Character Delimited Text Settings

Settings for text files in which the text is divided into columns: each column is separated by characters, and each line contains source text in one column and a corresponding translation in another column. Examples are Comma Delimited Text (.csv) files, and Tab Delimited Text (.txt) files. Text documents that are delimited by regular expressions, rather than divided into columns, are specified by the Regular Expression Delimited Text (Text) file type.

Format page

Available options are:

Delimiter

Tab, Comma, Other

Select Tab or Comma , or click Other and provide any number of characters as a column delimiter, for example +++

Source column, Translation column

Columns which contain (or will contain) source and target text. If you give the same number for each, the source text is overwritten.

Minimum number of columns

This must be greater than the column numbers entered for source and translation.

Extract comments as structure information

The comments are used to generate document structure information.

Comment column

Specifies which column to use as the structure information.

Text is enclosed in double quotes

If selected, quotation marks are removed from text before presenting it for translation, and reinserted when generating the target file.

Exclude

First line is column headings

If selected, the first line is not presented for translation.

Lines with less than...columns

Lines with fewer columns than are specified here are skipped.

Existing translations

These options affect the status of text in the column marked as Translation column.

Make existing translations confirmed

Sets the translation status confirmed.

Lock existing translations

Makes existing translations read-only in the Editor.