How to Find and Replace Text

This topic describes how to use the Find and Replace tool in the Translation Memories view. You can search both source and target segments and you can replace text in both source and target segments.

 

NOTE

If you want to make a change that will affect many translation units throughout the translation memory, use the batch edit and delete tools.

 

To find and replace text in a translation memory:

  1. In the Translation Memories view, make the translation memory for which you want to find and replace text the active translation memory.

  2. If you want to limit the search to a specific group of source or target segments, select the segments.

  3. If you want to find text, select Edit > Find from the menu bar. The Find and Replace dialog box is displayed on the Find tab.

  4. If you want to replace text, select Edit > Replace from the menu bar. The Find and Replace dialog box is displayed on the Replace tab.

  1. Enter the search text in the Find what box.

  2. If you are replacing text, enter the replacement text in the Replace with box.

  3. In the Look in box:

  1. Select Selection to limit the search to selected segments.

  2. Select Current Document to search the entire translation memory page by page.

  1. Select Source or Target to indicate whether the source segment text or target segment text should be searched.

  2. Under Find options, select the required search settings. For example, if you only want to find text where both the content and casing match, select Match case.

  1. If the search value includes a wildcard character or a regular expression, select Use and then select the correct option from the drop-down list.

  1. Start the search:

  2. Click Find Next to start the find.

  3. Click Replace to start the find and replace.

  1. When a match is found, the text is highlighted in orange and outlined in red. For example, findorange.jpg

If

Then

you want to resume the search,

click Find Next.

 

NOTE

You can also close the Find and Replace dialog box and press F4 to find the next instance of your search text or press Shift+F4 to find a previous instance of your search text. See How the Find Keyboard Shortcut Keys Work for more information.

you want to replace the current match,

click Replace to replace the text and resume the search, or

click Replace All to replace the currently selected text and all other matching texts, automatically.

  1. When you have finished searching, click Close to stop the search and close the Find and Replace dialog box.

  2. When you have finished making changes, commit the changes using one of the following methods:

  3. Select Maintenance > Commit Changes from the menu bar.

  4. Click Commit Changes CommitChanges.jpg on the Maintenance toolbar.

 

 

Related Topics

Overview: Managing Translation Memory Data

How to Edit Translation Unit Text

How to Copy and Paste Text