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Getting text out of / back in crossWeb for translation in another app (Mac only)
Thread poster: Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Netherlands
Member (2006)
German to Dutch
May 7, 2022

Getting text out of crossWeb:

https://youtu.be/FpeluhizW90

Note that it's not possible to keep the formatting. (Unless someone knows a way how to do that ...)

Getting text back in crossWeb:

https://youtu.be/vIS-LxWhiow
 
Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Netherlands
Member (2006)
German to Dutch
TOPIC STARTER
New version of the macro May 8, 2022

Since my segment extraction macro already cycles through the segments, I decided to let it copy source to target first:

https://youtu.be/wAt1sOs6xnU

I've also modified the timings so the macro would run smoother.
 
Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Netherlands
Member (2006)
German to Dutch
TOPIC STARTER
Adding formatting May 8, 2022

I'm waiting for a reply from Across Support regarding the lost character formatting when inserting copied text outside crossWeb.

It should be possible to use a kind of markup in the other CAT tool to mark bold, italics etc.

After import of the translated segments, the macro could simulate key presses like Cmd+B, Cmd+I to replace the markup.

But that's a long way to go ...
 
Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Netherlands
Member (2006)
German to Dutch
TOPIC STARTER
Lost formatting May 9, 2022

About the lost formatting when pasting text from crossWeb, I received this info from a KM expert:

I have a feeling that pasting pre-formatted material may be out of reach.

• their clipboard handling seems to be plain text only
• and their edit buffer looks like its done with (e.g. JavaScript or WebAssembly) code, essentially behind the scenes, in a way that doesn't give you access to, for example, formatted HTML elements.


So it looks like it is impossible to keep the formatting

 


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