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Wordfast Anywhere Source and Target Column Size Adjustment?
Thread poster: timtak
timtak
timtak
Japan
Local time: 07:07
Japanese to English
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Sep 28, 2017

Before I open the translation, the source and target are equal in width at about half the screen but when I open a segment to translate, the source (Japanese) is about 80% of the screen width and the target (English) column where I need to type is only about 20% of the screen width and too small.

This is probably because Japanese does not have spaces, so Wordfast Anywhere is unsure where to introduce line feeds.

I am translating a Powerpoint file but I don't think tha... See more
Before I open the translation, the source and target are equal in width at about half the screen but when I open a segment to translate, the source (Japanese) is about 80% of the screen width and the target (English) column where I need to type is only about 20% of the screen width and too small.

This is probably because Japanese does not have spaces, so Wordfast Anywhere is unsure where to introduce line feeds.

I am translating a Powerpoint file but I don't think that matters.
I could add Japanese commas to the segment breaks but I want to translate sentence by sentence.
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Andrea Bauer
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Italy
Local time: 00:07
Italian to German
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Change view of translation grid Sep 28, 2017

Click on Doc Layout and toogle the panel view to have source and target in horizontal lines.

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timtak
timtak
Japan
Local time: 07:07
Japanese to English
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TOPIC STARTER
Thank you! Sep 29, 2017

Thank you. I am happy now. Document view is fine.
Thanks very much indeed.
Tim
 


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