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Customizing Number formats

When segmenting text and auto-substituting placeables, Trados Studio uses a default list of number formats for each source and target language. This list ensures that the number formats in the source language are recognized and localized correctly in the target language.

About this task

The Numbers list is stored in the Language Resources of your translation memory (TM). These are called Language Processing Rules (LPR) for server-based and cloud TMs. To customize the patterns that are identified as numbers and the way that they are localized in the target language, edit the default Language Resources or the Language Processing Rule that your TM is using.

For cloud TMs

All settings for cloud TMs are read-only in Trados Studio and can be updated only from RWS Language Cloud. To customize placeables for cloud TMs, open your cloud account in a browser, go to the Resources tab and update the Language Processing Rule that your cloud TM is using. For information on how to update cloud language processing rules and placeables, see the "Language processing rules" chapter in the Language Cloud documentation.

For local and server-based TMs

You can edit the language resources for an existing local TM in the Translation Memories view. Alternatively, create a language resource template with a custom Numbers list that you can then apply to all future local project TMs.

Procedure

  1. Go to the Translation Memories view.
  2. Identify the TM or the language resource template for which you want to customize the number formats:
    • to update number formats for a TM: in the Translation Memories folder, right-click your TM and select Settings > Language Resources.
    • to update number formats for language resource template: in the Language Resource Templates folder, right-click the template and select Settings.
  3. In the table, identify the language for which you want to customize the number formats:
    • edit formats for the source language to change the patterns that Trados Studio identifies as numbers. For example, the patterns x-xxx,xx is recognized as three different numbers instead of one, due to the thousand and decimal separator it uses.
    • edit the formats for the target language to change the formats that Trados Studio uses for auto-localizing numbers. For example, change the default French localization of numbers from standard "x xxx,x" to custom "x'xxx.x".
  4. Click in the corresponding the Numbers entry and edit an existing format or add a new one.
  5. Make the required changes to the thousands or decimal separators and press Enter.
  6. Click OK to close the Number Formats dialog box.
  7. Use the Move up Move up and Move downMove down arrows in the first table column to prioritize the order of the custom number formats. The first format in the list is only used for QuickPlace and Automatic Translation suggestions. For TM matches, Trados Studio uses the same format as in the TM match to show you examples of how number formats have been localized in previous translations. However, you can use your custom formats for TM matches as well by disabling the option For TM matches, copy the TM format under Auto-substitution > Numbers and currency > Separators for numbers.
  8. Enable your new custom formats for auto-substitution. Otherwise, Trados Studio will continue localizing placeables using the same format as in the TM target match. If no TM matches are available for a segment, Trados Studio will use the default localization formats for the target language.
  9. In the Project Settings window, go to [Your language pair] > Translation Memory and Automated Translation > Auto-substitution.
  10. On the Numbers and Currency page, enable the Custom separators option for numbers and currency amounts. If your custom separators do not show up, go back to the Language resource settings of your TM, and make sure they are the first ones in the list of Number formats.
  11. Click OK to close the Project Settings window and save your settings.