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Bilingual Excel settings

The Bilingual Excel file type has the *.xlsx extension.

Embedded Content

SettingInstruction
Allow processing of content embedded in a document into tagged markup according to a set of regular expression rules. Embedded content is identified using document structure information.Toggle the button to enable the use of regular expressions when processing embedded content as translatable content.
Defined by document structure information - Document structure informationType the name of the document structure item and then select plus sign.
Defined by document structure information - Tag definition rulesEnable this option to set the selected embedded content processors to extract embedded content from specific context. Create extraction rules based on the document structure information. Make sure that the document structure information you specify here is covered by a parser rule in the Parser settings section for your file type. Trados Studio and Trados Online Editor can only extract embedded content that is recognized by the file type parser.
  1. Select Add New Rule.
  2. From the Tag Type list, choose a value: Placeholder or Tag Pair.
  3. In the Regular expression field, enter the regular expression.
  4. Select the Ignore Case check box to ignore the case of the identified content. Otherwise, keep the default value (clear check box).
  5. From the Segmentation Hint list, choose a value from the list to determine how segmentation is performed: May Exclude (default), Include, Include With Text, Exclude. The value you specify here is available when you configure a parser rule under Parser > Add New Rule > Properties > Advanced Settings > Segmentation Hint. Check this topic to learn what each segmentation hint does.
  6. Select Save.

Common Settings

SettingInstruction
Basic Settings
ColumnsType a name in the boxes of the Source column and Translation column.
ExcludeSelect the check boxes corresponding to the elements you want to exclude from translation: First line in column heading, Translation column content, Cells containing formatted numbers.
Existing translationsDecide how you want to treat existing translations: Confirm existing translations, Lock existing translations.
Advanced Settings
Context informationData from marked columns will be shown in SDL Trados Studio as document structure information. Type the column name and select plus sign.
Comment informationData from marked columns will be shown in SDL Trados Studio as comment. Type the column name and select plus sign.