Specify a structure applicable to a file which contains two columns separated by custom delimiting characters. This ensures that Trados Studio processes the first column as the source text and the second column as the translated text.
Procedure
- Create a
*.txt file and enter text in two columns separated by ### as delimiting characters.
- Open the text file in Trados Studio and go to to change the processing settings for the current project only.
- On the File Types page, select New... and create a new Simple Delimited Text file type.
- Give a relevant name and identifier to the new file type, for example ### Delimited Text.
- On the File Types tree, expand the new ### Delimited Text file type and select the Format page.
- In the Delimiter section, select Other and enter ### as delimiter characters.
- Set the column selection settings to source column 1 and the target column 2.
- Select OK to close the Options/Project Settings dialog and save your settings.
- Open the file in the Editor view to display the source text in the source language pane and the translation in the target language pane.
Note: Trados Studio saves the file with each line containing the source and corresponding translation separated by ###.