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MultiTerm 2014 export to .rtf (Word dictionary) - problem with umlauts at the start of words.
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Michael Bailey
Michael Bailey  Identity Verified
Austria
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German to English
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Oct 16, 2014

I have been doing an export of a 2,000 term termbase in MultiTerm 2014 and have noticed that there seems to be a difficulty with the way that initial letters are handled. For example in a German > English glossary, I have lots of entries starting with U (and u) and Ü (and ü). Is there a work-round (other than manually!) to ensure that it doesn't add a new initial capital when sorted alphabetically every time it changes from a work starting with Ü to one with U (or from U ... See more
I have been doing an export of a 2,000 term termbase in MultiTerm 2014 and have noticed that there seems to be a difficulty with the way that initial letters are handled. For example in a German > English glossary, I have lots of entries starting with U (and u) and Ü (and ü). Is there a work-round (other than manually!) to ensure that it doesn't add a new initial capital when sorted alphabetically every time it changes from a work starting with Ü to one with U (or from U to u, or Ü to ü) and vice versa? Any help greatly appreciated. ▲ Collapse
 
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Maybe... Oct 19, 2014

... a workaround (because I see your problem!) would be this.

- export to excel using the Glossary Converter.
- sort them alphabetically on the language you like
- recreate the termbase with the glossary converter again
- export based on entry number instead of language
- manually add in the titles for each letter

This is clearly a bug which has been logged, but perhaps this workaround won't be too difficult as you'll only have to intervene a ma... See more
... a workaround (because I see your problem!) would be this.

- export to excel using the Glossary Converter.
- sort them alphabetically on the language you like
- recreate the termbase with the glossary converter again
- export based on entry number instead of language
- manually add in the titles for each letter

This is clearly a bug which has been logged, but perhaps this workaround won't be too difficult as you'll only have to intervene a maximum of 26 times and the Glossary Converter makes short work of the conversion process. Not ideal I know.

Regards

Paul ▲ Collapse
 
Michael Bailey
Michael Bailey  Identity Verified
Austria
Local time: 15:08
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Thanks! Oct 23, 2014

Thanks for the reply - seems to be the most sensible solution for the time being in terms of what I need it to do! Am sure I can probably put together a little macro that will handle it for me if I am having to do it regularly (IT restrictions permitting!).
 
RWS Community
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United Kingdom
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One little problem... Oct 23, 2014

... that I came across is that Excel won't sort them correctly either!!!

So you need to add a column in Excel, convert the column you wish to sort on using Hex values through a User Defined Function and then sort the UDF values instead. This time it's sorted.

I never thought for a minute this would be so complicated!! If you're interested there is a thread that I starte... See more
... that I came across is that Excel won't sort them correctly either!!!

So you need to add a column in Excel, convert the column you wish to sort on using Hex values through a User Defined Function and then sort the UDF values instead. This time it's sorted.

I never thought for a minute this would be so complicated!! If you're interested there is a thread that I started here in the excelforum... which is a fantastic resource for help with complicated excel stuff.

Regards

Paul ▲ Collapse
 
Michael Bailey
Michael Bailey  Identity Verified
Austria
Local time: 15:08
German to English
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thanks! Dec 16, 2014

just saw this reply - thanks for the follow-up. I'm currently trying to refine my RTF output in other ways - it is somewhat slow progress (as I have various other tasks on my desk that are higher priority!).
 


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