Simple delimited test settings

This topic presents the list of options you can customize in the settings of the Simple Delimited Text file type.

Delimiter

OptionDescription
Tab, Comma

Specify if the columns in your file are separated by a comma or a tab. Make sure that at least 40% of the lines in the document use a tab or a comma as a column delimiter.

Other

Specify which custom character is used to separate the columns in your file. Make sure that the custom delimiter character you choose does not exist in the source or in the target columns and that the character is used as a delimiter in more than 40% of the lines in the file.

Source Column

Specify the number of columns which contain source text. If you give the same number of source and target columns, the source text is overwritten.

Translation Column

Specify the number of columns which contain target text. If you give the same number of source and target columns, the source text is overwritten.

Extract comments as structure information

Select this to convert any available comments into document structure information.

Comment column

Specify which column contains comments that SDL Trados Studio should extract as structure information.

Exclude line without comments

When this option is enabled, SDL Trados Studio extracts for translation only those lines of text for which a comment is available in the column that you specified for the Comment column option.

Exclude

OptionDescription
Lines without delimiter

When enabled, SDL Trados Studio extracts for translation only those lines of text that contain the delimiter character specified on the Delimiter section. This option is selected by default.

First line is column headings

When enabled, SDL Trados Studio does not extract for translation the first line of text in the file.

Existing translation

OptionDescription
Make existing translations confirmed

When enabled, SDL Trados Studio sets each extracted source and target segment to Confirmed.

Lock existing translations

When enabled, SDL Trados Studio locks each extracted source and target segment. Locked segments cannot be translated in the Editor view.

Process

OptionDescription
Files not matching formatting requirement

When enabled, SDL Trados Studio can process files with many empty lines or with lines that contain only a delimiter.