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==How mark text as untranslatable==
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Some parts of a file to be translated, such as comments, may sometimes be '''required to remain untranslated'''. Here is how to achieve this in [[Wordfast Pro]].
  
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==Customizable filter settings==
  
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Generally, any text that is marked as hidden will not be visible after importing the file for translation into Wordfast and, therefore, it will remain untranslated. To find out how to mark text as untranslatable in MS Word and handle RTF files prepared with the style tw4winExternal, please refer to this article: [[Marking Text as Untranslatable]].
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When you open a file in WFP, the text from the file is imported for translation based on built-in '''filters''' for the many file types WFP can process. The user can customize the filters to import or not import text from certain parts of the source files. The settings are in '''''Preferences''''' > '''''Filters'''''.
  
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Q. I got a Word document including some comments, and the client asked me not to translate comments. How can I exclude the comments from translation without having to remove them from the source document?
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In WFP, you can browse for available filters for different file formats and format settings and customize filters for different projects depending on requirements. Let us look at the example with MS Word file:
  
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In Wordfast Pro 5, comments from an MS Word document are excluded from translation by default. While [[Wordfast Pro 3]] and [[Wordfast Anywhere]] require marking any source text that doesn't need to be translated as "hidden" in MS Word before uploading the document for translation, Wordfast Pro 5 enables you to mark text as untranslatable ''within'' the tool. This refers not only to MS Word comments but other file formats as well. In Wordfast Pro 5, you can browse for available filters for different file formats and format settings and customize filters for different projects depending on requirements. Let us look at the example with MS Word file:
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# Click on [[File:WFP Preferences icon.png|25px|WFP Preferences icon]] to access WFP '''''Preferences'''''.
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# Access the '''''Filters''''' tabs.
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# To select the file filter settings for the open project, click a filter to list the current settings in the '''Format Settings''' pane. For example, click on ''MS Word Document'' and you will see that comment extraction is not activated. Tick the box if you would like to make comments translatable.
  
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# Select Preferences from the Wordfast drop-down menu.
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[[File:Extract_comments.png]]
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# Click '''''Filters''''' under '''New Project Preferences'''.
 
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# To select the file filter settings for the open project, click a filter to list the current settings in the '''Format Settings''' pane. For example, click "MS Word Document" and you will see that comments are already marked as extracted from translation. Tick the box if you would like to make comments translatable.
 
  
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[[File:Extract_comments.png]]
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==Hidden text in Word documents==
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Any text marked as '''hidden''' in a MS Word document is not imported for translation in [[Wordfast Pro]] (WFP) and, therefore, it will remain untranslated. To find out how to mark text as untranslatable in MS Word and handle RTF files prepared with the ''tw4winExternal'' style, see [[Marking Text as Untranslatable|how to mark text as untranslatable]].
  
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==Hidden rows or columns in Excel files==
  
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Version: Wordfast Pro 5.7
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You can [[Excluding Excel Columns/Rows in Wordfast Pro|exclude Excel columns/rows from translation]] in WFP.
  
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Operating System: macOS
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==XML and other tagged text files==
  
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To tell WFP how XML or similar tagged text files, you can [[Building a Rules File for Tagged Text Translation in Wordfast Pro|build rules files to translate tagged files]]. This is very powerful but requires some localization skills.
  
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--[[User:Alina|Alina]] 27 January 2019
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Latest revision as of 10:43, 14 April 2021

Some parts of a file to be translated, such as comments, may sometimes be required to remain untranslated. Here is how to achieve this in Wordfast Pro.

Customizable filter settings

When you open a file in WFP, the text from the file is imported for translation based on built-in filters for the many file types WFP can process. The user can customize the filters to import or not import text from certain parts of the source files. The settings are in Preferences > Filters.

In WFP, you can browse for available filters for different file formats and format settings and customize filters for different projects depending on requirements. Let us look at the example with MS Word file:

  1. Click on WFP Preferences icon to access WFP Preferences.
  2. Access the Filters tabs.
  3. To select the file filter settings for the open project, click a filter to list the current settings in the Format Settings pane. For example, click on MS Word Document and you will see that comment extraction is not activated. Tick the box if you would like to make comments translatable.

Extract comments.png

Hidden text in Word documents

Any text marked as hidden in a MS Word document is not imported for translation in Wordfast Pro (WFP) and, therefore, it will remain untranslated. To find out how to mark text as untranslatable in MS Word and handle RTF files prepared with the tw4winExternal style, see how to mark text as untranslatable.

Hidden rows or columns in Excel files

You can exclude Excel columns/rows from translation in WFP.

XML and other tagged text files

To tell WFP how XML or similar tagged text files, you can build rules files to translate tagged files. This is very powerful but requires some localization skills.

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