Greek localization and inflection: the case of short strings ambiguity

First published as: Why contextual information is necessary for the localization into highly inflectional languages like Greek

There are many issues that affect localization which have been mentioned in some detail in a previous post.

Quite often, major companies or major localization service providers, deliver lists of English strings that need to be localized (or reviewed, edited, QAed) in highly inflectional languages, the case with Greek.

Αξιολόγηση λεξικών in.gr / Ματζέντα

Πρώτη δημοσίευση: Αξιολόγηση συνδρομητικής υπηρεσίας λεξικών των in.gr / Ματζέντα

Εισαγωγή 
Η συνδρομητική υπηρεσία λεξικών των in.gr / Ματζέντα παρέχει πρόσβαση σε 15 λεξικά (5 εκ των οποίων Αγγλικά<>Ελληνικά) με ετήσιο κόστος 19 ευρώ (με ΦΠΑ). Η υπηρεσία αντικαθιστά την προηγούμενη δωρεάν πρόσβαση στη Χρυσή έκδοση (Αγγλικά<>Ελληνικά) της Ματζέντα.

How to sort rows on the basis of whether they contain a specific word/string

Lets say you have a glossary in 2 columns (A and B) and you want to check all the cells that refer you to another headword with the string see x. or βλέπε or even a specific character like a parenthesis. Let's say you want to check for instances of this string on column B with all the rows that contain the given string.

Remove double or multiple spaces in a Word document.

Remove double or multiple spaces (whitespace) in a Word document.


Press Chtrl+H.
In Find what enter ^w
In Replace with enter a space
Click Replace All


Alternatively you can use an online script for automatic correction of multiple/erroneous spaces and erroneous capitalization

Trados TagEditor: spell checking option appears inactive (grey)

Go to Tools -> Plugins -> SpellCheck, and select MS Word Spellchecker