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Adding regular expressions to QA Checker

You can add regular expressions as needed to spot inconsistencies in your translated text.

Before you begin

Make sure the QA Checker provider is enabled. To enable QA Checker, go to File > Options > Verification and select the QA Checker 3.0.

Procedure

  1. Display the Regular Expressions page by choosing one of the following:
    • Go to File > Options. These default verification settings are used when you create a project or start a new translation using the Translate Single Document command.
    • Go to the Projects view, select the project you want to work on, and, on the Home tab, select Project Settings. These verification settings apply to the active project and the active file.
    • Go to the Projects view, select Create Project Template, and in the Project Template Settings specify the project template settings and save the template. The verification settings which occur in a project template can be used when you create a new project. You may want to create a project template if you have several customers that require different settings.
  2. Decide whether you want to specify regular expressions:
    • For all language pairs (generic settings) - From navigation, select Verification > Regular Expressions.
    • For a specific language pair - From navigation, select Language Pairs > [Source Language] - [Target Language] > Verification > Regular Expressions.
  3. On the Regular Expressions page, select the Search regular expressions checkbox.
  4. In the drop-down list in the upper-right corner, choose how the inconsistency identified by the regular expression should be reported back to you:
    • Warning
    • Error
    • Note
  5. In the Description box, enter a description for the regular expression you have created. This is used for identification when reporting on the verified file.
  6. In the RegEx source box, type a regular expression for the source segment inconsistency. a regular expression you have created to search the source segments.
  7. In the RegEx target box, type a regular expression for the target segment inconsistency. a regular expression you have created to search the target segments
  8. Choose an option from the Condition drop-down list to determine whether the search will be performed in both the source and the target text, or only in one of the two. See .
  9. Select Ignore case to match the regular expression with both lower- and upper-case instances. to ignore case when matching patterns in the source and target segments
  10. From the Action drop-down list, select Add item.