Validating expressions as Do Not Translate Thread poster: Omer Shani
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Omer Shani 
Israel
Local time: 17:13
Member (2012)
English to Hebrew
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Hello memoQ talents,
We are translating GUI for a client, where in places where we have {First_Name} and alike, it should remain as is, and not be translated.
Is there a way to define that given this expression: curly brackets + a text within, itshould not be translated at all, whether in DoNotTranslate section or elsewhere?
We are using memoQ 2015 Build 157 version.
Thanks,
Omer Shani
BlueLion Language Services
| | | | | Use Regex tagger | Sep 6, 2016 |
Hello Omer,
You should use Regex Tagger after you import your document. In the Regex Tagger window, type \{[A-Za-z_.]+\} in the Regular Expression box, select Empty option button below, and then press Add and OK.
Best regards,
Stanislav Okhvat
TransTools – Useful tools for every translator
| | | | | Stan's the man | Sep 6, 2016 |
Once Stanislav has spoken, there is usually not much more to say. Did it work?
| | | | Omer Shani
Israel
Local time: 17:13
Member (2012)
English to Hebrew
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TOPIC STARTER | Almost there... | Sep 6, 2016 |
Thank you Stanislav & Anthony
Well, I implied the expression in the Auto-Translaion corpora, and previewed it, but when testing it on real (after attaching it to the project, of course) I didn't see any suggestion from memoQ about it
Maybe I missed something?
The regex I used is: {{A-Za-z_A-Za-z.+}}
The source segment is {{first_name}}....
Thanks
Omer
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| Did you run regex? | Sep 6, 2016 |
Omer Shani wrote:
Thank you Stanislav & Anthony
Well, I implied the expression in the Auto-Translaion corpora, and previewed it, but when testing it on real (after attaching it to the project, of course) I didn't see any suggestion from memoQ about it
Maybe I missed something?
Usually I apply regex expressions either during import or after, through Preparation > Regex Tagger. This way you can define a new expression/set of expressions and apply it to an already imported document. Just follow Stanislav's instructions to the letter.
The regex I used is: {{A-Za-z_A-Za-z.+}}
The source segment is {{first_name}}....
"{{A-Za-z_A-Za-z.+}}" is not a valid regular expression, AFAIK. Use " \{[A-Za-z_.]+\}", as Stanislav suggested. Personally, I think I'd go with an even simpler \{.+\}, which should catch everything and anything between curly brackets (as you wrote "{First_Name} and alike").
| | | | Jan Truper
Germany
Local time: 16:13
Member (2016)
English to German
| | Problem with . | Sep 7, 2016 |
Hello Mirko,
I just wanted to comment on the expression you also suggested, \{.+\}
The problem here is that the dot (.) matches any symbol and + is greedy, so it gobbles up everything until the end of the string and only then starts to backtrack symbol after symbol until } is encountered, when it will stop with success. So if the text contains "Page {pagenum} of {pagecount}", there will be only one match - "{pagenum} of {pagecount}", not two matches.
To ma... See more Hello Mirko,
I just wanted to comment on the expression you also suggested, \{.+\}
The problem here is that the dot (.) matches any symbol and + is greedy, so it gobbles up everything until the end of the string and only then starts to backtrack symbol after symbol until } is encountered, when it will stop with success. So if the text contains "Page {pagenum} of {pagecount}", there will be only one match - "{pagenum} of {pagecount}", not two matches.
To make + non-greedy, you can use +? quantifier operator. This operator will gobble up one symbol, and then check whether the next one is }, if not, it will gobble up another one, then check for }, etc.
For CAT tools, it's probably wiser to use non-greedy quantifiers +? or *? always because segments are usually short and the performance will not suffer.
However, I usually use the greedy alternatives when possible, but I always apply the greedy quantifier + to a character class like [xyz] that will never match the character that ends the sequence (which is } in our case). In my expression \{[A-Za-z_.]+\} I added . at the end which is considered a regular dot symbol at the end of the character class. This is needed because . may be part of variable names, like {page.num}.
Greedy vs non-greedy quantifiers are explained here: http://www.regular-expressions.info/repeat.html
Best regards,
Stanislav Okhvat
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| | | | xxRGProz (X)
Spain
Local time: 16:13
| Please follow these steps | Sep 7, 2016 |
- Open your file in memoQ and go to Preparation (1) > Regex Tagger (2).
- On the Tag current document window, enter exactly this in the Regular expression box (3):
- Open your file in memoQ and go to Preparation (1) > Regex Tagger (2).
- On the Tag current document window, enter exactly this in the Regular expression box (3):
\{\{[^}]+\}\}
- Select Required (4) and click on Add (5).
- You should see the tags in red in the results pane. If they seem correct, click OK (6).
If you immediately see that some tags are wrong, just press Ctrl+z (otherwise, you'll have to reimport the document or edit the source text with F2).
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Omer Shani
Israel
Local time: 17:13
Member (2012)
English to Hebrew
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TOPIC STARTER | Thank you but... | Sep 7, 2016 |
Thanks a lot for the Regex Tagger idea, it worked beautrfilly, but I want to add this regex as an AutoTranslation rule...
How do I manage it?
Thanks
Omer
Rafa Gómez wrote:
- Open your file in memoQ and go to Preparation (1) > Regex Tagger (2).
- On the Tag current document window, enter exactly this in the Regular expression box (3):
\{\{[^}]+\}\}
- Select Required (4) and click on Add (5).
- You should see the tags in red in the results pane. If they seem correct, click OK (6).
If you immediately see that some tags are wrong, just press Ctrl+z (otherwise, you'll have to reimport the document or edit the source text with F2).
| | | | xxRGProz (X)
Spain
Local time: 16:13
| Same regex for auto-translation rules | Sep 7, 2016 |
- In memoQ, open your project and go to Project home > Settings > Auto-translation rules.
- Click on Create/use new (you could name it Brace tags, for example), and then click on Edit.
- In memoQ, open your project and go to Project home > Settings > Auto-translation rules.
- Click on Create/use new (you could name it Brace tags, for example), and then click on Edit.
- On the Edit auto-translation rule set window, type in the same regex in the Auto-translation rules box (1), and then select Add (2):
\{\{[^}]+\}\}
- In the Replace order rules (3), enter $0 and then click on Add (4).
- Finally, just click OK (5).
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| | | | Omer Shani
Israel
Local time: 17:13
Member (2012)
English to Hebrew
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TOPIC STARTER | Awesome!!! works like a charm :) Thank you Rafa! | Sep 8, 2016 |
Rafa Gómez wrote:
- In memoQ, open your project and go to Project home > Settings > Auto-translation rules.
- Click on Create/use new (you could name it Brace tags, for example), and then click on Edit.
- On the Edit auto-translation rule set window, type in the same regex in the Auto-translation rules box (1), and then select Add (2):
\{\{[^}]+\}\}
- In the Replace order rules (3), enter $0 and then click on Add (4).
- Finally, just click OK (5).
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