Let's say I have a source file that has tabs in it, like this simple Word file:
After adding my file to a project, and translating the first segment, it looks like this:
We can easily see that if the file were segmented differently, I would be able to leverage my translations much better, with each individual country name being on its own separate segment.
To achieve this, I go into Project Settings, then Translation Memory Settings:
In the window that opens, select Language Resources on the left, and then Segmentation Rules on the right, then click on Edit:
This brings up one more box. For this example, since I want Studio to create a new segment every time it finds a tab, I need to choose Add:
To create a segmentation rule based on tabs, I add a name (Tab), choose "Anything" in the "Before break" dropdown menu, "Tab" in the "Break characters" dropdown menu, and "Anything" in the "After break" dropdown menu:
Click OK several times to close all the open dialog boxes.
Now I go back to my project, remove the Word file I was working on, add it again, prepare it, and this is what I see:
Much better!
From now on, whenever I use this TM, a new segment will be created whenever there is a tab. If I want to remove this segmentation rule, I simply go back to the Segmentation Rules dialog box, select the rule I created and click on Remove.
This is a simple example using tabs, but Studio is powerful enough to provide a great range of possibilities by playing with the various options provided.
