Is it possible to do a global replace on locked segments? Thread poster: Anthony Rudd
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Many of my projects have a large number of XLT segments, often with inconsistent translations. Is it possible to do a global replace on locked segments without unlocking all segments (because this may have unwanted side effects)? An individual unlock of each segment is tedious. | | | yes, with a little workaround | Jun 6, 2018 |
Make a view of all locked segments Unlock all of the segments in the view Make any necessary changes Lock all segments in the view Delete the view | | |
Yes, I know this situation and have it quite often as a result of pretranslation done by customers with a defective memory. Unfortunately I haven't found a way to do Find/Replace on locked segments. You have to unlock them first. Now, what I do in these situations is: 1. (If you have more than one file) Create a view with the files (simply gluing them together). 2. Open the file/view in the grid. Use the filter boxes in the grid to filter by the source term/phrase and it... See more Yes, I know this situation and have it quite often as a result of pretranslation done by customers with a defective memory. Unfortunately I haven't found a way to do Find/Replace on locked segments. You have to unlock them first. Now, what I do in these situations is: 1. (If you have more than one file) Create a view with the files (simply gluing them together). 2. Open the file/view in the grid. Use the filter boxes in the grid to filter by the source term/phrase and its corresponding bad target term/phrase (you might want to enclose phrases in quote marks to filter for that exact phrase). 3. Use the funnel filter function to filter by Locked segments. This yields a list with the offending locked segments; you can then select all, unlock all (Ctrl-Shift-L), do your Find/Replace, which changes the status of the segments to Edited, confirm all, then lock again (Ctrl-Shift-L once more). Now the result should be that all incorrect segments are corrected, and you have not unlocked other segments that should stay unchanged. I hope this helps a bit! ▲ Collapse | | | Anthony Rudd Local time: 21:52 German to English + ... TOPIC STARTER Global replace | Jun 6, 2018 |
Thanks, I had hoped that there as some "secret" switch that, in effect, temporarily overrid the locking. | |
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it wouldn't really be locked would it? | Jun 7, 2018 |
Anthony Rudd wrote: Thanks, I had hoped that there as some "secret" switch that, in effect, temporarily overrid the locking. The solutions which Tomas and I suggest are two very similar ways of temporarily unlocking the segments but as in any locked object, you don't want to make it too easy to break in. If you want a one-stop way of doing this over and over again, you could write an Autohotkey script, but I think you'll find either of these methods will take you thirty seconds to implement once you get used to picking memoQ's locks | | | To report site rules violations or get help, contact a site moderator: You can also contact site staff by submitting a support request » Is it possible to do a global replace on locked segments? CafeTran Espresso | You've never met a CAT tool this clever!
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