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Autor wątku: Stefan Stefanov
Stefan Stefanov
Stefan Stefanov  Identity Verified
Bułgaria
Local time: 06:41
angielski > bułgarski
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Sep 10, 2010

Hello,

I am looking for instructions on how to add new segmentation rules to WF Pro. The reason I need to do this is some abbreviations normally found in Bulgarian texts the full stop at the end of which always causes Wordfast to break the segment.

Example:

[......... съгласно чл. 20 от ....] ----- [...... according to Article 20 of .....]
[......... ул. "Софийски герой" 1 ........ ] -------- [.......... 1 "Sofiiski geroi" S... See more
Hello,

I am looking for instructions on how to add new segmentation rules to WF Pro. The reason I need to do this is some abbreviations normally found in Bulgarian texts the full stop at the end of which always causes Wordfast to break the segment.

Example:

[......... съгласно чл. 20 от ....] ----- [...... according to Article 20 of .....]
[......... ул. "Софийски герой" 1 ........ ] -------- [.......... 1 "Sofiiski geroi" St., .......]

There are many others of the sort. I need to be able to "instruct" Wordfast NOT to break a new segment when it encounters some of these abbreviations.

Looking at the Segmentation Settings panel in Preferences didn't give me any clues on how to do this. Another thing I have just noticed is that even though I selected "Bulgarian" from the Abbreviations drop down menu there and hit Apply, the next time I open the same panel, it still shows the first list entry, Abkhazian. ▲ Collapse
 
Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)  Identity Verified
Tajlandia
Local time: 10:41
angielski > tajski
+ ...
WFP segmentation settings Sep 13, 2010

I find the WFP 2.4 segmentation settings are good in details. If you fail to design your ideal segmentation, why not use the segment expansion/joint menu command to control each segment accurately.

Soonthon Lupkitaro
 
Yasmin Moslem
Yasmin Moslem  Identity Verified
Egipt
Local time: 06:41
angielski > arabski
Edit > Preferences > Abbreviations Sep 13, 2010

Stefan Stefanov wrote:

I am looking for instructions on how to add new segmentation rules to WF Pro. The reason I need to do this is some abbreviations normally found in Bulgarian texts the full stop at the end of which always causes Wordfast to break the segment.

Example:

......... съгласно чл. 20 от .... according to Article 20 of .....
......... ул. "Софийски герой" 1 ........ "Sofiiski geroi" St., .......

There are many others of the sort. I need to be able to "instruct" Wordfast NOT to break a new segment when it encounters some of these abbreviations.




Dear Stefan,

Please make sure you download and install the latest version of Wordfast Professional available at:
http://www.wordfast.com/store_download.html

You can add your Bulgarian abbreviations into: Edit > Preferences > Abbreviations > Bulgarian - make sure they are separated by commas without spaces.

Please see this small video for your чл. and ул.

http://screencast.com/t/YzkyMDE1MmYt


Stefan Stefanov wrote:

Looking at the Segmentation Settings panel in Preferences didn't give me any clues on how to do this. Another thing I have just noticed is that even though I selected "Bulgarian" from the Abbreviations drop down menu there and hit Apply, the next time I open the same panel, it still shows the first list entry, Abkhazian.


This is not a problem.


I hope this helps. If you have any further questions, please let me know.



Best Regards,
Yasmin Moslem
Wordfast Support


[Edited at 2010-09-13 11:18 GMT]
 
Stefan Stefanov
Stefan Stefanov  Identity Verified
Bułgaria
Local time: 06:41
angielski > bułgarski
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Thank you Sep 15, 2010

Excellent, great tutorial! Thank you very much!
 
Bree Salmon
Bree Salmon  Identity Verified
USA
Local time: 20:41
japoński > angielski
So how then to remove certain rules? May 3, 2012

Sorry to resurrect the thread, but could anyone tell me then how to remove rules from the rule list? I do not want sentences to segment on colons (:).

Thanks in advance.
 
Stefan Stefanov
Stefan Stefanov  Identity Verified
Bułgaria
Local time: 06:41
angielski > bułgarski
+ ...
NOWY TEMAT
Export settings? May 3, 2012

Bree Salmon wrote:

Sorry to resurrect the thread, but could anyone tell me then how to remove rules from the rule list? I do not want sentences to segment on colons (:).

Thanks in advance.


I suppose you can try and export the currently active segmentation settings, e.g. "wfsegmentation.properties", open the exported file, locate the colon rule, edit/remove it and import the newly created (saved under a different name would be better) segmentation rules.

That's just an idea, I haven't tried it and I am usure about its practicability.

I also looked through the various WF folders in C:\Program Files (x86)\Wordfast but didn't see any segmentation properties file there.
 
Yasmin Moslem
Yasmin Moslem  Identity Verified
Egipt
Local time: 06:41
angielski > arabski
Display issue May 3, 2012

Bree Salmon wrote:

Sorry to resurrect the thread, but could anyone tell me then how to remove rules from the rule list? I do not want sentences to segment on colons (:).


Dear Bree,

There is a display issue that makes you not able to see the default segmentation marks. So, here is what you should do to be able to see them.

- Select any other option such as "Break"; click Apply and OK. (The preferences dialogue is now closed.)
- Open the preferences again, and re-select "Wordfast".
- Now, you should see "End of segment markers" filled with .:?!
- You can now delete : and Apply; OK.


HTH,
Yasmin
 
Bree Salmon
Bree Salmon  Identity Verified
USA
Local time: 20:41
japoński > angielski
Thanks! May 4, 2012

Yasmin,

Once again, you save the day.

So is the fact that I have to do that a bug or what?
 
Yasmin Moslem
Yasmin Moslem  Identity Verified
Egipt
Local time: 06:41
angielski > arabski
Known Issue May 4, 2012

Bree Salmon wrote:

Yasmin,

Once again, you save the day.

So is the fact that I have to do that a bug or what?



Dear Bree,

You are very welcome!

Whatever it is called, it is a known issue. Most importantly, you now know how to go around it.


Kind regards,
Yasmin
 


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