behaviour - usually this was a formatting problem with the Word file.
One question Ralf, if this is the case, how can I fix it? Is it fixable?
Probably, but not necessarily - impossible to tell without looking at the file.
Sorry...
Ralf
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Desi_vdb
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:49
Dutch to English
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| formatting mark missing | Sep 10, 2004 |
I've had this several times, and usually it meant I deleted a formatting mark.
Go to: tools - options and select "all" below "formatting marks".
As you can see in your text, each translation is opened and closed with a specific formatting mark. You probably miss the closing one for this segment. Try to copy one from another location. If you can't copy it, first go to Trados and click on "toggle tag protection". Now you can copy -paste the formatting mark. This should so... See more I've had this several times, and usually it meant I deleted a formatting mark.
Go to: tools - options and select "all" below "formatting marks".
As you can see in your text, each translation is opened and closed with a specific formatting mark. You probably miss the closing one for this segment. Try to copy one from another location. If you can't copy it, first go to Trados and click on "toggle tag protection". Now you can copy -paste the formatting mark. This should solve your problem. If you can't figure it out, send me the document (please zip if it's very big), and I'll try to fix it. ([email protected]) (delete the nospam from the address). I will be home in about an hour and can try to solve it then. Good luck. ▲ Collapse
| | | | LuciaC
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:49
English to Italian
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it will now be too late, but when I get this kind of errors, I click Undo as many times as necessary to get back to the previous stage. Sometimes I also close Trados and the document without saving it. It only takes a short time to retranslate the segments that are already in the memory up to the point where things went wrong.
Being a highly 'untechnical' person, I always devise pragmatical ways of solving problems...
Good luck
Lucia
| | | | | Fix Document | Sep 10, 2004 |
Never mind, I just noticed you tried that.
[Edited at 2004-09-10 17:09]
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Many thanks for all your comments. At the end, I managed to solve my problem following Deisi's suggestion. Many thanks Deisi and also for your kind offer of checking my doc, but it is not necessary anymore....
Cecilia
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