In this area you will be performing your active work as a translator/reviser. These are the sections we will be covering:
When the documents are imported into the CAT editor, the source text is automatically divided into segments according to the text segmentation rules of your project (to know more about how to set them, go to the Segmentation (SRX) Rules page).
The header of the editor working space
The top part of the working space conforms the header, which gives access to the statistics panel (top left corner) and the column properties(top right corner).
This area also contains the headers of each column, where the titles gives information about the nature of the content of the rows below.
Trick!
Remember you can change the size of each column by just clicking on its separation.
Right below the icon, we can find the column containing segment references (Column Zero) which may display additional meta information (we will see the details in the segment view).
Reminder
The Column Zero of the Editor workspace is the only one you can not remove from the layout.It contains the segment numbers, which indicate the paragraph in your document (or the segment number in the pointed paragraph). In the screenshot below, we see that paragraph two contains two segments: segment 2 and segment 2-2.
Each row represents a segment. Anytime you open one segment, it would pop up from the editor letting you know that you are in editing mode. Then you can modify the text or leave comments to other users, for instance.
Trick!
Change status without entering editing mode
If you are performing a revision and just want to make changes to the status, click directly on the column gap between source and target. By default is gray (which indicates that the status of the translation is neutral).
Each segment is divided in different parts. In this case, we will take the example above, which has 4 parts.
Contains the source text. Locked. Only editable if user has specific rights.
Part 3. Language status (for working target)
Values
Description
NEUTRAL
OK
PROBLEM
Part 4. Language text (for working target)
Icons
Values / Options
Description
Segment panel (advanced)
Segment formatting
Remember
These options are only supported in the following file formats: 1. Framemaker 2. IDML/Indesign 3. MS Word/MS Excel/MS PowerPoint (MS Office file formats DOCX, XLSX and PPTX) 4. HTML 5. SRT 6. XLIFF
No comments (default)
Has comments
Comments will be displayed in the Timeline widget
No bookmarks (default)
Blue bookmark
Red bookmark
Pin segments to highlight something
Unlocked (default)
Locked
Indicates the possibility to make modifications in a segment.