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Transit/TermStar NXT
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Contents
Contents
1 Exchanging reference material via TMX
What you should know here............................................................................. 9
Supported TMX versions.................................................................................. 9
Importing TMX files into Transit ...................................................................... 9
Naming and saving the language pairs ............................................................ 9
File name extension when importing from other systems ............................. 10
Performing a TMX import ............................................................................... 10
Segment status of imported TMX files ........................................................... 11
Exporting language pairs as TMX file ............................................................. 11
Checking prior to the TMX export .................................................................. 11
Settings for the TMX export ........................................................................... 11
Exporting the current project as TMX file....................................................... 12
Exporting projects, folders, and language files as TMX file ........................... 13
Compatibility of the language and country codes of TMX files ...................... 14
What you should know here........................................................................... 14
TMX files from other systems in Transit ......................................................... 14
TMX files from Transit in SDL Trados............................................................. 15
2 Managing roles
Hierarchy of functions .................................................................................... 16
Opening a role ............................................................................................... 17
Creating a new role........................................................................................ 19
Creating completely new roles....................................................................... 19
Editing an existing role ................................................................................... 20
Protect role by password ............................................................................... 21
3 Automating tasks using macros

Tips for creating macros ................................................................................ 23
Recording a new macro ................................................................................. 24
Running the macro......................................................................................... 26
Run a macro via hotkey.................................................................................. 26
Run a macro via ribbon bar............................................................................ 26
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Editing the macro........................................................................................... 27

Display and edit a macro................................................................................ 27
Delete a macro ............................................................................................... 28
Example macro: Inserting Unicode characters............................................... 28
4 Print page setup

Managing print page setups ........................................................................... 31
Opening a print page setup............................................................................ 31
Saving the print page setup ........................................................................... 31
Print page settings.......................................................................................... 32
Page margins ................................................................................................. 32
Separators for dictionaries ............................................................................. 33
Headers and footers....................................................................................... 36
Page layout..................................................................................................... 38
5 Customising dictionary layouts

Managing layouts ........................................................................................... 40
Creating a new layout..................................................................................... 40
Opening existing layouts ................................................................................ 40
Saving the layout and closing the layout editor ............................................. 41
Providing other TermStar users with your layouts ......................................... 42
Working with the layout editor...................................................................... 43
Areas of a layout............................................................................................. 43
Layout editor interface ................................................................................... 43
Available fields................................................................................................ 43
Structure of the language units ...................................................................... 44
Editing the layout ........................................................................................... 46
Selecting and removing fields for the layout .................................................. 46
Adding and deleting a static text ................................................................... 47
Defining the order of fields ............................................................................. 47
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Defining field properties ................................................................................ 48

Formatting the header/source language/target language/additional languages
49
Formatting entries and subentries ................................................................. 49
Formatting fields............................................................................................. 50
Entering and formatting static texts ............................................................... 51
Variables......................................................................................................... 52
Formatting automatic cross-references ......................................................... 52
General settings ............................................................................................. 53
6 Using start parameters

Specifying the dialog language: -DialogLanguage ........................... 56
Specifying the user: -U.................................................... 57
Specifying the user role: -H ............................................... 57
Open project: -P .......................................................... 58
Open language pair: -O ................................................... 58
Example using all start parameters............................................................ 58
7 Managing database links

Transferring database connections to other computers ................................. 59
Save ODBC settings to file............................................................................. 60
Set up ODBC settings on the target computer .............................................. 60
Finding and deleting incorrect database links ................................................ 62
8 Customising Transit
Correcting lists of abbreviations for segmentation by sentence ..................... 63
File names of abbreviation lists ...................................................................... 63
Scope and folders .......................................................................................... 64
Correcting abbreviation lists .......................................................................... 64
Spellchecking: Correcting a list of unknown words ....................................... 64
Reference-based spellcheck.......................................................................... 64
Spellcheck with Open Source dictionary ....................................................... 65
Editing the list of unknown words .................................................................. 65
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TermStar: Customising index buttons............................................................. 65

Configuration file for index buttons ................................................................ 66
Changing index buttons ................................................................................. 66
9 Organising reference material

Copying, moving and deleting reference material.......................................... 67
Three steps of the function ............................................................................ 67
All associated language files message.................................................... 68
Using the Organise reference material function.......................................... 69
Saving and loading the scan results .............................................................. 73
Modifying reference material......................................................................... 74
Search and filter options ............................................................................. 74
Using the Modify reference material function ............................................. 75
Saving result lists ........................................................................................... 76
Compacting reference material...................................................................... 77
Size of the compacted files ............................................................................ 77
Compacting options....................................................................................... 77
Compacting the reference material................................................................ 78
Converting reference material from Transit XV ............................................. 80
Folder structure .............................................................................................. 80
Converting the reference material .................................................................. 80
Unknown file format when converting reference material.............................. 81
Markups in converted reference material....................................................... 81
10 Open source spellcheck dictionaries

Downloading spellcheck dictionaries............................................................. 83
Installing an open source spellcheck dictionary ............................................ 84
Uninstalling an open source spellcheck dictionary ........................................ 84
Spellcheck dictionaries installed as a standard ............................................. 84
11 Compacting Access database or transferring it to

SQL server
Compacting Microsoft Access database ......................................................... 87
Run the compression ..................................................................................... 88

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Transferring TermStar databases from Microsoft Access to an SQL server .... 91

Renaming existing ODBC connection............................................................ 91
Creating a SQL database ............................................................................... 93
Transferring a database from Access to the new SQL server ....................... 97
Deleting the connection to the existing database.......................................... 99
12 Fields in the TermStar dictionary

What you should know here......................................................................... 100
Field formats................................................................................................. 100
Header fields ................................................................................................ 101
Language fields ............................................................................................ 102
Language entry fields and subentry fields ................................................... 103
Prefixes for field types.................................................................................. 105
13 Regular expressions
What are regular expressions?..................................................................... 106
Basic settings for searches in Transit .......................................................... 106
What can you use regular expressions for? ................................................. 107
Defining regular expressions........................................................................ 107
Control characters ....................................................................................... 109
Overview of meta characters....................................................................... 110
Wildcards: . [ ] & ...................................................... 111
Wildcard for any single character: . (dot)..................................................... 111
Wildcard for any of a specified group or class: Square brackets ([ ]) ........ 111
Wildcard for any sequence of characters: Ampersand (&) ........................... 113
Quantifiers: +*? ......................................................... 115
Escapement: \ ........................................................... 118
Applying meta characters to character strings: ( ) ........................ 120
Placement: ^ $ .......................................................... 121
Negation: ! ............................................................. 123
Negation of a character or character string ................................................. 124
Negation of a character group ..................................................................... 124
Negation of beginning/end of line ................................................................ 125
Alternatives: |........................................................... 127
What does Transit interpret as an alternative?............................................. 127
Alternatives and character groups/classes .................................................. 128
Alternatives and negated character strings.................................................. 128
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Variables: # .................................................................................................. 130

Why use variables? ...................................................................................... 130
How are variables used?.............................................................................. 131
Changing the case when replacing .............................................................. 132
Changing number formats when replacing .................................................. 133
Performing mathematical calculations when replacing................................ 134
Rounding figures when replacing................................................................. 136
Converting numbers to characters when replacing, and vice versa ............ 138
Invalid regular expressions........................................................................... 138
Ambiguous regular expressions................................................................... 138
Syntax errors ................................................................................................ 139
Appendix: Overview of meta and control characters................................... 140
14 Language codes
Sorted by language name ............................................................................ 143
Sorted by language code ............................................................................. 149

Exchanging reference material via TMX
1 Exchanging reference
material via TMX
What you should TMX is a data format for exchanging translation memories. It allows you to use the
know here translation memory from another system in Transit.
You have the following options:
G Importing TMX files into Transit ( page 9)
G Exporting the current project as TMX file ( page 12)
G Exporting projects, folders, and language files as TMX file ( page 13)
Importing TMX files into the Transit TM Container

You can also import TMX files from other translation memory systems directly
into the optional TM Container ( Document Transit NXT Managing and using
TM Containers).
Supported TMX During the import, Transit supports TMX versions 1.1 to 1.4.
versions During the export, Transit uses TMX version 1.4.
Importing TMX files into Transit

Naming and When you import TMX files into Transit, Transit generates language files:
saving the G When you import a TMX file from another translation memory system, Transit
language pairs creates one language pair. You specify the name of the language pair during
the import.
If the TMX file contains over 15,000 segments, Transit automatically splits the
data into multiple language pairs. A suffix is added to the language pair names.
G When you import a TMX file that has been created using Transit, Transit
re-establishes the original language pairs and the original file names.
If your TMX material has been created from multiple reference files, Transit
creates several language pairs that each have the original file name. This
means you can work as usual with single files and select them individually
as reference material.
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File name When you import TMX files from other translation memory systems, you will need
extension when to specify a file name for the language files that you want Transit to create. Specify
importing from .txt as the file name extension.
other systems Transit then names the language files using the file name that you specified and the
file name extension in accordance with the language code.
G Example:
When importing an English-Swedish TMX file, specify the file name manual.txt.
Transit then creates the language files manual.eng and manual.sve.
Performing a TMX How do I import a TMX file into Transit?

import 1 Select Reference material | TMX interface | Import TMX from the resource
bar.
Transit displays the following window:
2 Select the TMX file you wish to import.

Click on ... to the right of the TMX import file field.
Transit displays the Open TMX file window.
Select the TMX file. Confirm your selection with Open.
3 Specify the folder and the file names for the language files which Transit should
generate.
Click on ... to the right of the Resulting language pair field.
Transit displays the Create language pairs from TMX file window.
Specify the folder and name for the language file. Enter .txt as the file
name extension ( File name extension when importing from other
systems, page 10).
If the TMX file has been created by Transit, the file name that you specify
is irrelevant ( Naming and saving the language pairs, page 9).
Confirm your entries with Save.
4 Click on Start.
Once Transit has completed the import, it displays the following message:
Completed successfully.

Exporting language pairs as TMX file
Transit has imported the TMX file and saved it as language pairs.
5 Close the Import progress window with OK.
Transit displays the TMX Import window again in the foreground.
If you do not want to carry out another import, simply click on Close.
Segment status of During the TMX import, Transit assigns the segment status Translated to the source
imported TMX and target languages of the language pairs created.
files Depending on the quality of the translation memory you imported, you may need
to carry out a quality check before using the language pairs created as reference
material in translation projects.
You can do so either by checking each segment and assigning it a status individ-
ually or by changing the status globally for the entire language file ( Transit NXT
Users Guide , section Proofreading mode).
Exporting the translation memory from the TM Container as a TMX file

You can also export the translation memory from the optional TM Container as a
TMX file ( Document Transit NXT Managing and using TM Containers).
Checking prior to For the export as TMX, you must know the following:
the TMX export G Whether protected and unaltered segments should also be exported.
G Whether the TMX file should be coded as UTF-8 or UTF-16.

If you want to make the TMX file available to third parties, clarify with these parties
how they require the TMX file.
Settings for the You can define the following for the export:
TMX export G Source language and export languages
You must define the source language and at least one export language. The
source language is always exported, regardless of whether you select it as an
export language.
G Also export protected segments
This setting is only required if you want to import the TMX file into Transit at a
later point. It is not relevant for exchanging with other translation memory
systems.
Use this to tell Transit to export segments that only contain markups. If you
select this option, you must also select Also export unaltered segments.
Otherwise Transit will only export segments with contents that can be edited
and translated.
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G Also export unaltered segments

You can use this to tell Transit to export a segment if its contents are identical
in the source and the target language.
Otherwise Transit will only export segments with contents that differ between
the source language and the target language.
G Minimum segment status
Use this to tell Transit to only export segments that have at least this specified
segment status.
Otherwise Transit will export segments regardless of their segment status.
G Coding the TMX file
This is used to define which coding should be used for the TMX file (UTF-8 or
UTF-16).
Exporting the You can export the language pairs for the current project as TMX file. Transit then
current project as exports the source language and all target languages of the project.
TMX file
How do I export a project as TMX file?
1 Select Reference material | TMX interface | Export current project as TMX
from the resource bar.
2 Specify the TMX file to which the data should be exported:

Click on .
Specify the folder and name for the TMX file. Confirm your entries with
Save.
3 Define the other settings for the TMX export ( Settings for the TMX export,
page 11).
4 Click on Start.
Once Transit has completed the export, it displays the following message:

Transit has created the TMX file.
Close the Export progress window by clicking on OK.
Exporting You can export any project, reference folder, and language file as TMX file.
projects, folders,
and language files How do I export projects, reference folders, and language files as TMX file?
as TMX file
1 Select Reference material | TMX interface | Export TMX from the resource
bar.
2 Select the reference material that you want to export.

Language files for a project: Select Add project and select the project.
Decide whether you also want to export the reference material for the
project.
All of the language files in a folder: Select Add folder and select the folder.
Individual language files: Select Add files and select the files.
3 Specify the TMX file to which the data should be exported:
Click on .
Specify the folder and name for the TMX file. Confirm your entries with
Save.
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4 Define the source and export languages ( Source language and export
languages, page 11).
5 Define the other settings for the TMX export ( Settings for the TMX export,
page 11).
6 Click on Start.
Once Transit has completed the export, it displays the following message:
Transit has saved the TMX file.
7 Close the Export progress window by clicking on OK.
Transit now displays the TMX export window again in the foreground.
If you do not want to carry out another export, simply click on Close.
Compatibility of the language and country codes

of TMX files
What you should TMX uses a combination of language and country codes to label languages in
know here accordance with ISO 639-1 and ISO 3166.
For some language variants, different translation memory systems do not use the
same codes. This means that some language variants will not be not recognised if
they have been exchanged between different translation memory systems.
TMX files from During the import, Transit takes varying codes from other systems into consider-
other systems in ation and can usually correctly interpret and import them.
Transit Exception: The language variants of Serbian (Cyrillic and Latin for Serbia, for
Montenegro and for Bosnia and Herzegovina in each case) cannot be clearly
assigned.
Tip: Renaming the language file after the import

If an incorrect language variant is created during the import, you can easily
rename the file name extension for the language file.
Example:
During the TMX import, a language is interpreted as Serbian (Cyrillic, Monte-
negro) (language code SCM), but it should be Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia and Herze-
govina) (language code SRC).
You can correct this by changing the file name extensions for the language files
from *.SCM to *.SRC.

Compatibility of the language and country codes of TMX files
TMX files from SDL Trados does not import the following languages correctly:
Transit in SDL
Trados Language and country codes
Language
Acc. to ISO Export from Transit Code in SDL Trados
Afrikaans af af af-01
Basque eu eu eu-01
Catalan ca ca ca-01
Farsi fa fa fa-01
Hebrew he-il iw-il iw-01
Norwegian (Nynorsk) nn-no no-ny no-ny
Norwegian (Bokmal) nb-no no-no no-ny
Serbian sr-yu sr-yu sh-yu
Differing coding for special language variants
Tip: Adapting the TMX file before importing

If the translation memory system that is importing the file cannot correctly
interpret a language code, it may be helpful to edit the TMX file so that the
language codes it contains meet the requirements of the system that is importing
the file.
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2 Managing roles
2 Managing roles
What you should Using the role administration of Transit, you can view the standard roles that are
know here supplied ( Opening a role, page 17) as well as create your own roles
( Creating a new role, page 19).
Hierarchy of The role administration hierarchically displays the functional elements of a role:
functions G General: General areas of the ribbon bar
G Transit: Transit-specific areas of the ribbon bar

G TermStar: TermStar-specific areas of the ribbon bar
G File menu: Menu and submenus of the Transit button
G Resource bar: Buttons and submenus of the resource bar
The check box in front of an element indicates if the role supports the function:
G Check mark: Function and all subfunctions are supported.
G Empty: Function and all subfunctions are not supported.
G Filled: Function is partially supported (some, but not all subfunctions).
Example: Functions of the Localisation Specialist role
In addition, windows and views are linked to the role.

Opening a role
Opening a role
How do I open a user role?
1 Select User roles | Manage user roles from the resource bar.
Transit opens the following window:
Transit displays the settings of the active role.
2 Select Open.
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Transit opens the following window:
3 Select the user role you want to open and click Open.
Transit displays the selected role:
Settings of the Super User role

Creating a new role
The upper section of the window hierarchically displays the function levels
( Hierarchy of functions, page 16).
To display or hide the next-lowest level, click on the plus sign or minus sign
in front of the name.
To display all sub-levels, click Expand. To hide all sub-levels again, click
once again on Expand.
In the Windows and View lists, you will find the windows assignment as well as the
Transit and TermStar views of the role.
Creating a new role

You can create a completely new role. However, it is generally easier to open an
existing role, save it under a different name and then edit it ( Editing an existing
role, page 20).
Creating How do I create a completely new role?

completely new 1 Select User roles | Manage user roles from the resource bar.
roles
Transit displays the Manage user roles window.
2 Click Create.
The upper section of the window hierarchically displays the function levels. At
the beginning, all functions and subfunctions are checked, i.e. are supported
by the role.
3 Restrict the functions you want to be available for the role.
To do this, deselect the relevant functions and sub-functions.
4 Decide how inactive controls (groups in the ribbon bar or buttons in the
resource bar) are displayed:
To completely hide these controls, select the option Hide greyed-out
groups on the ribbon bar and greyed-out buttons on the resource bar.
In this case, the user will not see the elements.
If you do not select this option, the controls will be greyed out. The user will
be able to see these controls but not use them.
5 In the Windows area, select the window layout for the role.
6 In the View preferences area, select the Transit and TermStar views for the
role.
7 Click Save.
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Transit displays the existing roles.
8 Enter a name for the new role in the Filename field.

9 Under Scope, select the scope for the role:
Global: For all users and all projects
User: Only for the current user
Click Save to confirm the information entered.
Transit saves the role under the selected name. As an option, a password can be
allocated for the role ( Protect role by password, page 21).
Editing an existing How do I edit an existing role?

role 1 Open the role ( Opening a role, page 17).
2 Click Save As.

Transit displays the Save user role window with the existing roles.
Enter a name for the new role in the Filename field.
Under Scope, select the scope for the role.
Click Save to save the information entered.
Transit saves the role under the selected name.

Protect role by password
3 Edit the role settings (details Creating a new role, page 19):
Define the functions that you want to be available for the role.
Decide how inactive controls are displayed (option Hide greyed-out
groups on the ribbon bar and greyed-out buttons on the resource bar).
In the Windows area, select the window layout for the role.
In the View preferences area, select the Transit and TermStar views for
the role.
4 As an option, a password can be allocated for the role
5 Click Save to save the information entered.
Click OK to use the new role or Cancel to go back to the current role.
Protect role by password

You can protect user roles with passwords. Doing so, a particular user is only able
to work with the specified role and cannot change it.
1 Specify the role settings ( Creating completely new roles, page 19 or
Editing an existing role, page 20).
2 To ensure that the user cannot change the role deactivate the Managing roles
option:
3 Click Password.
You must enter the new password in exactly the same way in both fields.
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Enter the new password, enter it a second time to confirm, and then select OK
to confirm your entry.
4 Ensure that the user cannot select a standard role.
To do so, add the following parameter to the [Options] section in the starte.ini
file:
StdActorsDisabled=1
To ensure this setting cannot be changed, the user must not have access to
the \bin folder of his or her Transit installation.
If the user has already set up individual roles, you must delete them.
5 Send the ACT file for the role and the relevant password to the user.
You will find the ACT file in the subfolder of the selected scope in the \config folder.
How do I use a password-protected role as a user?

1 Place the ACT file for the role in the subfolder for the desired section in the
\config folder.
2 If Transit is already open, the role can be opened ( Opening a role, page 17).
If you are restarting Transit, you can open the role quicker by selecting it
directly in the Role overview window or via the resource bar (Roles | My
roles).
3 Enter the password.

Automating tasks using macros
3 Automating tasks using

macros
What you should You can use a macro to automate a task you want to perform repeatedly in Transit.
know here For this purpose, you record the necessary steps of the task in a macro
( Recording a new macro, page 24). Transit saves all the commands and inputs
you give when recording the macro.
Then you can run the macro again and again. In this way ( Running the macro,
page 26), Transit automatically carries out all the commands and inputs contained
in the macro.
You can also alter, correct or delete an existing macro ( Editing the macro,
page 27).
Tips for creating G Think one step ahead

macros Before recording a macro, plan out the steps and the commands which you
want the macro to perform.
If you make and correct an error while recording a macro, the macro will record
the error as well as its correction.
You can edit the macro later and remove unnecessary steps but it is easier to
record it correctly.
G Avoid unnecessary queries and messages
Example:
If you close a modified language file, Transit displays a message if you have not
yet saved the file. To avoid Transit displaying the message in the middle of a
macro, save the language file before using the Close language pair function.
G Independent from content
If you wish to use the macro recorded for other language files, ensure that the
macro is not dependent upon the contents of the current language file.
G Select the keyboard shortcut
For each macro, you specify a keyboard shortcut which you can use to start
the macro.
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Ensure that you do not use standard Transit keyboard shortcuts with which you
normally work.
G Do not use mouse movements
Transit does not record any mouse movements in macros, but only actions and
steps you carry via keyboard.
For this reason, only use the keyboard and call-up menus and commands only
with keyboard shortcuts.
If you are not familiar with keyboard shortcuts, note them before recording the
macro.
Recording a new macro

Transit saves all the steps you give when recording a macro.
Recording macros without mouse movements

Only use keyboard shortcuts or keyboard input for macros.
Transit does not record any mouse movements. This means that steps you carry
out using the mouse are lost.
How do I record a macro?

1 Select Edit | Macros | Record.
2 In the Macro name field, enter a name for the macro.

3 In the Hotkey section, specify the hotkey with which you want to run the
macro.
Select SHIFT+ for a keyboard shortcut using the Shift key.
Select CTRL+ for a keyboard shortcut using the Control key.
From the Key list, select the key with which you want to run the macro if
necessary in conjunction with the SHIFT and/or CTRL key.

Recording a new macro
4 To have Transit display the commands recorded after recording the macro,
select Show macro definition after recording.
Transit can also display the macro definition any time at a later date ( Editing
the macro, page 27).
5 Confirm your entry with OK.
Message Macro name already exists:
Confirm the message by clicking OK and in the Macro name field, enter
another name which is not already in use ( Step 2, page 24).
Message No hotkey selected:
Confirm the message by clicking OK and select a key from the Key list
( Step 3, page 24).
From this point, Transit records all the commands and inputs you execute
using the keyboard.
6 Carry out all the commands and keyboard inputs which you want to record in
the macro.
7 To stop recording the macro, use the mouse to select Edit | Macros | Stop.
Make sure you select this option using the mouse. Do not use a keyboard
shortcut as this would be recorded with the macro.
Stop the recording using the mouse, but not using the keyboard.
Transit stops recording the macro.

If you selected the Show macro definition after recording option ( Step 4,
page 25), Transit displays recorded macro ( Editing the macro, page 27).
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Running the macro

When you run a recorded macro, Transit carries out all the steps saved in the
macro.
Run a macro via How do I run a macro using a hotkey?

hotkey 1 Press the hotkey which you specified for the macro.
You specified this hotkey while recording the macro ( Step 3, page 24).
Transit runs the macro selected.
Run a macro via How do I run a macro using the ribbon bar?
ribbon bar 1 Select Edit | Macros | Play.
2 From the Macro name list, select the macro which you want to run.
3 Click on Run.
Transit runs the macro selected.

Editing the macro
Editing the macro

You can edit and delete existing macros.
Re-recording an existing macro

If you want to re-record an existing macro, delete the macro ( Delete a macro,
page 28) and then record it under the same name ( Recording a new macro,
page 24).
Display and edit a How do I display and edit a macro?

macro 1 Select Edit | Macros | Play.
2 From the Macro name list, select the macro which Transit should display.
Transit displays the shortcut and the contents of the macro.
3 Change the macro settings:
To change the shortcut, adapt the settings in the Hotkey section.
To edit the recorded commands, correct them in the Macro definition
section.
4 Click Apply and close the window by clicking OK.
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Delete a macro How do I delete a macro?

1 Select Edit | Macros | Play.
Transit displays the Edit macro window.
2 From the Macro name list, select the macro which you want to delete.
3 Click Delete and close the window by clicking OK.
Transit deletes the macro.
Example macro: Inserting Unicode characters

To insert Unicode characters, you can click Edit | Text | Character map to open
the Character map window.
However, if you need a Unicode character very often, there is an easier way: You
specify a macro, e. g. for a non-breaking space (Unicode character 160).
How do I record a macro used for inserting a Unicode character?

1 Select Edit | Macros | Record.
Transit displays the Record macro window.
In the Macro name field, enter a name for the macro.
Example: Non-breaking space
In the Hotkey section, specify the hotkey with which you want to run the
macro.
Example: Ctrl + SPACE
Select Show macro definition after recording.
Confirm your entries with OK.

From this point, Transit records all the keyboard input and commands you
execute using keyboard shortcuts.

Example macro: Inserting Unicode characters
2 Finish recording of the macro immediately afterwards. To do so, select Edit |

Macros | Stop using the mouse.
Stop the recording using the mouse, but not using the keyboard.
Transit displays the empty macro in the Edit macro window.

3 In the Macro definition field, enter the command that Transit uses for inserting
the Unicode character in text:
The command <U_160> inserts the Unicode character 160 (non-breaking space)
4 To confirm the changes, click Apply and close the window by clicking OK.
Now, you can simply insert the Unicode character in Transit with the defined
shortcut: For a non-breaking space you press CTRL + Space bar.
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4 Print page setup
What you should When printing language pairs or dictionaries, you can save several settings as a
know here print page setup and use it again at a later stage ( Opening a print page setup,
page 31 and Saving the print page setup, page 31).
The print page setup can be used for the following settings:
G Page margins ( page 32)
G Separators for dictionaries ( page 33)
G Headers and footers ( page 36)
G Page layout ( page 38)

Managing print page setups
Managing print page setups

Opening a print How do I open an existing print page setup?
page setup 1 Select Transit button | Print | Page setup.
Transit displays the Page setup window.

2 Click Open.
3 Select the print page setup and click Open.

Transit displays the settings for the print page setup opened.
Saving the print If you have changed a print page setup, you can save it with the new settings. You
page setup have two options here:
G Save: Save as an existing print page setup
Transit saves the settings in the opened print page setup and overwrites the
old settings.
To do so, click Save in the Page setup window.
G Save as: Save as a new print page setup
With this function, you create a new print page setup with the new settings. The
existing print page setup remains unchanged.
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4 Print page setup
How do I save the changes as a new print page setup?

1 In the Page setup window, click Save as.
Use File name to specify the name under which you will be able to select the page setup subsequently.
You should therefore a descriptive names for this.
2 Enter a name for the new print page setup in the File name field.
3 Under Scope, select the scope for the print page setup:
Customer: Only for projects of the current customer
4 Click Save.
Print page settings

Page margins On the Page margin tab, you can set the following settings:
G Top, Bottom, Left, Right: Margins on all four sides
G Gutter:
For one-sided printing: Additional left-hand margin
For double-sided printing ( Page layout, page 38): Additional margin
along the inside for binding
The gutter applies in addition to the Right or Left margins.

Print page settings
G Header: Distance of header from the top edge

Ensure that the header margin is smaller than the top page margin. Otherwise
the header extends into the print area.
G Footer: Distance of footer from the bottom edge
Ensure that the footer margin is smaller than the bottom page margin.
Otherwise the footer extends into the print area.
How do I set the margins?

1 In the Page setup window, select the Page margin tab:
2 Specify the values for the margins.

If Transit displays a message when you enter the values, this means that the
value is not suitable for the current printer:
Minimum value message: The margin is too small because the printer cannot
print right out to the edge of the paper.
Maximum value message: The margin is too big because the margins are
larger than the paper format.
Do not forget to save the print page setup if you have changed it ( Saving the
print page setup, page 31).
Separators for On the Separator letters tab, you can specify how TermStar should separate the
dictionaries different letter groups of the dictionary.
You can specify separators for letter ranges, individual letters, digits or a combi-
nation of these options.
TermStar distinguishes between upper and lower case. Therefore enter letters and
letter ranges in both versions (upper and lower case).
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TermStar does not print a separator for letters or digits you do not specify.
Entry in separator
Separator type Meaning
field (examples)
Letter range a-zA-Z TermStar separates any letter from A to Z.
TermStar prints all other characters without
separator (e.g. special characters or numbers).
d-kD-K TermStar separates any letter from D to K.
separator (i.e. letters A, B, C and from L to Z).
Individual letters aAbBcC TermStar separates the specified letters A, B and
C as well as .
separator.
Numbers 1-9 TermStar separates any number from 1 to 9.
separator (i.e. all letters).
Combinations 1-5a-tA-T TermStar separates numbers from 1 to 5, letters
from A to T and .
Separators for printing the dictionary
No separator letters for German umlauts

German umlauts (, , ) are not sorted as individual letters, but are sorted
under A, O and U. For this reason, TermStar does not print separators for these
umlauts.

Print page settings
How do I set the separators?

1 In the Page setup window, select the Separator letters tab:
2 From the Placement list, select where TermStar should position the separator:
None: TermStar does not print any separators.
Left, Centre or Right: TermStar prints the separator left-aligned, centred or
right-aligned.
3 From the New page list, select whether TermStar should print any new letter
on a new page:
None: New letter on the same page
Page: New letter on the next availiable page
Right page: New letter on the next right-hand page (may result in a blank
left-hand page)
This option is only relevant to double-sided layouts ( Page layout,
page 38).
4 In the Character(s) field, enter the characters in front of which TermStar should
print a separator (table Separators for printing the dictionary, page 34).
5 If you want to change the font for the separator, click Font.
6 If you want to select a background for the separator, click Background.
7 In the Distance from text section, specify the distances before and after the
separator.
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Headers and On the Header and Footer tabs, you can specify text to be printed on each page.
footers For this purpose, you can use static text (e.g. your department, copyright note) and
variables (e.g. date, consecutive page number, file name).
A header or footer has left, center and right areas. You can add text and variables
to each of these areas. You can also set a font for each area.
In addition, you can specify whether header and footer are to be separated by a line
from the print area.
You can use the following variables in headers and footers:
Variable Meaning Example

%d Current date 08.08.2016
%t Current time 13:39
%p Page number 12
%f Transit: Number of the first segment on the page 126
TermStar: Term of the first data record on the application
page
%l Transit: Number of the last segment on the page 261
TermStar: Term of the last data record on the browser
page
%n Transit: Working name of the language file About Transit NXT
Use in TermStar inadvisable
%N Transit: Path and file name of the language file d:\project\NXTWord\
About_Transit NXT
TermStar: Dictionary and database name MyTerms(MyDB)
Variables for header and footer

Print page settings
How do I specify the header or footer?

1 In the Page setup window, select the Header or Footer tab:
2 Choose the area you want to specify. To do so, select the Left, Center or Right
tab.
3 Specify the content for the area selected:
To insert a variable, you can double-click on the corresponding entry in the
Fields list.
If you want to change the font for this area, click Font.
4 Select Double-sided symmetrical to print the headers and footers in
mirror-image on the right and left pages.
If you have selected this option, the right and left-hand areas will be swapped
over between the right and left-hand pages. This means that the page numbers
always appear on the outer edge of the page.
The symmetrical layout is only used for double-sided layouts ( Page layout,
page 38).
5 You can insert a separating line between the header/footer and the print area
of the dictionary:
In the Separator lines section, check the Line option.
Specify the distance of the line from the header and footer (From text
setting) and the Line width.
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Page layout On the Page layout tab, you can define the general appearance of the printout.
G Page layout
1st page number
This is where you specify with which page number the numbering should
start.
You can determine where the page number is printed using the variable %p
in the header or footer ( Headers and footers, page 36).
Double-sided
If you select Double-sided, Transit prints left and right pages differently:
The gutter is always added along the inside edge of the page ( Page
margins, page 32).
Headers and footers can be printed in mirror-image on the right and left
pages ( Headers and footers, page 36, Double-side symmetrical
option).
G Column layout
Columns: Number of columns
For layouts with more than one column, you can also specify:
Spacing: Spacing between the columns
Line between: TermStar inserts a separating line between the columns.
You can also specify the width of the separating line in the Thickness field.
How do I specify the page layout?

1 In the Page setup window, select the Page layout tab:
2 Specify the page and column layout.


Customising dictionary layouts
5 Customising dictionary
layouts
What you should TermStar saves the settings for displaying your dictionaries in views. A view is
know here composed of several layouts. You can use these layouts to define how TermStar
displays the fields of dictionaries and which fields can be edited.
The following properties are specified in the layouts:
G Field selection for the header data
G Selecting fields for the entries (separately for source language, target language
and additional languages)
G Field layout
G Formatting the field contents (font, size, colour, etc.)
G Texts that TermStar displays before and after the contents of the field
G Static texts that TermStar displays for every data record
G Display cross-references
TermStar is preconfigured with a number of layouts that have proven successful in
practice. You can also create and save your own layouts ( Managing layouts,
page 40). For editing layout, you use the layout editor ( Working with the layout
editor, page 43).
To use a new layout in TermStar, you will need to assign it to one of the existing
views ( TermStar NXT Users Guide , section Customising the dictionary
window).
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Managing layouts
Creating a new
layout
Using an existing layout as a template

You can use the layout editor to create a completely new layout. However, it is
generally easier to open an existing layout ( Opening existing layouts,
page 40), save it under a different name and then edit it.
How do I create a new layout?

1 Select View | Terminology layout | Create and one of the following options:
Dictionary layout
Bibliography layout
Address layout
The layout editor displays a new layout. Now you can edit this layout and then save
it ( Working with the layout editor, page 43).
Opening existing You have the following options for opening an existing view:
layouts G Open an active layout
G Open any layout
How do I open an active layout?

1 Select one of the following options depending on the layout you want to edit:
Active left layout: View | Terminology layout | Left | Modify
Active right layout: View | Terminology layout | Right | Modify
Active editing layout: View | Terminology layout | Edit | Modify
TermStar opens the selected layout in the layout editor ( Working with the layout
editor, page 43).
How do I open any layout?

1 Select View | Terminology layout | Modify and one of the following options:
Dictionary layout
Bibliography layout
Address layout

Managing layouts
2 TermStar displays the following window:
TermStar displays all of the existing layouts.
3 Select the layout you want to edit and confirm your choice with Open.
TermStar opens the layout in the layout editor ( Working with the layout editor,
page 43).
Saving the layout If you have edited a layout in the layout editor, you must save it so that your
and closing the changes are not lost.
layout editor There are two ways of saving a layout:
G Save: The layout editor saves the layout under the same name and in doing so
overwrites your old layout.
G Save under a new name: The layout editor saves the layout under a new
name. This allows you to create a new layout without changing your old layout.
How do I save a layout?

1 In the header of the layout editor, click on X.
Transit displays the following message:
Layout <name> (<area>) has been changed. Save?
2 Confirm the message by clicking on Yes.
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How do I save a layout under another name?

1 Select Transit button | Save as.
TermStar displays the following window:
Use File name to specify the name under which you will be able to select the layout subsequently. You
should therefore use a descriptive name.
2 Enter a name for the new layout in the File name field.
3 Select the scope for the new layout from the Scope list:
Customer: Only for projects of the current customer
4 Click on Save to confirm the information entered.
Transit saves the layout under a new name.
Providing other Each layout is saved in its own file with the file extension *.tld. You can provide
TermStar users other TermStar users with access to any layout file so that they can also use it as
with your layouts their layout.
Where the layout files are saved depends on the scope that you defined when
saving the file ( How do I save a layout under another name?, page 42):
G Global scope: config\global folder
G Customer scope: config\customers\<customer> folder
G User scope: config\users\<user> folder

Working with the layout editor

Areas of a layout A layout consists of the following areas:
G Normal: You can use this to define how TermStar displays the main entries and
their subentries.
G Cross-reference: You can use this to define how TermStar displays the suben-
tries as separate entries in the dictionary and how the automatic
cross-reference to the main entry appears.
G Abbreviation, Alternative, Irregular form, Synonym, Disallowed term, User index 1
to User index 5
The Cross-reference settings apply by default to all subentry types. You can,
however, make each subentry type look different.
Layout editor When you open or create a layout, TermStar opens the layout editor:
interface
1
2
Elements of the layout editor: 1: Tab for layout editor, 2: Toolbar, 3: Available fields ( page 43), 4: Fields
used in the layout, 5: Preview
Available fields The layout editor displays all of the fields that are not used in the layout as
available fields.
TermStar displays the fields hierarchically:
G Header: Header fields which belong to a data record.
G Source language: Source language fields.
Example: If you select the Term and Definition fields here, TermStar displays the
source language with these fields.
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G Target language: Target language fields.

Example: If you select the Term and Context fields here, TermStar displays the
target language with these fields.
G Additional languages: Fields for additional languages
These fields are relevant for multilingual dictionaries which contain entries in
more than two languages.
Example: If you select the Term, Context, Part of speech and Gender fields here,
TermStar displays any languages that are neither the source language nor the
target language with these fields.
Structure of the The structure of the target, source and additional languages is identical:
language units
Structure of a language unit: 1: Language fields, 2: Entry fields, 3: Subentry fields
G Language pseudo-field
You can use the Language pseudo-field to display the language code or the
language name for an entry.
This can be selected and formatted like a normal entry file.
You can define whether the layout displays the language code or the language
name by using a variable in the Field properties window ( Variables,
page 52).
G Language fields
If, for example, a data record contains multiple entries in the target language
English, you can enter a common definition which applies to all the English
entries of a data record.

G Entry fields
The Entry subgroup of a language unit contains the entry fields for this
language.
You can specify whether you want TermStar to display multiple entries for the
language unit. This means, for example, that if a data record has two entries in
the target language German, TermStar will display both entries ( Formatting
entries and subentries, page 49).
G Subentry fields
In addition to the fields for the main entry, the subentries and their fields are
also available. You will need to add these subentries to the layout in order to
display them.
Like in main entries, the Term field is the index field the contents of which are
filed in the dictionary as an individual entry.
The source language must use the Term field

The Term entry field must be used in the source language.
Otherwise the layout cannot be saved and TermStar displays the following
message:
Layout <name> has been changed and is invalid. Continue editing?
Add the Term field in order to save the layout.
Automatic cross-references in the cross-reference layout area

If you insert the field of a subentry in the normal area of a layout, TermStar
displays this subentry within the main entry.
You can also define how TermStar displays subentries as a separate entry with
an automatic cross-reference to the main entry ( Formatting automatic
cross-references, page 52).
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Editing the layout

Selecting and If you want to display and edit fields in the dictionary, the layout must display these
removing fields fields. Select the fields from the Available fields area so that the layout editor
for the layout displays them in the Fields in layout area and in the Preview.
TermStar can display each field only once in the layout. Each field is therefore either
in the Fields in layout area or in the Available fields area.
How do I add a field to the layout?

1 Select the main layer you require (header, source language, target language
or additional languages).
Click on the plus sign in front of the main layer to make TermStar display
its fields or sub-sections.
Click on the plus sign in front of the sub-section to make TermStar display
its fields.
2 Select the field you want to add to the layout.
If you wish to add all the fields in a layer, click on the name of the layer (e.g.
Source language for all the source language fields).
3 In the context menu, select Add to layout.
The layout editor adds this field to the Fields in layout area and displays it in
the Preview.
Please refer to section Defining field properties, page 48 for information on
how to format the field.
How do I remove a field from the layout?

1 Select the field from the list in the Fields in layout area.
To remove all fields from a layer, select the name of the layer.
2 In the context menu, select Delete.
Transit moves the field into the Available fields area and removes it from the
Preview.

Editing the layout
Adding and In addition to fields, you can also add static text. TermStar adds these texts to the
deleting a static Fields in layout area. You can move these in the same way as fields ( Defining
text the order of fields, page 47).
Difference between static text and having the text before/after a field
As an alternative to static text, you can define text for each field, each level or
each sub-group and have this text displayed before or after the field.
Static texts have the following advantages:
G You can move them as a separate unit.
G You can specify an indentation.
G TermStar always displays them (even if the fields are empty).
How do I insert static text?

1 Select a field from the lists in the Fields in layout area below which you want
to insert static text.
2 In the context menu, select Insert text.
The layout editor displays the Static text element under the selected field.
Refer to section Defining field properties, page 48 for information on how to
enter and format the text.
How do I remove static text from the layout?

1 From the list in the Fields in layout area, select the static text you want to
remove.
2 In the context menu, select Delete.
Transit removes the text from the Fields in layout and Preview areas.
Defining the order TermStar arranges the fields in the order in which you add them. You can change
of fields the sequence of the fields at a later point by moving the fields in the Fields in layout
area.
Tips for moving fields

G Fields can only be moved within their own layer.
Example: You cannot move any header fields into the source language layer.
G You can move complete layers.
To do this, move a layer onto another layer of the same hierarchical level (e.g.
Source language onto Header to place it below the header).
How do I rearrange the order of fields?

1 Select a field from the list in the Fields in layout area.
2 Click on the field and hold down the mouse button to drag it up or down.
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In doing so, the layout editor also moves the field icon:
Moving a field in the layout editor
3 Drag the field over another field and release the mouse button.
The layout editor positions the field you moved below the selected field.
Defining field properties

What you should The Field properties window opens automatically when you launch the layout
know here editor:
Field properties in the layout editor: 1: Text before the field contents, 2: Field contents or fixed text, 3:
Text after the field contents
You can leave this window open the whole time so you can format the fields. If you
select a field from the Fields in layout area, the layout editor displays the
formatting of the field in this window.
You have the following options depending on the element selected:
G Formatting the header/source language/target language/additional languages
( page 49)
G Formatting entries and subentries ( page 49)
G Formatting fields ( page 50)
G Entering and formatting static texts ( page 51)
You can close the window by clicking on Close.
To open it again, select a field or item of static text in the Fields in layout area. In
the context menu, select Properties.

Formatting the For each of the four units (header, source language, target language, additional
header/source languages), you can specify texts or characters which frame all the fields of this
language/target unit.
language/
additional
languages
Field properties window for main units
Area Setting Meaning

Text before Text that TermStar displays in front of the entries of a unit,
e.g. in front of the source language.
Font Text formatting.
Spacing Spacing to the previous field.
Text after Text that TermStar displays after the entries of a unit, e.g.
after the source language.
Spacing Spacing to the last unit field.
Formatting the main units
Formatting entries You can define text or characters for each entry and subentry which frame all the
and subentries fields of this entry.
Field properties window for entries
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Text before Text that TermStar displays in front of the fields of the entry.
Text Text that TermStar displays between multiple entries in the
same data record.
Spacing Spacing between multiple entries in the same data record.
Text after Text that TermStar displays after the fields of an entry.
Spacing Spacing to the last entry field.
Option Repeatable TermStar displays all the target language entries of a data
record.
G Example:
ENG: carrot
DEU: Karotte
DEU: Mhre
If this option is not selected, TermStar only displays one
entry:
G Example:
ENG: carrot
DEU: Karotte
This option is not relevant for the source language entries as
TermStar displays all the source language entries.
Formatting an entry
Formatting fields You can use the field options to define the font formatting, spacing, indentation and
before and after texts for each field.
Field properties window for fields


Text before Text that TermStar displays before the contents of the field
(e.g. fixed designation such as part no. or a variable for field
names ( Variables, page 52).
Text Layer and name of the field selected, e.g. <Entry.Context>
Spacing Spacing to the previous field or (if present) to the text in front
of the field contents.
Text after Text that TermStar displays after the contents of the field.
Spacing Spacing to the field contents.
Option Indentation Spacing to the left margin.
Formatting a field
Entering and You can use the options for static texts to determine the contents, font formatting,
formatting static spacing and indentation for static texts.
texts
Field properties window for static texts
Area Settings Meaning

Text Text or characters that TermStar displays as a static text.
Options Indentation Spacing to the left margin.
Formatting a static text
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Variables You can also use the following variables for Text before, Text and Text after:
Variable Meaning Example

\a Abbreviated subentry type Abbr.
( Prefixes for field types, page 105).
\c Language code DEU
\f Field name Status
\l Language name (in dialog language) German
\n Line break
Variables for text fields
Formatting TermStar displays subentries in the dictionary as separate entries that refer to the
automatic main entry using a cross-reference.
cross-references You can define how TermStar displays these subentries and their cross-references.
G Additional units:
Units list box
The units Cross-reference, Abbreviation, Alternative, Irregular form, Synonym,

Disallowed term and User index 1 - 5 correspond to the subentries in the normal
layout section. Their Term field therefore contains synonyms, alternatives, etc.
As this field displays the index field for the subentries, this field is mandatory
for these sections of the layout.
G Source language
As the index field for the main entry, the Term field for the source language
creates the cross-reference to the main entry. This field must therefore be
included if you wish to create an automatic cross-reference.
The remaining fields of the source language correspond to those in the main
entry. You can add them if you want TermStar to display further fields of the
main entry for the subentry without the user having to use the cross-reference.
G Target language
You can use these fields to display all the target language data. The automatic
cross-reference, however, can only be used in the source language.
G Additional languages
The Additional languages layer is not available for subentries.

How do I edit the cross-reference area of the layout?

1 To open the cross-reference area, select the Cross-reference option in the list
box in the tool bar:
Units list box
TermStar displays the available fields and the fields you have selected for the
cross-reference area of the layout.
2 Add the Term field from the Cross-reference layer if this field is not already
included in the layout.
3 Add the Term field from the Source language layer.
This field generates an automatic cross-reference to the main entry for the
subentry.
4 In the Field properties window for this field, enter a string as Text before for
TermStar to display in front of the cross-reference (e.g. see or --->).
5 Format the field so that it can be identified as a cross-reference (e.g. different
font colour green).
6 Add additional fields if necessary.
TermStar uses this layout for subentries with an automatic cross-reference to the
main entry.
General settings You can define general settings for each layout. These apply to both areas of a
layout (normal and cross-reference).
You have the following options for this:
Area Meaning
Display graphics Displays the graphics linked in the Multimedia header field:
G Do not scale
G Scale for screen width
G Shrink image
G Show file name
General layout settings
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Area Meaning
Cross-reference colour Colour in which TermStar displays the manual cross-references.
Manual cross-references are cross-references that have been
created using the Create cross-reference function or the Create
special reference function.
This does not affect how automatic cross-references are
displayed ( Formatting automatic cross-references,
page 52).
Spacing You can specify the following distances:
G Data record distance: Distance between two data records
G Left margin: Distance to the left margin of the page
G Right margin: Distance to the right margin of the page
Show data records How data records are displayed:
G One data record per page: TermStar displays each data
record on a new page.
Especially useful for layouts for the right-hand page. For
example, it enables you to display word pairs on the left-hand
page and detailed information about the selected data record
on the right-hand page.
G Show empty fields: TermStar displays the fields of the layout
even if they do not contain any information.
G Separator: Separator between units, fields and field parts (text
before, text, text after)
TermStar displays the separator in the layout preview and
when the layout is used in edit mode.
Date/time format How the date fields are displayed:
G Short format: TermStar displays the date in short format (e.g.
29.05.2012 instead of Thursday, 29th May 2012)
G Show time: TermStar displays the time as well as the date.
General layout settings (cont.)

How do I change the layout settings?

1 In the toolbar of the layout editor, click on the Layout settings button:
TermStar displays the following window:
Layout options window
2 Change the settings and confirm with OK.

Transit closes the window and applies the settings immediately. You can see some
of the effects of your settings in the Preview area.
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As an experienced user, you can use start parameters to define which settings
Transit uses when it starts up (dialog language, user, user role) and which project/
language pair should be opened automatically.
You can use these parameters when opening Transit via a desktop shortcut, in the
command line or in a batch file.
Tip: Specifying the Action on startup in User preferences

You can also specify the dialog language and project selection settings directly
in Transit (Transits user preferences | Startup settings).
Specifying the This parameter starts Transit with the specified dialog language.
dialog language: Without this parameter, Transit starts with the dialog language specified in Transit's
-DialogLanguage user preferences (Startup settings, option Dialog language for next startup.
Syntax -DialogLanguage=<LanguageCode>
Attribute G <LanguageCode> Dialog language
Possible values: CHS: Chinese
CSY: Czech
DEU: German
ENG: English
ESP: Spanish
FRA: French
ITA: Italian
JPN: Japanese
SVE: Swedish
Example G Start Transit with Italian as the dialog language:
"c:\Program Files\Transit NXT\bin\transitnxt.exe" -DialogLanguage=ITA

Using start parameters
Specifying the This parameter starts Transit with the specified user or displays a dialog window in
user: -U which you can select the user.
Without this parameter, Transit starts with the current Windows user.
Syntax -U[<UserShortName>]
Attribute G <UserShortName> Short name of the user (optional)
Note: The attribute value ignores case and does not distinguish between user
names that differ only in terms of case.
Default: Transit displays the Select user window and waits for the user to make a
selection.
Note: The short name is not the full name that is displayed as the folder name
and in Transit.
Example G When starting Transit, display the dialog window for selecting the user:
"c:\Program Files\Transit NXT\bin\transitnxt.exe" -U
G Start Transit with user lpb:
"c:\Program Files\Transit NXT\bin\transitnxt.exe" -Ulpb
Specifying the This parameter starts Transit with the specified user role.
user role: -H Without this parameter, Transit displays the Select user role window or starts with
the role that was selected.
Syntax -H<role>
Attributes G <role> User role
Possible values: 1: Project Manager role
2: Project Calculation Manager role
3: Translator role
4: Reviewer role
5: Markup Specialist role
6: Reference Material Manager role
7: Alignment Specialist role
8: Terminology Manager role
9: Terminologist role
10: Terminology Translator role
11: Localisation Specialist role
12: Super User role
Note: TermStar only supports roles 8, 9, 10 and 12.
Examples G Start Transit with the Reviewer role:
"c:\Program Files\Transit NXT\bin\transitnxt.exe" -H4
G Start Transit with the Super User role:
"c:\Program Files\Transit NXT\bin\transitnxt.exe" -H12
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Open project: -P This parameter opens the specified project.

Without this parameter, Transit carries out the action specified in Transit's user
preferences (Startup settings, option Action on startup).
Syntax -P[<ProjectName>]
Attribute G <ProjectName> Path and name of the project file you want Transit to open (optional)
Note: The attribute value ignores case and does not distinguish between user
names that differ only in terms of case.
Default: The last-opened project (this corresponds to the Open last project option in
User preferences)
If you start Transit with different users (parameter Specifying the user:
-U, page 57), Transit opens the last project that was opened by the current
user.
Examples G Start Transit with project NXT_Word:
"c:\Program Files\Transit NXT\bin\transitnxt.exe"
-P"d:\Transit_NXT\config\global\Nxt_Word.PRJ"
G Start Transit with the project that was last opened by the current user:
"c:\Program Files\Transit NXT\bin\transitnxt.exe" -P
Open language This parameter opens the language pairs of the project that is currently open.
pair: -O If you do not specify this parameter, Transit will not open any language pair.
Syntax -O[<LangPair>]
Attribute G <LangPair> Language pair (optional)
Possible values: *: All language pairs in the project (except translation extract).
Default: Last-opened language pair for the current project
If you start Transit with different users (parameter Specifying the user:
-U, page 57), Transit opens the language pair that was last opened by the
current user.
Examples G Start Transit with the last-opened language pair for the NXT_Word project:
-P"c:\Users\Public\Documents\Transit NXT\config\global\Nxt_Word.PRJ" -O
G Open all of the language pairs for the NXT_Word project globally:
-P"c:\Users\Public\Documents\Transit NXT\config\global\Nxt_Word.PRJ" -O*
Example using all The following example shows how to start Transit with the user interface in Italian,
start parameters the user con and the user role Super User. Transit will open the project Brochure_V4-2
and all of the language pairs for that project at the same time:
"c:\Program Files\Transit NXT\bin\transitnxt.exe" -DialogLanguage=ITA -Ucon -H12

-P"c:\Users\Public\Documents\Transit NXT\config\global\Brochure_V4-2.PRJ" -O*

Managing database links
TermStar accesses the databases in which dictionaries are stored by means of

database connections.
You can use the TermStar user interface to carry out most tasks for managing the
database functions ( TermStar NXT Users Guide ).
Advanced users can also make use of small programmes for the following special
tasks:
G Transferring database connections to other computers ( page 59)
G Finding and deleting incorrect database links ( page 62)
Transferring database connections to other

computers
What you should If you have set up a TermStar database on the server, you must set up a database
know here connection to the server on each client machine so that all TermStar users can
access the database.
To simplify that task, you can transfer the database connection settings from one
computer to another. In other words, you set up the database connection on one
computer and then transfer the settings to the other computer (target computer).
There are two programs available for this:
G ODBCDataSaver.exe: You use this program on the first computer to save the
database connection settings to a file.
G ODBCDataLoader.exe: You use this program on the target computer to set up the
database connection using the saved settings.
Transferring connection settings for MS Access databases

Transferring the connection settings for MS Access databases only makes sense
if all computers that have the same path can access the same central mdb file.
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SQL database support (e.g. for MS SQL or Oracle)

The support of SQL databases is an optional feature and must be installed on the
target computers to establish the connection.
Save ODBC How do I save the settings on the first computer?

settings to file 1 Start the program ODBCDataServer.exe by double-clicking it.
The program is located in the \bin folder of the Transit installation.

The program displays the following window:
The program shows all database connections.
By default, the program displays all connections to SQL databases.

In order to display connections to MS Access databases as well, select Also
show Microsoft Access data sources.
2 Select the connections that you want to transfer.
3 Click on Write to file.
TermStar displays the Save as window.
The program suggests the odbc_data_exchange.ini file in the \bin folder.
If you want to save the settings in a different folder or file, select the folder
or file of your choice.
Click on Save to confirm your entry.
To exit the program, click the X on the window title bar.
Set up ODBC How do I use the saved settings on the target computer?
settings on the 1 Copy the ini file onto the target computer or to a network folder the target
target computer computer can access.
2 Start the program ODBCDataLoader.exe by double-clicking it.

Transferring database connections to other computers
3 Click on Load from file, select the ini file and confirm your selection with
Open.
The program shows all saved database connections:
4 Select the connections that you want to set up on the target computer.
5 Click Install.
If a database connection of the same name already exists on the target
computer, the program displays a message.
To overwrite the existing database connection, click Yes in the message
box.
To exit the program, click the X button on the window title bar.
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Finding and deleting incorrect database links

The program ODBC Data Cleanup checks database connections and displays all
connections with errors.
Only the ODBC connection is deleted; the database file remains

This step only deletes the ODBC connection to the database.
The database file itself is retained, meaning that you can establish a connection
again if necessary.
How do I find and delete incorrect database links?

1 Start the program ODBCDataCleanup.exe by double-clicking it.
The program shows all database connections with errors.
2 Select the connections that you want to delete.

3 Click Delete ODBC connection.
The program displays a precautionary question.
4 To delete the selected connections, click Yes in the message box.
To exit the program, click the X button on the window title bar.

Customising Transit
Transit and TermStar can be adapted to meet your needs, meaning that you can
carry out your tasks with the best possible results. You can customise almost
everything via the user interface.
This section describes a few exceptions where you will need to edit files in order to
customise Transit.
G Correcting lists of abbreviations for segmentation by sentence ( page 63)
G Spellchecking: Correcting a list of unknown words ( page 64)
G TermStar: Customising index buttons ( page 65)
Correcting lists of abbreviations for

segmentation by sentence
What you should When using segmentation by sentence, you want the segment to end where the
know here sentence finishes but not after a full stop that is part of an abbreviation. To enable
this, Transit uses abbreviation lists that control whether the segment should end
after a string or not. You can interactively create abbreviation lists in Transit at the
end of the import process (project setting Segmentation, option Check segmen-
tation after import, Transit NXT Users Guide ).
However, it may be necessary to subsequently check or correct the contents of the
abbreviation lists, e.g. if the user has accidentally classified a string as an abbrevi-
ation.
File names of Transit uses two files for each working language:
abbreviation lists G Positive list <language code>_pos.ewl: Segment boundary as not an abbreviation
This list contains strings that Transit should not treat as abbreviations. Transit
interprets a full stop after these strings as the full stop at the end of a sentence
and segments the text at this point.
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G Negative list <language code>_neg.ewl: Not a segment boundary as is an

abbreviation
This list contains strings that Transit should treat as abbreviations. Transit inter-
prets a full stop after these strings as a full stop that is part of an abbreviation
and does not segment the text at this point.
Example for English (UK): eng_neg.ewl and eng_pos.ewl.
Scope and folders During the interactive segment check, the user can define the scope that applies
for the lists. The lists are stored in different folders according to their scope:
G Global scope (for all projects and customers): config\global folder
G Customer scope (for all projects for the current customer):
config\customers\<customer> folder
G Project scope (for the current project only): Working folder of the project
If available, Transit uses the lists from all three scopes for a project, e.g. global,
customer-specific and project-specific lists.
Correcting You can use a text editor to edit the abbreviation lists in order to delete or correct
abbreviation lists incorrect entries.
Spellchecking: Correcting a list of unknown

words
What you should When performing a spellcheck, you can place unknown words on a list so that they
know here will not be displayed as errors in the future.
You can edit these lists, for example to remove words that have been added
accidentally.
Transit saves the list of unknown words for each language in a separate file. The
name of the file and where it is saved depend on the basis of the spellcheck.
Reference-based When using reference-based spellcheck, the list of unknown words is

spellcheck project-based and only applies for the current project.
G Folder: Working folder of the project
G File name: <project name>_ <language code>.rsa
G Example for Swedish and project NXT_Word: nxt_word_sve.rsa

TermStar: Customising index buttons
Spellcheck with When using spellcheck based on an Open Source dictionary, the list of unknown
Open Source words is user-specific and applies for all of the current user's projects.
dictionary G Folder: User folder (config\users\<user name>)
G File name: SpellUserDic.<language code>

G Example for Swedish: SpellUserDic.sve
Editing the list of The list of unknown words is an alphabetically sorted Unicode file. You can use a
unknown words Unicode editor to open and edit the file (e.g. by deleting or correcting incorrect
entries).
ONLY USE A UNICODE EDITOR FOR EDITING.

Only edit the file using a Unicode editor that supports UTF-16.
Otherwise the file will not be saved correctly and the spellcheck will not be able
to use the list of unknown words.
TermStar: Customising index buttons

What you should TermStar can display index buttons to navigate within the dictionary (TermStar
know here user preferences, Show index buttons option).
You can individually configure the index buttons for each source language (e.g.
additional button for numerals or St and Sch buttons for German):
TermStar uses the additional Sch index button to navigate directly to the first term that begins with
Sch.
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Configuration file The letters and letter groups of the TermStar index buttons are specified in
for index buttons language-specific configuration files. You can find the files in the config\global
folder of your Transit/TermStar installation.
They are named as follows:
buttons.<language code>
<language code> corresponds to the language code for the working language
( Language codes, page 143).
Examples:
G Index buttons for German: buttons.deu
G Index buttons for Czech: buttons.csy
For source languages that do not have their own configuration file, TermStar
displays the index buttons that are defined in the buttons.def configuration file.
Changing index You can create and edit the configuration files with a text editor. They are struc-
buttons tured as follows:
G First line: Fixed content [Register]
G Subsequent lines: Button definitions with the following syntax:
<No>=<Label> <CharGroup>*
<No>: Consecutive number for the position of the index button
<Label>: Caption for the index button
<CharGroup>: Letter or string of letters to which this index button should
navigate. TermStar does not differentiate between upper and lower case.
Example:
[Register]
1=A A* The first button displays A and navigates to the first entry that starts with an
A or a.

18=Sch SCH* The 18th button displays Sch and navigates to the first entry that starts with
an Sch or sch.

23=XZY X* The 23rd button displays XYZ and navigates to the first entry that starts with
an X or x.
Changes are not displayed until the source language has been changed
TermStar displays new index buttons or ones that have been changed when you
reselect the source language after making the change.
The quickest way of doing this is by swapping the source and target language
twice (CTRL+A button combination).

Organising reference material
9 Organising reference
material
Copying, moving and deleting reference

material
What you should The reference material from Transit is organised into language files. You can use
know here Windows functions to copy, move or delete the language files as you would with
any other file.
The Organise reference material function supports you with additional options:
You can filter and select the reference material based on ten different criteria (e.g.
date, file type or Transit version) in order to move it to an archive folder, to copy it
to another location or to delete it ( Three steps of the function, page 67).
To ensure that copied or moved files can be used as reference material, the
function guarantees that all of the associated language files are copied or moved
( All associated language files message, page 68).
Tip: Copy current project to reference folder function

To save language pairs from a completed project so that they are structured as
reference material, you can simply use the Reference material | Copy current
project to reference folder function.
When doing this, you can also specify how you want the language pairs to be
copied to the reference folder and easily eliminate any naming conflicts.
Three steps of the The Organise reference material function works in three steps:
function 1 You select the folder that contains the reference material (including
sub-folders).
Transit scans the reference material for ten criteria.
To ensure that you can access the scan results at a later point, you can save
them and load them again ( Saving and loading the scan results, page 73).
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2 You define the criteria that Transit uses to filter the reference material.
In doing so, you limit the selection of reference files that are displayed.
3 You select the files that you want to copy, move or delete.
You can find out how to do this in the section Using the Organise reference
material function, page 69.
All associated The reference material from Transit consists of language pairs with at least two files
language files (source- and target-language file); with multilingual projects, this also consists of
message several target-language files.
G Example: The introduction.docx file was translated from German into English
and Spanish. This resulted in the following reference files: introduction.deu,
introduction.eng and introduction.esp.
To ensure that copied or moved files can be used as reference material, it makes
sense that all of the associated language files are copied or moved.
G Example: If you want to move the above-mentioned language file
introduction.deu to another folder, you must also move the introduction.eng
and introduction.esp files so that you can use these as reference material.
Transit therefore displays a message asking whether you want to copy, move or
delete all of the associated language files.
G Example: If you want to move the above-mentioned language file
introduction.deu to another folder, you have the following options:
Yes: In addition to the introduction.deu file, Transit also moves the
introduction.eng and introduction.esp files.
No: Transit only moves the introduction.deu file; the introduction.eng and
introduction.esp files remain unchanged in the previous folder.
Cancel: Transit cancels the move and all three files remain unchanged in
the previous folder.
Only in exceptional cases is it useful to only copy, move or delete the language file
for one language:
G Deleting just one language
You only want to delete files for one language because you no longer require
these as reference material or they no longer meet your quality standards.
Example: You want to prevent the Spanish translation from being used for
future pretranslations. To do this, delete only the introduction.esp file. You can
then continue to use the other two files for German-English translation projects.
G Copying only certain language combinations
You want to create a copy of the reference material, but not for all languages.
Example: You want to create a copy from the multilingual reference material
that only contains German-Spanish. To do this, copy only the introduction.deu
and introduction.esp files.

Copying, moving and deleting reference material
G Providing reference material for MindReader

MindReader is an authoring memory system that supports editors by offering
text suggestions. It is based on single-language reference files in the relevant
authoring language.
Example: You want to provide your technical editors with German-language
reference material for text suggestions. To do this, copy only the
introduction.deu file.
Using the Organise

reference material
function
Creating a new destination folder in advance

You can use this function to copy or move reference material to an existing
folder.
If you want to use a new folder as the destination folder, create this folder before
you call up this function.
How do I organise my reference material?

1 Select Reference material | Organise reference material from the resource
bar.
2 Select the reference material you want to organise:

Click on the Select folder containing reference material symbol.
Select the folder and confirm your selection by clicking on OK.
3 Click on Start.
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Transit scans all of the reference files in the specified folder and its sub-folders:
Middle: Five selected filter criteria and their values in the scanned reference files
Bottom: Scan result as a list and the number of files that correspond to the selected filter criteria
4 If you want to filter for other criteria, select this:
You can filter for ten criteria, e.g. for the date of the last change.

5 If you want to limit the selection, select the values for the individual filter criteria:
Transit updates the scan result in accordance with your filter criteria.
Example: Transit only displays files that have the date of last change as 2013 or 2014 and with file type
MS Office or MS Word.
To select several values, press and hold the Ctrl button while clicking on the
values.
Normally, all values from the subfolders are included.
Example: If you select the year 2014, the selection automatically applies for all
sub-entries from 01 to 12 (i.e. for all months).
You can use the plus and minus signs to display and hide the subfolders.
For the Folder hierarchy criterion, it may make sense to only take into
consideration the files from the selected level. To do this, click on the
Exclude subfolders symbol.
To sort the scan results, click in the header of the column according to which
you want to sort the values.
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6 In the Scan results section, select the files that you want to delete, copy or
move.
To select several files, press and hold the Ctrl button while clicking on the corresponding rows.
If you want to delete, copy or move all of the files that are displayed, you do not
have to select anything.
7 Decide what you want to do:
Copy selected files: Click on the Copy symbol. Select the destination folder
and confirm your selection by clicking OK.
Transit copies the files into the specified folder.
Move selected files: Click on the Move symbol. Select the destination
folder and confirm your selection by clicking OK.
Transit moves the files to the specified folder and deletes them from the
original folder.
Delete selected files: Click on the Delete symbol.
Transit deletes the files from the specified folder.
8 Transit may display a message asking whether you want to copy, move or
delete all of the associated language files ( All associated language files
message, page 68).
You have the following options:
Yes: Transit copies, moves or deletes all of the associated language files.
No: Transit copies, moves or deletes only the selected language file; all
others remain unchanged.
Cancel: Transit cancels the process of copying, moving or deleting and
leaves all language files unchanged.
If you have finished your tasks in the Organise reference material window, click
on Close.

Saving and The process of scanning the reference material may take some time, depending on
loading the scan the volume. To ensure that you can access the results at a later point, you can save
results them and load them again.
How do I save the scan results?

1 Click on the Save current results symbol in the Organise reference material
window.
2 Specify a name for the file and the folder to which you want to save it. Confirm
your entry by clicking on Save.
Transit saves the scan results in a file with the file extension dat.
How do I load scan results that have been saved?

1 Click on the Open results file symbol in the Organise reference material
window.
2 Select the dat file with the saved analysis results. Confirm your selection with
Open.
Transit displays the loaded scan results.
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Modifying reference material

The reference material from Transit is organised into language files. You can
therefore open and edit the reference material as is the case with each language
pair in the Transit editor. You can therefore introduce modified spellings or new
terminology into the reference material so that it is up-to-date for future follow-up
projects, for example.
The Modify reference material function supports you with additional options: You
can use all of the relevant search options and filter criteria to carry out specific
complex replace operations and to change the access status of the segments
( Search and filter options, page 74 and Using the Modify reference
material function, page 75).
In addition, you can save the list of found segments for subsequent evaluation
( Saving result lists, page 76).
Search and filter You can specify the following search and filter options in the Modify reference
options material window:
G Search in...: Specify the language pairs in which you want Transit to search:
Reference material: Transit searches in the reference material for the
current project.
Working folder: Transit searches in the language pairs in the working
folder for the current project.
Both: Transit searches in the reference material and in the working folder
for the current project.
In addition, you can specify the minimum segment status that you want Transit
to take into consideration during the search.
G Phrase search: You use this to specify that the words must appear in the exact
order in which they were entered.
G Match case: You use this to specify that Transit should pay attention to the use
of upper case and lower case.
G Minimum quality (%): Specify how similar the search term and the text in the
segments have to be (not relevant for the phrase search).
Furthermore, you can specify the following filter options:
G Additionally filter by segment content
Here, you can use segment content to limit which segments are taken into
consideration. This may involve a string or a regular expression.
Hide segments with this content: Transit only displays segments without
this content.
Only display segments with this content: Transit only displays segments
with this content.
In addition, specify whether the filter criterion relates to the source language or
the target language.

Modifying reference material
G Additionally filter by access status: Specify whether Transit should only

display segments that are permitted as reference material or are blocked.
Using the How do I modify my reference material?

Modify reference 1 Select Reference material | Modify reference material from the resource bar.
material function
2 Enter the search string in the Search field.

3 Specify whether you want to search for the string in the target language or the
source language.
4 In the Replace with field, enter the search string that Transit should use as a
replacement.
5 Select the required search and filter options ( Search and filter options,
page 74).
6 Click on Find all to start the search.
Transit displays the result list:
Left: Result list with all of the segments that match the search and filter options
Right: Source- and target-language content of the first segment that was found
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At first glance, you can see where the segments come from:
symbol: Language pair from the current project
symbol: Reference file from the current project
symbol: TM Container from the current project
7 You can edit the segments that are found as follows:
Navigate through the result list: Select Next and Previous.
Replace the search term in the selected segment: Select Replace.
Replace the search term in all of the segments that are found: Select
Replace all.
Change the access status for a segment: Select the segment in the result
list and click on Selected segment under Do not permit as reference
material or Permit as reference material.
Change the access status for all of the segments of a file that are displayed:
Select the file in the result list and click on All segments under Do not
permit as reference material or Permit as reference material.
As soon as you have modified a segment, Transit displays a red pen symbol
8 Save your changes by clicking on Save all language pairs.
As soon as you have saved the modified segments, Transit marks them with a green tick
When you are finished, close the window by clicking on Close.
Saving result lists You can save the list of found segments as a CSV file.
1 Click on Save result list in the Modify reference material window.
2 Specify the folder and name of the CSV file and confirm your selection by
clicking on Save.
Transit saves the result list in the specified file.

Compacting reference material

You can use the language pairs that you create while translating in Transit as
reference material for future projects. This reference material may contain a large
number of identical segments (internal repetitions).
To reduce the data volume, you can compact (compress) your reference material.
In doing so, Transit removes any identical segments that appear multiple times or
any segments that deviate slightly.
Size of the If you compact reference material with different file types, Transit generates a
compacted files separate file for each individual file type. Transit also divides files if they would
contain more that 15,000 segments.
Compacting You can use the following options to specify whether Transit should save segments
options that deviate slightly only once or if it should distinguish between each variant.
G Save segments where only the numbers differ only once
This setting can be useful because Transit can automatically adjust numerical
values during pretranslation.
It is therefore not usually necessary to save several segment pairs in
compacted reference material if these only differ as a result of containing
different numbers.
G Save segments where only the fonts differ only once
This setting can be useful because Transit can automatically adjust fonts
during pretranslation.
It is therefore not usually necessary to save several segment pairs in
compacted reference material if these only differ as a result of containing
different fonts.
G Save all translation variants
This setting is relevant if segments that appear multiple times in the source text
have to be translated differently. If you want to include these translation
variants in the compacted reference material, select this option.
This is useful if you usually use the No pretranslation if variants exist project
setting for pretranslation. In this case, Transit displays all of the variants as
translation suggestions for the translation.
G Also save context information
This setting is relevant if, in addition to the segment contents, you also want to
take structure information into consideration, e.g. in order to translate headings
only with headings and translate the contents of table cells only with table cells.
If you want to receive this structure information in the compacted reference
material, select this option. This is useful, for example, if you are using
context-based pretranslation.
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Compacting the How do I compact reference material?

reference material 1 Select Reference material | Compact reference material from the resource
bar.
2 Specify the reference material that you want to compact.

Language files and reference material from a Transit project: Click on Add
projects, select the project, and confirm your selection by clicking on OK.
Language files in a folder: Select Add folder, select the folder, and confirm
your selection by clicking on Open.
Individual language files: Select Add files, select the files, and confirm your
selection by clicking on Open.
3 Specify the source language of the reference material: To do this, select the
appropriate language from the Source language list.
Transit requires this information to decide whether there are translation variants
or not.
4 Specify where you want Transit to save the compacted reference material: To
do this, click on .... to the right of the Filename field.
Select the drive and folder, and enter a file name. Confirm your selection by
clicking Save.

5 Specify the compacting options ( Compacting options, page 77).
6 Click on Start.
When Transit has compacted the reference material, it displays the following
message:
Confirm the message by clicking OK.
7 Close the Compact reference material window by clicking on Close.
Transit has compacted the reference material. You can now use it as reference
material for your projects.
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Converting reference material from Transit XV

You can also use reference material from Transit XV projects in Transit NXT. To do
this, you convert the XV reference material.
Using translation memories from other systems

To find out how to use translation memories from other systems as reference
material for Transit projects, read the section Exchanging reference material
via TMX, page 9.
Folder structure Transit reference material is usually organised into folder structures with
subfolders.
For the conversion, it is sufficient to select the top folder in your structure: Transit
also automatically converts the reference material in all of the subfolders.
Transit creates the same subfolders in the destination folders in order to save the
converted NXT reference material. This means that you get the same folder
structure and file organisation in the destination folder as you had with your
previous XV reference material.
Converting the How do I convert Transit XV reference material?

reference material 1 Select Reference material | Convert Transit XV reference material to
Transit NXT from the resource bar.
2 Select the folder that contains the XV reference material:

Click on ... to the right of the Folder for Transit 3.0/XV reference material
field, select the folder, and confirm your selection by clicking on Open.
3 Select the source language of the reference material from the Source
language list.

Converting reference material from Transit XV
If you do not know the source language, select ---. In this case, Transit
attempts to automatically determine the source language.
4 Specify where you want Transit to save the converted reference material:
To do this, click on ... to the right of the Destination folder field, select the
folder, and confirm your selection by clicking on Open.
5 Click on Start.
When Transit has converted the reference material, it displays the following
message:
Confirm the message by clicking OK.
6 Close the Convert reference material to Transit NXT window by clicking on
Close.
Transit has converted the XV reference material. You can now use it as reference
material in Transit NXT.
Unknown file If the XV reference material derives from translations from an unknown
format when user-defined file format, Transit displays the following message during the
converting conversion:
reference material Unknown file format.
In this case, the appropriate ffd file is missing from the config\sys folder for the
Transit installation. Copy the ffd file for the user-defined file type to the config\sys
folder.
Markups in When converting XV reference material, markups can also usually be clearly
converted assigned without any problems. If XV reference material is used for pretranslation,
reference material the markups are also usually clearly assigned:
Transit can also clearly assign and transfer markups from XV reference material.
The only exception here is reference segments that contain multiple markups of the
same type (e.g. two types of bold formatting). In this case, it is not clear which
highlighted target-language text matches which source-language text.
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If such a reference segment is used for the pretranslation, Transit displays an excla-
mation mark for these markups in the markup window:
The exclamation mark in the markup window displays the exceptional cases in which the XV markups
cannot be unequivocally assigned.
You can clearly assign these markups during the markup check. Otherwise, Transit
does not take these markups into consideration when displaying terminology from
formatted strings and does not automatically assign them in individual cases for
subsequent translations.

Open source spellcheck dictionaries
10 Open source spellcheck

dictionaries
What you should As the basis for spellchecking in Transit, you can use open source dictionaries
know here (among others).
OpenOffice.org and spellcheck dictionaries

The OpenOffice.org project is an open source project that aims to develop an
open-access office suite (including word processor, spreadsheet, presentation
application, etc.).
You can find more details on the OpenOffice.org website:
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/dictionaries
There you can also download the spellcheck dictionaries as aff and dic files.
During the installation of Transit, many spellcheck dictionaries are installed

automatically ( Spellcheck dictionaries installed as a standard, page 84).
The HunSpell interface is licenced under LGPL 3.0.
Downloading You can add spellcheck dictionaries for additional languages or update already
spellcheck installed spellcheck dictionaries.
dictionaries For this purpose, you require files with the file extensions .dic and .aff for each
language.
File names of aff and dic files

The names of aff and dic files are composed of language code and country code
according to IS 639-1 and ISO 3166:
G <LanguageCode>_<CountryCode>.aff
G <LanguageCode>_<CountryCode>.dic
Example for English (US): en_US.aff and en_US.dic
Some languages do not use a country code (e.g. Catalan: ca_aff and ca_.dic).
In most cases, the dictionary files you have downloaded are named accordingly.
Otherwise you will have to rename the aff and dic files accordingly.
If you update already installed dictionaries, refer to the names of the installed files
(table Installed spellcheck dictionaries, page 84).
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Installing an open How do I install an open source spellcheck dictionary?

source spellcheck 1 Close Transit.
dictionary
2 Copy the aff and dic files to the spell folder in your Transit installation.
3 Start Transit.
Now the new spellcheck is available.
Uninstalling an To deinstall a spellcheck dictionary, remove the corresponding .aff and .dic files
open source spell- from the spell folder of your Transit installation.
check dictionary
Tip: Do not delete, but move the files

We recommend that you do not delete the files but move them to a different
folder. In that way, you can copy them back again later on if you decide to use
the spellcheck dictionary again.
Spellcheck During the installation of Transit, the following spellcheck dictionaries are installed
dictionaries automatically:
installed as a
standard Language Installed files If different: Original file name
Afrikaans af_.aff / af_.dic af_ZA.aff / af_ZA.dic
Albanian sq_AL.aff / sq_AL.dic
Arabic (Egypt) ar_EG.aff / ar_EG.dic ar.aff / ar.dic
Arabic (Saudi Arabia) ar_SA.aff / ar_SA.dic ar.aff / ar.dic
Azerbaijanian (Latin) az_AZ.aff / az_AZ.dic az.aff / az.dic
Basque eu_.aff / eu_.dic eu.aff / eu.dic
Bulgarian bg_BG.aff / bg_BG.dic
Catalan ca_.aff / ca_.dic catalan.aff / catalan.dic
Croatian hr_HR.aff / hr_HR.dic
Czech cs_CZ.aff / cs_CZ.dic
Danish da_DK.aff / da_DK.dic
Dutch nl_NL.aff / nl_NL.dic
English (UK) en_GB.aff / en_GB.dic
English (US) en_US.aff / en_US.dic
English (Australia) en_AU.aff / en_AU.dic
English (Canada) en_CA.aff / en_CA.dic
English (New Zealand) en_NZ.aff / en_NZ.dic
English (South Africa) en_ZA.aff / en_ZA.dic
Estonian et_EE.aff / et_EE.dic
Faeroese fo_.aff / fo_.dic fo_FO.aff / fo_FO.dic
Installed spellcheck dictionaries

Open source spellcheck dictionaries
Language Installed files If different: Original file name

Farsi fa_.aff / fa_.dic fa.aff / fa.dic
Finnish fi_Fl.aff / fi_Fl.dic
French fr_FR.aff / fr_FR.dic fr-moderne.aff /
fr-moderne.dic
Galician gl_ES.aff / gl_ES.dic
German de_DE.aff / de_DE.dic
German (Austria) de_AT.aff / de_AT.dic
German (Switzerland) de_CH.aff / de_CH.dic
Greek el_GR.aff / el_GR.dic
Gujarati gu_IN.aff / gu_IN.dic
Hebrew iw_IL.aff / iw_IL.dic he_IL.aff / he_IL.dic
Hindi hi_IN.aff / hi_IN.dic
Hungarian hu_HU.aff / hu_HU.dic
Icelandic is_IS.aff / is_IS.dic
Indonesian id_ID.aff / id_ID.dic
Irish gd_IE.aff / gd_IE.dic ga_IE.aff / ga_IE.dic
Italian it_IT.aff / it_IT.dic
Kannada kn_IN.aff / kn_IN.dic
Khmer kh_KH.aff / kh_KH.dic km_KH.aff / km_KH.dic
Latvian lv_LV.aff / lv_LV.dic
Lithuanian lt_LT.aff / lt_LT.dic
Malay ms_MY.aff / ms_MY.dic
Malayalam ml_IN.aff / ml_IN.dic
Maltese mt_MT.aff / mt_MT.dic mt.aff / mt.dic
Marathi mr_IN.aff / mr_IN.dic
Mongolian mn_MN.aff / mn_MN.dic
Norwegian (Bokmal) no_NO.aff / no_NO.dic nb_NO.aff / nb_NO.dic
Norwegian (Nynorsk) no_NY.aff / no_NY.dic nn_NO.aff / nn_NO.dic
Polish pl_PL.aff / pl_PL.dic
Portuguese pt_PT.aff / pt_PT.dic
Portuguese (Brazilian) pt_BR.aff / pt_BR.dic
Romanian ro_RO.aff / ro_RO.dic
Russian ru_RU.aff / ru_RU.dic
Serbian (Cyrillic) sr_YU.aff / sr_YU.dic sr_YU.aff / sr_YU.dic
Serbian (Latin) sr_CS.aff / sr_CS.dic sr-Latn.aff / sr-Latn.dic
Slovakian sk_SK.aff / sk_SK.dic
Slovenian sl_SI.aff / sl_SI.dic
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Language Installed files If different: Original file name

Sotho (Northern) ns_ZA.aff / ns_ZA.dic
Sotho (Southern) st_ZA.aff / st_ZA.dic
Spanish es_ES.aff / es_ES.dic
Spanish (Argentina) es_AR.aff / es_AR.dic
Spanish (Bolivia) es_BO.aff / es_BO.dic
Spanish (Chile) es_CL.aff / es_CL.dic
Spanish (Colombia) es_CO.aff / es_CO.dic
Spanish (Costa Rica) es_CR.aff / es_CR.dic
Spanish (Dom. Rep.) es_DO.aff / es_DO.dic
Spanish (Ecuador) es_EC.aff / es_EC.dic
Spanish (El Salvador) es_SV.aff / es_SV.dic
Spanish (Guatemala) es_GT.aff / es_GT.dic
Spanish (Honduras) es_HN.aff / es_HN.dic
Spanish (Mexico) es_MX.aff / es_MX.dic
Spanish (Nicaragua) es_NI.aff / es_NI.dic
Spanish (Panama) es_PA.aff / es_PA.dic
Spanish (Paraguay) es_PY.aff / es_PY.dic
Spanish (Peru) es_PE.aff / es_PE.dic
Spanish (Puerto Rico) es_PR.aff / es_PR.dic
Spanish (Uruguay) es_UY.aff / es_UY.dic
Swahili sw_KE.aff / sw_KE.dic
Swedish sv_SE.aff / sv_SE.dic
Tamil ta_IN.aff / ta_IN.dic ta.aff / ta.dic
Thai th_TH.aff / th_TH.dic
Tsonga ts_ZA.aff / ts_ZA.dic
Tswana tn_BW.aff / tn_BW.dic ts_ZA.aff / ts_ZA.dic
Turkish tr_TR.aff / tr_TR.dic tr.aff / tr.dic
Ukrainian uk_UA.aff / uk_UA.dic
Urdu (Pakistan) ur_PK.aff / ur_PK.dic ur.aff / ur.dic
Uzbek (Cyrillic) uz_UZ.aff / uz_UZ.dic uz.aff / uz.dic
Vietnamese vi_VN.aff / vi_VN.dic
Welsh cy_.aff / cy_.dic cy_GB.aff / cy_GB.dic
Xhosa xh_ZA.aff / xh_ZA.dic
Zulu zu_ZA.aff / zu_ZA.dic

Compacting Access database or transferring it to SQL server
11 Compacting Access
database or transferring it
to SQL server
Compacting Microsoft Access database

What you should Microsoft Access databases can become very large in the course of intensive
know here terminology work and impair the performance.
It can therefore make sense to compress the databases using the Windows ODBC
data source administrator.
Especially:
G when you have made comprehensive changes or manipulated a great deal of
data
G when you have carried out comprehensive imports
G when you have deleted dictionaries or large stocks of terminology
G If you regularly receive projects with dictionaries (database
TermStar NXT Received)
Compression makes the database significantly more efficient and faster without
changing your terminology.
Tip: Microsoft database MS SQL Server 2005 Express or another SQL

database
In the case of intensive terminology work, we recommend to use a Microsoft MS
SQL Server database or another SQL database.
You can transfer existing TermStar databases from Microsoft Access to MS SQL
Server ( Transferring TermStar databases from Microsoft Access to an SQL
server, page 91).
Additional SQL databases are supported as an option (e.g. Oracle, IBM DB2 and
MySQL).
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11 Compacting Access database or transferring it to SQL server
Run the Usually, the TermStar NXT Received database shall be compressed. Therefore the
compression following example describes how to compress this database.
CLOSE TRANSIT BEFORE COMPRESSION!

Close Transit before you start the compression.
In doing so, you ensure that Transit does not access the database while it is
being compressed.
How do I compress a Microsoft Access database?

1 In the Start menu of Windows, select Control Panel | System and Security
| Administrative Tools | Data Sources (ODBC).
Windows displays the ODBC Data Source Administrator with the User DSN
tab.
2 Switch to the System DSN tab and select the datasource
TermStar NXT Received.
The System DSN tab contains the TermStar NXT, TermStar Check and TermStar NXT Received databases, that
were created automatically during the installation of Transit.
If you want to compress a database you have created yourself, you will find
it on the User DSN tab or on the System DSN tab.
Click Configure.

Compacting Microsoft Access database
Windows displays the following window:
You can leave the settings unchanged.
3 Click Compact.
You can leave the settings unchanged.
4 Confirm with OK.

Only change the format here. Leave all other settings unchanged.
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5 As format, select Version 4.x and confirm with OK.

Windows displays the following message:
<File name> already exists. Do you want to replace it?
6 Confirm the message with Yes.
After successful compression, Windows displays the following message:
Database <file name> has been successfully compressed to <file name>
This means you have successfully compressed the database. You can now close
all the windows of the ODBC data source administrator and the control panel.

Transferring TermStar databases from Microsoft Access to an SQL server
Transferring TermStar databases from Microsoft

Access to an SQL server
What you should If you install Microsoft MS SQL Server on your computer, you can transfer your
know here TermStar databases from Microsoft Access to the SQL server.
ONLY LOCAL INSTALLATION SUPPORTED!

As standard Transit supports local installations of Microsoft SQL Server.
The support for SQL databases in the network is an optional feature that is
enabled by the Transit license number.
In most cases, the TermStar NXT Received database shall be transferred. Therefore
the following example describes the transfer of this database.
For the transfer, you perform the following steps:
G Renaming existing ODBC connection ( page 91)
G Creating a SQL database ( page 93)
G Transferring a database from Access to the new SQL server ( page 97)
G Deleting the connection to the existing database ( page 99)
Renaming existing First rename the existing ODBC connection. You need to do this so that you can
ODBC use the name of the existing ODBC connection for the new SQL database.
connection
Renaming requires administrator rights!

In order to rename the ODBC connection, you must have administrator
rights or the corresponding authorisations.
1 In the Start menu of Windows, select Control Panel | System and Security
| Administrative Tools | ODBC Data Sources.
Windows displays the ODBC Data Source Administrator with the User DSN
tab.
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2 Switch to the System DSN tab and select the datasource TermStar NXT
Received.
The System DSN tab contains the TermStar NXT, TermStar Check and TermStar NXT Received databases, that
were created automatically during the installation of Transit.
If you want to rename a database you have created yourself, you will find it
on the User DSN tab or on the System DSN tab.
3 Click on Configure.
Here you specify the new name.
4 In the Data Source Name field, change the name of the ODBC connection,
e.g. to TermStar NXT Received Access, and confirm with OK.

Windows displays the changed name:
You have changed the ODBC connection name.
You can now close all the windows of the ODBC data source administrator and the
control panel.
Creating a SQL Next use Transit to create a new SQL database:

database 1 In the Transit resource bar, select Dictionaries | Dictionaries / Databases |
Manage dictionaries / databases.
2 Click New.
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3 Select the Create a new database and click Next.

4 Select the Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) and click Next.

As database server, (local) is automatically selected.
5 Make sure that (local) is selected as database server and click Next.
Make sure that you enter the name TermStar NXT Received correctly.
6 As New database enter TermStar NXT Received and click Next.
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The ODBC connection must be named TermStar NXT Received.
7 Make sure that the name of the ODBC connection is TermStar NXT Received.
Select System DSN and click Next.
Create the database without dictionary.
8 Select Create empty database without dictionary and click Finish.

Transit displays the following message:
Empty database created sucecessfully.
9 Click OK.

The TermStar database expert window now displays the new TermStar NXT
Received database.
Transferring a Then use Transit to transfer the contents of the existing Access database into the
database from newly created SQL database.
Access to the new 1 In the Transit resource bar, select Dictionaries | Dictionaries / Databases |
SQL server Manage dictionaries / databases.
Here you select the old database as source.
2 Select the old TermStar NXT Received Access and click Copy.
Here you select the new database as target.
3 Select the new SQL database TermStar NXT Received and confirm with OK.
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Transit transfers the content of the old TermStar NXT Access database to the SQL
database:
Once the transfer is completed, Transit displays the following message:

4 Click OK.
The TermStar database expert window now displays dictionaries of the old
also in the new TermStar NXT Received database:
New TermStar NXT Received database with transferred dictionaries

Deleting the Lastly use Transit to delete the ODBC connection to the Access database. Doing
connection to the this will prevent you from accidentally working with the old database.
existing database
Only the ODBC connection is deleted; the database file remains

This step only deletes the ODBC connection to the database.
The database file itself (mdb file) is retained, meaning that you can establish a
connection again in case of emergency.
1 In the Transit resource bar, select Dictionaries | Dictionaries / Databases |

Manage dictionaries / databases.
2 Select the old TermStar NXT Received Access database and click Delete.
Transit displays a confirmation prompt.
3 Confirm this message by clicking Yes.
The TermStar database expert window no longer displays the TermStar NXT
Received Access database:
The old TermStar NXT Access database connection has been removed.
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12 Fields in the TermStar

dictionary
What you should The TermStar data model consists of a predefined set of more than 10 entry types
know here and over 40 entry fields, all of which can be individually adapted and used. The data
model contains the following fields:
G Header fields ( page 101)
The header fields belong to a complete data record. They do not therefore
relate to an individual language entry but to the overall semantic unit.
G Language fields ( page 102)
The language fields relate to all language entries of one language. You can, for
example, use these fields to create a single English description for several
English language entries within a data record.
G Language entry fields and subentry fields ( page 103)
The language entry and subentry fields contain the data for an language entry
or subentry respectively. Each subentry you attach to an entry has the same
number of fields as a main entry.
Field formats TermStar supports the following formats of fields:

G Numerical field (Num.): Contains an automatically assigned number.
G Date field (Date): Contains an automatically assigned number.
G 255-character text field (255c): Contains up to 255 bytes of text.
G 16-kB text field (16KB): Contains up to 16 kB of text.

Fields in the TermStar dictionary
Header fields
Field name Meaning Format Example

Data record Number assigned to each data record Num. 2905
number G Automatically filled in
G Cannot be edited
GUID Number which uniquely identifies Num. {2F16...EAC63}
each data record
G Automatically filled in
G Cannot be edited
Project Project name that can be entered by 16KB Transit/TermStar
the user (not filled automatically) Reference Guide
Dictionary Name of the dictionary that contains 255c STAR
the data record
G Filled in automatically when the
data record is created.
G Cannot be edited
Status Status of the data record 16KB Revised
Multimedia Linking of multimedia files 16KB
Definition Definition for all languages and entries 16KB
in this data record
Definition source Source of the definition 16KB
User1 Open fields for the data record 16KB

User9
Created by User who created the data record 255c A. Smith
G Cannot be edited
Created on Point in time when the data record Date 29. May 2002, 16:30
was created
G Cannot be edited
Last change by User who last changed the data record 255c A. Smith
G Empty as long as the data record
has not been changed
G Cannot be edited
Header fields (meaning of Format column Field formats, page 100)
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Last change on Point in time when the data record Date 20. January 2017,
was last changed 09:26
G Empty as long as the data record
has not been changed
G Cannot be edited
Created or User who created the data record or 255c A. Smith
changed by who last changed it
G Never empty
G Cannot be edited
Created or Point in time when the data record Date 20. January 2017,
changed on was created or last changed 09:26
G Never empty
G Cannot be edited
Remark General remarks on the entire data 16KB
record
Subject Subject area of the data record 16KB Data processing
Header fields (meaning of Format column Field formats, page 100) (cont.)
Language fields

Language Language code ( Language 16KB ENG
codes, page 143)
G Cannot be edited
Info1 Open fields for information that 16KB Styleguide 2016
Info2 applies to all the entries in this
language
Multimedia Linking of multimedia files 16KB
Definition Definition of all entries in this 16KB
language in this data record
Definition source Source of the definition 16KB
Language fields (meaning of Format column Field formats, page 100)

Language entry
fields and
subentry fields Field name Meaning Format Example
Entry number Number assigned to each language Num. 195
entry
G Cannot be edited
GUID Number which uniquely identifies Num. {2F16...EAC63}
each language entry
G Cannot be edited
Term Term of the language entry 16KB TermStar
TermStar sorts the language entries
according to this field content.
Language Language code of the language entry 16KB ENG
( Language codes, page 143
G Cannot be edited
Created by User who created the language entry 255c A. Smith
G Cannot be edited
Created on Point in time when the language entry Date 29. May 2002, 16:30
was created
G Cannot be edited
Last change by User who last changed the language 255c A. Smith
entry
G Empty as long as the entry has not
been changed
G Cannot be edited
Last change on Point in time of the last change made Date 20. January 2017,
to the language entry 09:26
G Empty as long as the language
entry has not been changed
G Cannot be edited
Entry fields and subentry fields (meaning of Format column Field formats, page 100)
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Created or User who created the language entry 255c A. Smith
changed by or who last changed it
G Never empty
G Cannot be edited
Created or Point in time when the language entry Date 20. January 2017,
changed on was created or last changed 09:26
G Never empty
G Cannot be edited
Context Context in which the language entry is 16KB Terminology
used management
Context source Source of the context 16KB RefGuide
Part of speech Part of speech of the language entry 16KB Noun
Gender Gender of the language entry 16KB n.
Grammatical Grammatical features of the language 16KB Proper name
information entry
Status Status of the language entry 16KB Revised
Data source Source of the language entry 16KB Terminology
Department
Attributes Attributes for the language entry 16KB New
Remark General comments on the language 16KB Note the spelling!
entry
Subject Subject area of the language entry 16KB Translation,
software
Phonetical Information on the pronunciation of 16KB
information the term
Cross-reference Field for cross-reference 16KB Transit NXT
Examples:
G Cross-reference to a related
language entry
G Cross-reference to an internet
address
Definition Definition of the language entry 16KB STAR's Translation
Memory Tool
Definition source Source of the definition 16KB STAR brochure 2008
Entry fields and subentry fields (meaning of Format column Field formats, page 100) (cont.)


User1 Open fields for the language entry 16KB

User9
Entry fields and subentry fields (meaning of Format column Field formats, page 100) (cont.)
Prefixes for field In selection lists and in the layout editor ( Working with the layout editor,
types page 43), TermStar displays a field name prefix for each field type:
Field type Prefix

Header field Hdr
Language field Lang.
Language entry field Entr.
Subentry field:
G Abbreviation Abbr.
G Synonym Syn.
G Alternative Alt.
G Irregular form Irreg.
G Disallowed term Dis. term.
G User index 1 U. ind.1
Prefix for field names in selection lists
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What are regular Regular expressions are used to define character strings that match a specific
expressions? pattern. You can use them in any situation where you want Transit or TermStar to
search for and/or replace items of text.
That gives you much flexibility so that you can even perform complex Find and
Replace sequences in a single operation. When performing a normal search
without using regular expressions, you can only specify a set search phrase.
G Example:
You want to find all occurrences of the expressions Year 2015, Year 2016 and
Year 2017.
If you enter the search phrase Year 2016 in the Transit editor, Transit will find
each occurrence of precisely the phrase Year 2016. With a standard search,
therefore, you would have to run three separate searches for the phrases
Year 2015, Year 2016 and Year 2017 respectively.
However, if you entered the regular expression Year 201[5-7], Transit would find
all three phrases in a single search operation. The precise meaning of the
expression is explained later on ( Wildcard for any of a specified group or
class: Square brackets ([ ]), page 111).
Transit and TermStar support regular expressions

Wherever this chapter describes a regular expression for use in Transit, you can
also use it in TermStar. Syntax and function are for the most part identical.
If a distinction between Transit and TermStar is necessary, it is explicitly
indicated.
Basic settings for Unless you change them, Transit uses the following basic settings for searches:
searches in Transit G No distinction between upper and lower case
By default Transit does not distinguish between upper and lower case.
Example: Searching for STAR will also find Star, star and stAr.
To force the regular expression to find only those occurrences that match the
case of your search string, you must select the option Match case in Transit.

Defining regular expressions
G No distinction between whole words and parts of words

By default Transit does not distinguish between whole words and parts of
words.
Example: Searching for star will also find Elstar, start and starring.
To force the regular expression to find whole words only, you must select the
option Find whole words only in Transit.
G Regular expressions not recognised
By default, Transit interprets search strings literally rather than as regular
expressions.
To force Transit to interpret a search string as a regular expression, you must
select the option Regular expression.
What can you use You can use regular expressions in the following functions:
regular expres- G In Transit
sions for?
Find
Find/Replace
Segment Filter
Translation exceptions
File type definition (tag definition and protection; segmentation)
G In TermStar
Data record filter
Input verification
Data manipulation (Find/Replace)
Dictionary import (preprocessing, field definitions in expert mode,
substitutions)
Defining regular expressions

Regular expressions are made up of the following components:
G Standard characters
Transit searches for the standard characters as they appear in the regular
expression. They have no special meaning.
The standard characters are letters, numbers and special characters excepting
those characters that serve as meta characters (. & * + ? [ ] ( ) $ ^ ! \ | #).
More details of the meta characters are given later on.
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Example:
The character a in a regular expression will find the character a.
The character string star-group in a regular expression will find the
character string star-group.
G Control characters ( page 109)
Control characters are non-printing characters that control the appearance of
the text (e.g. tabulator, line break, etc.). Control characters can also be used to
search for Unicode characters or replace characters with Unicode characters.
G Meta characters
Meta characters have special meanings when used in regular expressions.
They are used to define the pattern that Transit searches for.
Transit treats the following characters as meta characters:
. & * + ? [ ] ( ) $ ^ ! \ | #
The meanings of the individual meta characters are explained in section
Overview of meta characters, page 110.

Control characters
Control characters
Control characters are non-printable characters that control the appearance of the
text (e.g. tabulator, line break, etc.).
Control characters can also be used to search for Unicode characters or replace
characters with Unicode characters.
Control characters are introduced by a backslash (\).
Meta characters Meaning

Control characters \b Backspace
\e Escape (ESC)
\f Form feed (new page)
\n New line
Notes:
G The control character \n finds line breaks inside segments. It
does not find line breaks created by segment markers (e.g.
new paragraphs). To find such line breaks you can use the
control character \o (for segment markers).
G The expression \n is used to find the end of a line. The
characters ^ and $ are used to search for the search string at
the beginning and end of a line respectively. In many cases
both expressions return the same result but there can be differ-
ences both in usage and outcome ( Control character \n
versus placement characters ^ and $, page 123).
\o Segment marker (in Transit editor only)
\s Space
\t Tabulator
Unicode characters \u<code> Unicode characters
<code> is the hexadecimal code for the Unicode character.
Examples:
G \u20AC: Unicode character 20AC (Euro symbol)
G \u0394: Unicode character 394 (character )
Backslash also meta character for escapement

The backslash not only introduces control characters, it also serves as a meta
character for an escapement so that a meta character can be searched for in its
literal form ( Escapement: \, page 118).
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Finding/replacing control characters without using regular expressions

You can also use control characters in Find and Replace operations without
regular expressions. If you do not wish to use meta characters in a Find/Replace
operation, you can deselect the option Regular expressions. Transit will still find
the control characters.
Overview of meta characters

Meta characters have special meanings when used in regular expressions. They
are used to define the pattern that Transit searches for. Transit recognises the
following types of meta character:
G Wildcards: . [ ] & ( page 111)
Wildcards are characters that are used to represent any single character or
sequence of characters.
G Quantifiers: +*? ( page 115)
By using what are known as quantifiers you can specify how many instances
of a character are to be found.
G Escapement: \ ( page 118)
If you wish to search for a meta character literally (in other words treat it as a
standard character and not as having a special meaning) you must place a
backslash in front of it.
G Applying meta characters to character strings: ( ) ( page 120)
By using round brackets ( ) in a regular expression, you can specify that a meta
character applies to a character string rather than a single character.
G Placement: ^ $ ( page 121)
The meta characters that define placement are used to specify whether the
character string is placed at the beginning or end of a line (in Transit) or entry
field (in TermStar).
G Negation: ! ( page 123)
The exclamation mark ! is used to negate part of a regular expression. In that
way you can instruct Transit to find characters that do not match the negated
part of the expression.
G Alternatives: | ( page 127)
The pipe character | allows you to search for alternatives. The pipe character
acts as a logical OR between parts of a regular expression.
G Variables: # ( page 130)
You can use variables in a Find and Replace operation to define variable
components of the character string that Transit is to search for. That allows you
to perform complex Find and Replace sequences in a single operation.

Wildcards: . [ ] &
Wildcards: . [ ] &
Wildcards are characters that are used to represent any single character or
sequence of characters.
Wildcard for any You can use a dot (.) to search for any single character.
single character: . Any character means any letter (including letters with accents), number, special
(dot) character (e.g. @, %, _), meta characters (e.g. $, . or &), space character, control
character (e.g. tabulator) or double-byte character. The only character that Transit
does not find is the control character for a line break.
Regular expression Matches Does not match

st.r G STAR G STAAR
G stir G st
G st@r r
G str
On.line G On-line G Online
G On line
G On.line
Wildcard for any single character
Wildcard for any If you want Transit to search for any one of a particular group of characters you can
of a specified define a character group or class. To do this, place the valid characters in square
group or class: brackets [ ]. You can specify character groups, classes or a combination of both.
Square brackets G Character group: A group of multiple individual characters
([ ])
Example: [aeiou]: This group consists of all of the vowels
G Character class: A contiguous range of characters
This is a simpler way of specifying a group of consecutive characters rather
than listing each character in a group.
Examples:
[a-k]: All letters from a to k inclusive (equivalent to character group
[abcdefghijk])
[3-5]: The numbers 3, 4 and 5 (equivalent to character group [345])
[\u3349-\u4221]: Unicode characters 3349 to 4221
To define a character class, you specify the first and last characters of a
consecutive group. Transit treats all characters that are between the specified
characters in the ANSI or Unicode table as belonging to the character class.
G Combination of character groups and classes
You can combine character groups and classes inside the square brackets.
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Example:
[a-z]: Letters a to z plus German umlaut characters

st[aeiou]r G star G str
G stir G strr
G stor G STAAR
201[3-7] G 2015 G 1915
G 2016 G 2012
G 2017 G 2035
st[a-z]r G star G str
G str G STAAR
G strr G st@r
[a-z][0-9] G a4 G 1a
G k3 G mx
G z5 G 68
Wildcard with character group or class
Negation of a character group

You can specify that a character group does not include specific characters. This
significantly simplifies the definition of character groups ( Negation of a
character group, page 124).
Use of case in character group/class definitions

When defining character groups/classes remember to take account of the Match
case option setting in Transit.
Example:
The character class [a-d] can signify either of the following:
G If the Match case option is not selected: Upper and lower-case letters from
a to d (i.e. a, b, c, d, A, B, C, D).
G If the Match case option is selected: Only all the lower-case letters from a to
d (i.e. a, b, c, d).
If the Match case option is selected, and you want to find all letters in the
character class regardless of case, you must enter upper and lower-case
letters in the class definition (i.e. [a-dA-D]).

Wildcards: . [ ] &
Meta characters within square brackets

Within square brackets, almost all meta characters lose their special meanings.
The following characters have a special meaning even within the square
brackets:
G With ! at the start of a character group you can specify which characters are
not permitted ( Negation of a character group, page 124).
G A hyphen (-) placed between two characters specifies a range.
Example: [a-kA-K] applies to all character strings with upper and lower-case
letters from A to K.
Umlauts, accented letters, etc.

The character class [a-z] does not include letters with umlauts, accents,
etc.
If you wish to search for character groups that include such characters, you must
add those characters to the class definition (e.g. [a-z] for the German
alphabet).
Wildcard for any You can use the ampersand (&) to represent any sequence of characters. It is used
sequence of to define an unlimited sequence of any characters bounded by delimiters.
characters: In this case, you must always specify the characters by which the sequence is
Ampersand (&) bounded (the beginning delimiter and the end delimiter).
G Example: s&r finds s followed by any combination of any number of characters
followed by r.
Any character means any letter (including letters with accents), number,
special character (e.g. @, %, _), meta characters (e.g. $, . or &), space character,
control character (e.g. tabulator) or double-byte character.
Transit only finds occurrences where the beginning and end delimiters are in the
same segment. If there is a segment marker between the beginning and end delim-
iters, Transit does not find the search string.
G Example: s&r finds s followed by any combination of any number of characters
followed by r.
In the following two segments, Transit does not find the expression
because the beginning and end delimiters are not in the same segment:
solid<<29>>
as a rock<<30>>
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If, however, the beginning and end delimiters are in the same segment
Transit finds the character string:
solid as a rock<<29>>

s&r G STAR G mar
G Saint Peter (beginning delimiter s is
G S?.!R missing)
G SR G stone
(end delimiter r is missing)
Gs
r
G solid<<29>>
as a rock<<30>>
(line break)
(segment marker between
beginning and end
delimiters)
Wildcard for any sequence of characters:
Do not forget beginning and end delimiters!

Without beginning or end delimiter, the regular expression is invalid.
The following regular expressions are incorrect: s& (end delimiter missing) and &r
(beginning delimiter missing).
When you enter a regular expression using the ampersand, Transit searches as
follows:
G Transit first searches for the beginning delimiter. Transit starts highlighting/
marking the text from the first occurrence found.
G Transit then searches for the end delimiter while continuously extending the
highlight.
G As soon as Transit finds the end delimiter, it highlights it and stops searching.
Example:
G You search for the regular expression s&r in the following passage of text:
The stars are shining bright.
G The passage contains three consecutive occurrences of the specified regular
expression.

Quantifiers: +*?
G If you perform the search three times in succession, Transit will thus find the
following three character strings:
star
s ar
shining br
More examples are given in section Quantifiers for character classes and
groups, page 116.
Distinction between ampersand (&) and the expression .*

You can use the ampersand (&) to represent any sequence of characters. The
expression .* is used to find any single or multiple occurrence of any character
or no character.
In many cases both expressions return the same result but there can be differ-
ences both in usage and outcome ( Distinction between ampersand (&) and
the expression .*, page 118).
Quantifiers: +*?
By using what are known as quantifiers you can specify how many instances of a
character are to be found.
G Question mark x?
Finds occurrences of absence or a single instance (0 1 instances) of the
preceding character.
Example: The regular expression a? finds a single letter a or the absence of it.
G Plus sign x+
Finds occurrences of a single instance or multiple instances (1 n instances)
of the preceding character.
Example: The regular expression a+ finds a single letter a or multiple sequences
of it (a, aa, aaa etc.).
G Asterisk x*
Finds occurrences of the absence, a single instance or multiple instances (0
n instances) of the preceding character.
Example: The regular expression a* finds a single letter a, a multiple sequence
of it, or its absence (a, aa, aaa etc. or nothing).
When searching, Transit only searches as far as a segment marker or line break and
extends the highlight up to the last character preceding the segment marker or line
break.
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G Example: The regular expression a* searches for the absence of the letter a, a
single instance of it or a multiple sequence of it.
In the following two lines, Transit first finds only the string aa as it is followed by
a line break.
baa
as sheep do
On continuing the search, Transit finds the single a on the next line.
baa
as sheep do

sta?r G str G staaaar
G star G stra
G stir
sta+r G star G str
G staaaar G stra
G stir
G staa
aar
(only searches as far as line
break)
sta*r G str G stra
G star G stir
G staaaar G staa
aar
(only searches as far as line
break)
Searching for a specified number of a specific character
You can also use quantifiers to specify how many instances of a character in a
character group or class are to be found. To do so, you place the quantifier after
the square brackets in which the character group or class is defined ( Wildcard
for any of a specified group or class: Square brackets ([ ]), page 111).
G Example: The regular expression [0-9]+ finds any sequence of numbers (0, 15,
290504 etc.).

[0-9]+ G0 G XV
Finds sequences of one or more G 15 G star
numbers. Other characters are G 290504
not found.
Quantifiers for character classes and groups

Quantifiers: +*?

st[aeiou]*r G str G str
Finds sequences of one or more G star G stpr
vowels or absence of vowels G stir G st@r
between the delimiters. Other
G staaaaar
characters are not found.
G stair
[A-Z][a-z]* GD G translation
Finds any single upper-case G Star G bersetzung
letter followed by any sequence G Transit G TermStar
of (or absence of) lower-case
letters. Other characters are not
found.
[A-Z][a-z]+ G Star GD
Finds strings where at least one G Transit G translation
lower-case letter follows an G bersetzung
upper-case letter. Other
G TermStar
characters are not found.
Star[a-z]? G Star G Star3
Finds strings where the literal G Start G Starter
string is followed by nothing or a G Stars
single letter. Other characters
are not found.
Quantifiers for character classes and groups (cont.)
Use of case in character group/class definitions

When defining character groups/classes remember to take account of the Match
case option setting in Transit ( Use of case in character group/class defini-
tions, page 112).
Quantifiers for character strings

Normally, a quantifier applies to the character that immediately precedes it.
With round brackets ( ), you can specify that the quantifier applies to a character
string rather than a single character ( Applying meta characters to character
strings: ( ), page 120).
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Distinction between ampersand (&) and the expression .*

You can use the ampersand (&) to represent any sequence of characters. The
expression .* is used to find any single or multiple occurrence of any character
or no character.
In many cases both expressions search the same but there can be differences
both in usage and outcome:
G & requires beginning and end delimiters.
By contrast, the expression .* can also be used without specifying a
beginning or end delimiter.
G & also finds line breaks within a segment.
By contrast, the expression .* does not find line breaks and highlights the
character string up to the last character preceding the line break.
For a more detailed description of using the ampersand, refer to section
Wildcard for any sequence of characters: Ampersand (&), page 113.
Escapement: \
Meta characters have special meanings when used in regular expressions. They
are used to define the pattern that Transit searches for.
If you wish to search for a meta character literally (in other words treat it as a
standard character and not as having a special meaning) you must place the
character \ (backslash) in front of it. The backslash acts as what is called an
escapement and prevents the meta character from being interpreted as having a
special meaning.
The same applies to the backslash itself, as it too is a meta character. If you want
to search literally for a backslash, you have to place another backslash in front of it.
G Examples:
You want to search for the string readme.txt.
The dot, however, is a meta character ( Wildcard for any single
character: . (dot), page 111).
So that Transit searches literally for a dot, you have to place a backslash in
front of it thus: readme\.txt
You want to search for the string Transit+TermStar.
However, the plus sign is a meta character ( Quantifiers: +*?, page 115).
So that Transit searches literally for a plus sign, you have to place a
backslash in front of it thus: Transit\+TermStar

Escapement: \
You want to search for the string folder \temp.

However, the backslash is a meta character (escapement) and also intro-
duces control characters (e.g. the tabulator \t).
So that Transit searches literally for a backslash, you have to place another
backslash in front of it thus: folder \\temp
The following table shows the use of the escapement in regular expressions for
literal searches for meta characters:

readme\.txt G readme.txt G readmextxt
G readme-txt
G readmetxt
Transit\+TermStar G Transit+TermStar G TransiTermStar
G TransitTermStar
G TransitttttTermStar
folder \\temp G folder \temp G folder temp
G folder emp
Literal searches for meta characters using escapement
The same expressions without the escapement do not produce the desired results:

readme.txt G readme.txt G readmetxt
G readmextxt
G readme-txt
Transit+TermStar G TransitTermStar G Transit+TermStar
G TransitttttTermStar G TransiTermStar
folder \temp G folder emp G folder \temp
(\t is the control character G folder temp
for the tabulator)
Incorrect results produced by literal searches for meta characters without using escapement
Backslash also introduces control characters

The backslash not only serves as a meta character for an escapement, it also
introduces control characters ( Control characters, page 109).
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Applying meta characters to character strings:

( )
With round brackets ( ), you can specify that a meta character applies to a
character string rather than a single character.
G Example: The plus sign specifies that the preceding character should occur
once or more than once ( Quantifiers: +*?, page 115). If you enclose a
character string in round brackets, the plus sign applies to the entire character
string thus: The regular expression (ha)+ finds sequences in which the string ha
occurs once or any number of times (ha, haha, hahaha, etc.).
By combining character strings, character groups and quantifiers, you can define
complex patterns as illustrated below:

s(ta)+r G star G sr
s, followed by one or more G statar G stat
occurrences of ta, followed by r G statatatar G statr
T(ra)+[a-z]+ G Transit G Termstar
T, followed by one or more G Traransit G Tra2004
occurrences of ra, followed by G Transfer G Tra-nsit
any single letter or sequence of
G Trararas
letters
Effect of round brackets on meta characters
Every open bracket requires a closing bracket

Make sure that for every opening bracket in the regular expression there is
a corresponding closing bracket.
The regular expression is otherwise invalid.
Tip: Use round brackets to structure the expression

You can also use round brackets to structure regular expressions and make
them clearer even if use of the brackets is not strictly necessary for syntax
reasons.
In addition, round brackets are also required when using the following meta
characters:
G Negation: ! ( page 123)
G Alternatives: | ( page 127)
G Variables: # ( page 130)

Placement: ^ $
Placement: ^ $
The meta characters that define placement are used to specify whether the
character string is placed at the beginning or end of a line (in Transit) or entry field
(in TermStar).
Transit checks whether the search string is at the beginning or end but does not
highlight the beginning or end itself.
G Circumflex ^
By using the circumflex you can specify that the search string must be placed
at the beginning:
In Transit: At the beginning of a line (i.e. after a line break)
In TermStar: At the beginning of an entry field
To do so, you place the circumflex at the beginning of the regular expression.
Example: The regular expression ^STAR searches for occurrences of STAR at
the beginning of a line.
G Dollar sign $
By using the dollar sign you can specify that the search string must be placed
at the end:
In Transit: At the end of a line (i.e. before a line break)
In TermStar: At the end of an entry field
To do so, you place the dollar sign at the end of the regular expression.
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Example: The regular expression STAR$ searches for occurrences of STAR at

the end of a line.

^STAR G STAR G STAR
in STAR Group in The STAR Group
STAR$ G STAR G STAR
in with STAR in STAR Group
G STAR
in STAR.
^&$ G The STAR Group G The
(Any sequence of characters in The STAR Group STAR
between beginning and end of group
line) (spans more than one line)
Regular expression at the start of a line
Transit editor: Line break is not the same as segment marker

In the Transit editor the meta characters for placement check whether the search
string is before or after a line break, i.e. before or after the control character \n.
It does not find line breaks created by segment markers (e.g. new paragraphs).
To find such line breaks you can use the control character \o (for segment
markers).
Correct placement of meta characters

Take care to place the meta characters correctly within the regular
expression:
G ^ (for beginning of line) at the beginning of the regular expression.
G $ (for end of line) at the end of the regular expression.
Otherwise the regular expression will not be correct and Transit will not be able
to interpret it properly.
Negation of beginning/end of line

You can also specify that Transit is to search for occurrences of the regular
expression that are not at the beginning/end of a line. To do so, you use the
exclamation mark to negate the beginning/end of the line ( Negation of
beginning/end of line, page 125).

Negation: !
^ and $ within character groups/classes are no meta characters

Inside a character group, Transit interprets the circumflex and dollar sign literally,
i.e. searches for the circumflex and dollar sign characters themselves
( Wildcard for any of a specified group or class: Square brackets ([ ]),
page 111).
Control character \n versus placement characters ^ and $

The expression \n is used to find the end of a line. The characters ^ and $ are
used to search for the search string at the beginning and end of a line respec-
tively.
In many cases both expressions search the same but there can be differences
both in usage and outcome:
G ^ and $ must be placed at the beginning and end of the regular expression
respectively.
By contrast, the control character \n can also be placed within the regular
expression. In that way you can search for character strings that span line
breaks.
G ^ and $ do not find the line break itself.
By contrast, the control character \n finds and highlights the line break itself.
In that way you find and replace the line break if you wish.
Negation: !
The exclamation mark (!) is used to negate part of a regular expression. In that way
you can instruct Transit to find characters that do not match the negated part of the
expression.
Difference in highlighting between negation of character string and character

group/class
Transit behaves differently when characters and character strings are negated
than when character groups or classes are negated.
G When characters or character strings are negated, Transit does not highlight
the negated character.
G When character groups or classes are negated, Transit also highlights the
negated character.
For examples, refer to the Tables Negation of character strings, page 124
and Negation of character groups, page 125.
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Negation of a You can specify that Transit is to search for sequences that do not include a
character or specific character or character string.
character string To do so, you place the exclamation mark and the character or characters inside
round brackets.
G Example: The regular expression ST(!ONE) finds any occurrence of the string ST
that is not followed by the string ONE.

ST(!ONE) G ST G ST
in STAR in STONE
G ST
in STIR
G ST
in ST
G ST
in STP
Negation of character strings
Transit only interprets the exclamation mark as a meta character for negation if it is
placed as the first character inside the round brackets.
Otherwise, Transit interprets the exclamation mark literally, i.e. it searches for the
exclamation mark itself:

ST(ON!E) G STON!E G STONE
G STAR
G STIR
G ST
G STP
If the exclamation mark is not the first character it is interpreted literally
Negation of a You can specify that a group of characters is not included. This significantly
character group simplifies the definition of character groups ( Wildcard for any of a specified
group or class: Square brackets ([ ]), page 111).
To negate a character group you place the exclamation mark as the first character
of the character group inside the square brackets.
G Example: You want to define a character group that includes all characters
except s. Without using negation, you would have to specify all characters in
the group:
[a-rt-z0-9?-=@]

Negation: !
By using negation, the definition is much simpler and you have greater certainty
of including all the required characters:
[!s]
G Example: The regular expression ST[!ONE] finds any character string that
consists of three characters, starts with ST and does not end in O, N or E.

ST[!ONE] G STA G STO
in STAR in STONE
G STP G STE
in STP in STELLA
G ST
in ST
Negation of character groups
placed as the first character inside the square brackets.

ST[ON!E] G STO G STA
G STN G ST5
G ST!
G STE
Negation of By negating the meta characters that define placement (circumflex and dollar sign)
beginning/end of you can specify that Transit is to search for occurrences of the character string that
line are not at the beginning or end of a line ( Placement: ^ $, page 121).
To do so, you place the exclamation mark and the circumflex or dollar sign inside
round brackets.
G Examples:
The regular expression (!^)STAR searches for occurrences of STAR that are
not at the beginning of a line.
The regular expression STAR(!$) searches for occurrences of STAR that are
not at the end of a line.

(!^)STAR G STAR G STAR
in The STAR Group in STAR Group
Negation of beginning or end of line
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STAR(!$) G STAR G STAR
in STAR Group in with STAR
G STAR
in STAR.
Negation of beginning or end of line (cont.)
If you only want to negate the beginning/end of line placement, take care to place
the appropriate meta character in round brackets on its own. Otherwise the entire
expression would be negated.
G Example:
The regular expression ST(!AR$) finds any occurrence of the string ST that
is not followed by the string AR and the end of a line.

ST(!AR$) G ST G ST
Negation of entire string AR plus in STAR Group in with STAR
end of line G ST
in with ST
Negation of entire string AR plus end of line
placed as the first character of the character string inside the round brackets.

ST(AR!$) G STAR! G STAR
in STAR! in with STAR
G STAR!
in STAR! Group

Alternatives: |
Alternatives: |
The pipe character | allows you to search for alternatives. The pipe character acts
as a logical OR between parts of a regular expression.
G Example: The regular expression Transit|TermStar finds either the character
string Transit or TermStar.
Transit finds the first match with either of the two alternatives. It makes no
difference in which order the alternatives are specified in the regular expression.
G Example: In the passage
TermStar and Transit are using regular expressions.
Transit will first find the string TermStar because it is the first occurrence of
either of the two alternatives specified in the regular expression.
What does Transit By default, Transit interprets everything from the beginning of the regular
interpret as an expression to the first pipe character, between two pipe characters or from the last
alternative? pipe character to the end of the regular expression as an alternative.
G Example: Transit interprets the regular expression
You can use the English|German|Swedish interface
as the following three alternatives:
From the beginning to the first pipe character: You can use the English
From that pipe character to the next: German
From the last pipe character to the end: Swedish interface
To limit the boundaries of the alternatives you can enclose them in round brackets.
G Example: Transit interprets the regular expression
You can use the (English|German|Swedish) interface
as follows:
Normal text: You can use the
followed by the three alternatives: English or German or Swedish
followed by normal text: interface

(TermStar|Transit) from G TermStar from STAR G TermStarTransit from
STAR G Transit from STAR STAR
G TermStar
TermStar|Transit from STAR G TermStar G TermStarTransit from
G Transit from STAR STAR
G TermStar from STAR
Search for alternatives
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Alternatives and Alternatives are not always useful or necessary in the following cases:
character groups/ G Alternatives between individual characters
classes
Alternatives between individual characters are not useful because the
characters can be defined by a character group or class as part of which they
will in any case be treated as alternatives.
Example: (a|b|c) means either the character a or b or c. Instead of that you
can search for those alternatives by defining the character group [abc]
G Alternatives between character classes
Alternatives between character groups or classes are not useful because the
characters can be defined by a character class as part of which they will in any
case be treated as alternatives.
Example: ([a-z]|[0-9]) means any character from a to z or any character
from 0 to 9. Instead of that you can search for those alternatives by defining
the single character group [a-z0-9]
Transit does not interpret the pipe character as a meta character for alternatives
when it is placed inside a character group or class.
When you use it inside a character group, Transit interprets the pipe character
literally, i.e. it searches for the pipe character itself:

st[ab|x]r G star G str
G stbr G stabr
G st|r G staxr
G stxr
If the pipe character is inside a character group it is interpreted literally
Alternatives and Alternatives between negated character strings are not generally useful. Such an
negated character approach would appear to make sense initially if want to exclude certain character
strings strings from your search however, it produces incorrect results.
Example:
You want to search for character strings that start with A followed by two-digit
number. However, you do not want Transit to find character strings that contain 05
or 29.
You want Transit to find: A06, A09, A68
You do not want Transit to find: X7, A05, A29
G You therefore decide to use the following regular expression:
A(!05|!29)[0-9][0-9]
This regular expression, however, does not produce the desired results. It will
also find A05 and A29.

Alternatives: |
Why? On the basis of that regular expression, Transit searches for the following
character string:
The letter A
followed by a character sequence that is not 05 or is not 29
followed by any number [0-9]
followed again by any number [0-9]
At least one of the alternatives will always be matched.
If the A is followed by the number 05 then that is a character string that is
not 29. The second alternative is thus a match.
If the A is followed by the number 29 then that is a character string that is
not 05. The first alternative is thus a match.
If the A is followed by another number then that is a character string that is
neither 29 nor 05. Both alternatives are thus a match.
This regular expression therefore does not prevent Transit finding A05 or A29.
G The desired result is obtained by using the following regular expression:
A(!05)(!29)[0-9][0-9]
On the basis of that regular expression, Transit searches for the following
character string:
The letter A
not followed by 05 and
not followed by 29
followed by any number [0-9]
followed again by any number [0-9]
Now Transit proceeds as follows:
If the A is followed by the number 05, the first negation means it is not a
match because it specifies that A cannot be followed by 05. Transit thus
does not find A05.
If the A is followed by the number 29, the first negation allows a match (not
followed by 05). However, the second negation prevents a match because
it specifies that A cannot be followed by 29. Transit thus does not find A29.
If the A is followed by another number, the first and second negations allow
a match. Transit thus does find A06, A09, A68, etc.
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Variables: #
Why use When performing a normal Find and Replace without using variables, you can only
variables? specify one string with which to replace the search string.
You can use variables in a Find and Replace operation to define variable compo-
nents of the character string that Transit is to search for. That allows you to perform
complex Find and Replace sequences in a single operation.
G Example: You want to replace the phrase Year 2015 or Year 2016 or Year 2017 by
2015 Edition or 2016 Edition or 2017 Edition respectively.
With a normal Find and Replace you would have to run three separate searches
to replace Year 2015 with 2015 Edition, Year 2016 with 2016 Edition and Year 2017
with 2017 Edition.
If, however, you use the regular expression Year 201#([5-7])0, Transit will find
any of the three phrases in the same search and substitute the appropriate
replacement specified by the regular expression 201#0 Edition. The precise
meaning of the expressions is explained later on ( How are variables used?,
page 131).
Other practical examples:
G You want every single-digit number to have a leading zero:
1 is to be changed to 01; 2 is to be changed to 02, etc.
G You want Transit to change all numbers in the format x.y to the format x,y:
2.1 is to be changed to 2,1; 2.2 is to be changed to 2,2, etc.
G You want Transit to change all hyphenated combinations (abc-xyz) to the format
abc_xyz.
On-line is to be changed to On_line; reference-based changed to reference_based,
etc.
For this, you have to define variables for such cases ( How are variables used?,
page 131).
When performing a Find and Replace using variables, you can also specify whether
Transit is to convert the string when replacing:
G Changing the case when replacing ( page 132)
G Changing number formats when replacing ( page 133)
G Performing mathematical calculations when replacing ( page 134)
G Rounding figures when replacing ( page 136)
G Converting numbers to characters when replacing, and vice versa
( page 138)

Variables: #
How are variables In order that it can use parts of the character string that it finds to replace what it
used? finds, Transit has to memorise those items during the search.
To enable it to do so, you use variables which you define in the regular expression
for the search and in which Transit stores components of the character string.
You then use the same variables in the regular expression for the replacement so
that Transit uses the stored data when performing the replacement.
G Syntax for regular expression for search string:
#(regular expression)variable number
Transit will thus store the characters that it finds on the basis of the regular
expression in the specified variable. You can use up to ten variables in a Find/
Replace operation (variable numbers 0 to 9).
Example: The following format is used to refer to keyboard keys in a
document:
Ins key, DEL key, PgUp key, return key, etc.
You want to run a Find and Replace so that the names of the keys are
placed in quotation marks thus:
"Ins" key, "DEL" key, "PgUp" key, "return" key, etc.
You can use the following regular expression for the search:
#([a-z]+)0\skey
On that basis Transit will search for a sequence of letters ([a-z]) followed
by a space (\s) followed by the string key. Transit saves the sequence of
letters found as the variable 0.
If you use only the variable number in the search and do not specify a wildcard
character or character string, Transit uses the wildcard character & as the
regular expression. That means that Transit will search for any sequence of any
number of characters and will store it as the specified variable.
Since the wildcard character & always requires a beginning and end delimiter,
you must specify them. However, they are not stored in the variable.
Example: You use the expression s#9r for the search string
Transit interprets that expression as s#(&)9r. Transit therefore searches for
s followed by any sequence of any number of characters followed by r.
Transit stores that sequence of characters as the variable 9. The delimiters
s and r are not stored in the variable.
G Syntax for regular expression for replacement string:
#Variable number
Example: In the above example involving the format for the key names, you
could use the following regular expression for the replacement:
"#0" key
Transit then replaces the string found with the character ", followed by the
contents of the variable 0, followed by the string " key.
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The following table lists further practical examples:
Application Search Replace

Assign a leading zero to \s#([0-9])0 \s0#0
single-digit numbers Transit searches for a space \s Transit replaces with a space, a
followed by a number [0-9]. zero and the contents of the
Transit stores the number as the variable 0 (the number found).
variable 0.
Replace single-digit numbers in \s#([0-9])0\ .#([0-9])1 \s#0,#1
notation x.y by notation x,y Transit searches for a space \s Transit replaces with a space,
followed by a number [0-9] the contents of the variable 0
followed by a decimal point \. (the first number found), a
followed by a number [0-9]. comma and the contents of the
Transit saves the first number variable 1 (the second number
as the variable 0 and the second found).
number as the variable 1.
Replace the hyphen in #([a-z]+)0-#([a-z]+)1 #0_#1
compound words with an Transit searches for a sequence Transit replaces with the
underscore of letters [a-z]+ followed by a contents of the variable 0 (the
hyphen followed by a sequence first sequence of letters found),
of letters [a-z]+. an underscore and the contents
Transit saves the first sequence of the variable 1 (the second
of letters as the variable 0 and sequence of letters found).
the second sequence of letters
as the variable 1.
Replacements using variables
Changing the case If you use variables, Transit can change the case of the variable contents when
when replacing replacing.
Upper and lower case

To force Transit to distinguish between upper and lower case when
searching, select Match case option in Transit.
G Syntax for regular expression for replacement string:

#(<option>)variable number
In place of <option> you can enter one of the following options to specify how
Transit is to change the case:
Option Meaning
^ Change replacement string to all capitals
Options for changing case

Variables: #
Option Meaning
^1 Change first letter of replacement string to capital. Leave all other letters
unchanged.
_ Change replacement string to all lower case
_1 Change first letter of replacement string to lower case. Leave all other letters
unchanged.
~ Invert case of all letters in replacement string (i.e. change lower case to upper
case and upper case to lower case)
~1 Invert case of first letter in replacement string (i.e. change lower case to upper
case or upper case to lower case). Leave all other letters unchanged.
Options for changing case (cont.)
G Example: The following format is used to refer to keyboard keys in a document:

Ins key, DEL key, PgUp key, return key, etc. You want to use a Find and Replace
to change the case of the key names.
To do so, you use the following regular expression for the search:
#([a-zA-Z]+)0\skey
The following table shows the results obtained by the various options for
changing case.
Replace Ins key DEL key PgUp key return key

#(^)0 key INS key DEL key PGUP key RETURN key
#(^1)0 key Ins key DEL key PgUp key Return key
#(_)0 key ins key del key pgup key return key
#(_1)0 key ins key dEL key pgUp key rETURN key
#(~)0 key iNS key del key pGuP key RETURN key
#(~1)0 key ins key dEL key pgUp key Return key
Examples of changing case
Changing number If you use variables, Transit can change the number format of the variable contents
formats when when replacing.
replacing G Syntax for regular expression for replacement string:
#(={(<format>)}x)<variable number>
In place of <format> you enter a format option to specify how Transit is to
change the number format.
Format Meaning
# Show number only if value is not zero
0 Always show number whether value is zero or not
_ Show space if value is zero
Format options for changing number format
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If you do not specify a number format, Transit applies the number format
specified in the Windows system settings.
G Example: A document contains decimal numbers in a variety of formats: 1.1,
10.123, etc. You want to use Find and Replace to change the format of the
numbers.
#([0-9]+\.[0-9]+)0
The following table shows the results obtained by the various options for
changing number format.
Replace 1.1 10.123

#(={_ _ _ _ _.00}x)0 1.10 10.12
(with four leading (with three leading
spaces) spaces)
#(={00000.00}x)0 00001.10 00010.12
#(={0.##}x)0 1.1 10.12
#(={}x)0 1 10
Examples of changing number format
Rounding numbers
If you reduce the number of decimal places, Transit cuts off the surplus decimal
places. However, by specifying a calculation, you can have Transit round the
number ( Rounding figures when replacing, page 136).
Performing If you use variables, Transit can perform mathematical calculations on the variable
mathematical contents when replacing.
calculations when G Syntax for regular expression for replacement string:
replacing #(={<format>}<formula>)<variable number>
You use <format> to specify how Transit is to change the number format, if
required ( Changing number formats when replacing, page 133). In our
examples, however, we have left out the format option so as not to confuse the
explanation of the mathematical calculations.
In place of <formula> you enter the mathematical formula that Transit is to apply
to the number. In that formula you can use the following mathematical
operators:
Operator Meaning
+ Addition
- Subtraction
/ Division
Operators for mathematical calculations

Variables: #
Operator Meaning
* Multiplication
() Brackets
x Number to be converted
Operators for mathematical calculations (cont.)
G Example: A document contains a variety of decimal numbers: 295200.2, 0.123,

3.4, etc. You want to use Find and Replace to perform a calculation on the
numbers.
#([0-9]+.[0-9]+)0
The following table shows the results obtained by various mathematical calcu-
lations.
Replace 295200,2 0,123 3,4

#(={}x)0 295200 0 3
Round off to whole number
#(={}x+5)0 295205 5 8
Add 5
#(={}x-5)0 295195 -4 -1
Subtract 5
#(={}x*5)0 1476001 0 17
Multiply by 5
#(={}x/5)0 59040 0 0
Divide by 5
#(={}x*-9)0 -2632501 -1 -30
Multiply by -9 (negative value)
#(={}x*x)0 87143153664 0 11
Multiply by itself (= x)
Examples of mathematical calculations
Rounding numbers
If you reduce the number of decimal places, Transit cuts off the surplus decimal
places. However, by specifying a calculation, you can have Transit round the
number ( Rounding figures when replacing, page 136).
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Other practical examples:

G Replace dimensions in inch by dimensions in centimeter
A document contains dimensions in inch. They are to be replaced by the equiv-
alent dimensions in centimeter.
Regular expression for the search string:
#([0-9]+0 inch
Regular expression for the replacement string:
#(={}x*2.54)0 cm
Result:
The width is 5 inch.
is replaced by
The width is 12.7 cm.
G Where distance quoted in miles add equivalent distance in kilometres
A document contains distances in miles. You want Transit to add the equivalent
distance in kilometres in each case.
#([0-9]+)0 miles
#0 miles (#(={}x*1.609)0 km)
Result:
Distance Ramsen Sindelfingen 90 miles
is replaced by
Distance Ramsen Sindelfingen 90 miles (144 km)
Rounding figures If you use variables, Transit can change the number format of the variable contents
when replacing when replacing ( Changing number formats when replacing, page 133).
If the change of format reduces the number of decimal places, Transit does not
automatically round the number, it simply cuts off the surplus decimal places.
G Example: Reduce all decimal numbers to one decimal place
A document contains decimal numbers with varying numbers of decimal
places. You want to change them all to decimal numbers with only one decimal
place.
#([0-9]+\.[0-9]+)0
#(={0.0}x)0

Variables: #
Result: Transit cuts off the surplus decimal places thus:
Number found Reduced to one decimal place

1.01 1.0
Example: Reducing numbers to one decimal place
1.04 1.0
1.05 1.0
1.06 1.0
1.09 1.0
However, by specifying an additional calculation in the replacement, you can have

Transit round the number: Values up to and including 4 will be rounded down,
values of 5 or greater will be rounded up.
G Example: When replacing you add 0.05 to the numerical value. As a result
Transit increases the numerical value by 0.05 when replacing and then cuts off
the surplus decimal places. The resulting figures are thus rounded to the
nearest tenth.
Regular expression for the search string (same as above):
#([0-9]+\.[0-9]+)0
#(={0.0}x+.05)0
Result: Transit rounds the values up or down to the nearest tenth
Reduced to one decimal

Number found 0.05 added
place
1.01 1.06 1.0
1.04 1.09 1.0
1.05 1.10 1.1
1.06 1.11 1.1
1.09 1.14 1.1
Example: Rounding numbers to one decimal place
To determine the amount to be added, take the smallest decimal fraction required
and divide it by 2.
G Example: Rounding to two decimal places: Smallest decimal fraction 0.01
divided by 2 equals 0.005.
To round figures, add the value 0.005.
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Converting If you use variables, Transit can change numbers to characters or characters to
numbers to numbers when replacing.
characters when G Syntax for regular expression for replacement string:
replacing, and #(<option>)<variable number>
vice versa
In place of <option>, you can enter one of the following values to specify how Transit
should change numbers to characters, and vice versa.
Option Meaning
c Change a decimal number to character using the relevant Unicode
cx Change a hexadecimal number to character using the relevant Unicode
n Change character to the decimal Unicode for the character
nx Change character to the hexadecimal Unicode for the character
nx2 Change character to a two-digit hexadecimal number
nx4 Change character to a four-digit hexadecimal number
Options for changing numbers to characters, and vice versa
Invalid regular expressions

Ambiguous Regular expressions must be unambiguous: There must only be one way in which
regular they can be interpreted. If you use quantifiers the regular expression may be invalid
expressions because it may allow different interpretations so that the search does not produce
a definite result.
Ambiguous Examples for correct

Error
expressions expressions
3*3 The second number 3 is already found by 3* G 33*
G 3+
[3-7]*4 4 is already found by [3-7]* [3-7]
T.*ion ion is already found by .* T&ion
Examples of ambiguous regular expressions

Invalid regular expressions
Syntax errors The syntax of regular expressions can become very complex particularly where
the requirements of the search are themselves very complex. As a result, syntax
errors can creep in and invalidate the regular expression.
Examples for correct

Wrong syntax Error
syntax
Wy\ The backslash is the last character. Wy\\
The backslash is a meta character (escapement)
or introduces a control character. In either case,
it has to be followed by another character
( Control characters, page 109 and
Escapement: \, page 118).
[9-0]+ The character class contains an invalid range. G [0-9]+
When you define a character class, you have to G [09]+
keep to the order in which the characters appear
in the ANSI character table ( Wildcard for
any of a specified group or class: Square
brackets ([ ]), page 111).
[0-9]& The ampersand is the last character. G [0-9]&$
The ampersand is a meta character (wildcard G [0-9].*$
character representing any sequence of any
number of characters). It has to be bounded by
beginning and end delimiters ( Wildcard for
any sequence of characters: Ampersand (&),
page 113).
key|no| The pipe character is the last character. G key|no
The pipe character is a meta character (alter- G key|no|yes
native). It must be placed between two alterna-
tives, i.e. it must be followed by the second alter-
native ( Alternatives: |, page 127).
(key|no The closing bracket is missing. (key|no)
When you use brackets to structure regular
expressions, every opening bracket must have a
corresponding closing bracket ( Applying
meta characters to character strings: ( ),
page 120).
Examples of typical syntax errors
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Examples for correct

Wrong syntax Error
syntax
(key|no] Different types of bracket are mixed. G (key|no)
Regular expressions permit the use of round G (key|[no])
brackets (for structuring) and square brackets
(for character groups/classes). Make sure that
you do not mix the two types ( Wildcard for
any of a specified group or class: Square
brackets ([ ]), page 111 and Applying
meta characters to character strings: ( ),
page 120).
*a The asterisk is the first character. a*
The asterisk is a meta character (quantifier) and
specifies how many instances of the preceding
character are to be found. Therefore, it has to be
preceded by another character ( Quantifiers:
+*?, page 115).
Examples of typical syntax errors
Appendix: Overview of meta and control

characters
The table below summarises the meta and control characters used in regular
expressions. For a more detailed description of the individual characters, refer to
sections quoted.

Control characters \b Backspace
\e Escape (ESC)
\f Form feed (new page)
\n New line
\o Segment marker (in Transit editor only)
\s Space
\t Tabulator
\u<code> Unicode character
The backslash is also a meta character for an escapement ( Escapement: \, page 118).
Meta characters and control characters used in regular expressions

Appendix: Overview of meta and control characters

Wildcard/character Dot: Wildcard for any single character
class . Wildcard for any single character: . (dot), page 111.
Square brackets: Character class
[xyz] Wildcard for any of a specified group or class: Square
brackets ([ ]), page 111
Ampersand: Wildcard for any sequence of characters
& Wildcard for any sequence of characters: Ampersand
(&), page 113
Quantifier Question mark: Finds occurrences of absence or a single instance
x? (0 1 instances) of the preceding character
Quantifiers: +*?, page 115
Plus sign: Finds occurrences of a single instance or multiple instances
x+ (1 n instances) of the preceding character.
Asterisk: Finds occurrences of the absence, a single instance or multiple
x* instances (0 n instances) of the preceding character.
Escapement Backslash: Forces character to be interpreted literally instead of as a meta
\x character.
Escapement: \, page 118
The backslash also introduces control characters ( Control characters, page 109).
Structural Round brackets: You can use round brackets to structure a regular expression to
(xyz) determine, for example, for which part of the expression a
preceding meta character should apply.
Applying meta characters to character strings: ( ),
page 120.
Meta characters and control characters used in regular expressions (cont.)
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Logical operator Circumflex: Beginning of line or field:
^ The expression must occur at the beginning of a line or entry
field.
Placement: ^ $, page 121
Dollar sign: End of line or field:
$ The expression must occur at the end of a line or entry field.
Placement: ^ $, page 121
Exclamation mark: Negation:
(!xxx) The expression which follows may not occur.
[!x] Negation: !, page 123
Pipe character: Alternative:
Expression1|Expression2 Combines two expressions with a logical OR operation.
Finds expression1 or expression2.
Alternatives: |, page 127
Variable #()<nr> Variable (in search):
Stores character string for use in replacement.
Variables: #, page 130
#<nr> Variable (in replacement):
Inserts the variable stored by the search operation in the
replacement.
Variables: #, page 130
Meta characters and control characters used in regular expressions (cont.)

Language codes
14 Language codes
Transit/TermStar supports more than 200 working languages:

G Sorted by language name ( page 143)
G Sorted by language code ( page 149)
Sorted by
language name
Microsoft Locale ID (LCID)
Language code Language
Hexadecimal Decimal
AFK Afrikaans 0x0436 1078
SQI Albanian 0x041C 1052
AMH Amharic 0x045E 1118
ARG Arabic (Algeria) 0x1401 5121
ARH Arabic (Bahrain) 0x3C01 15361
ARE Arabic (Egypt) 0x0C01 3073
ARI Arabic (Iraq) 0x0801 2049
ARJ Arabic (Jordan) 0x2C01 11265
ARK Arabic (Kuwait) 0x3401 13313
ARB Arabic (Lebanon) 0x3001 12289
ARL Arabic (Libya) 0x1001 4097
ARM Arabic (Morocco) 0x1801 6145
ARO Arabic (Oman) 0x2001 8193
ARQ Arabic (Qatar) 0x4001 16385
ARA Arabic (Saudi Arabia) 0x0401 1025
ARS Arabic (Syria) 0x2801 10241
ART Arabic (Tunisia) 0x1C01 7169
ARU Arabic (United Arab Emirates) 0x3801 14337
ARY Arabic (Yemen) 0x2401 9217
Sorted by language name
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Hexadecimal Decimal
HYE Armenian 0x042b 1067
ASM Assamese 0x044D 1101
AZC Azerbaijani (Cyrillic) 0x082C 2092
AZE Azerbaijani (Latin) 0x042C 1068
EUQ Basque 0x042D 1069
BNG Bengali 0x0445 1252
BOC Bosnian (Cyrillic, Bosnia and Herzegovina) 0x201A 8218
BOS Bosnian (Latin, Bosnia and Herzegovina) 0x141A 5146
BRE Breton 0x047e 1150
BGR Bulgarian 0x0402 1026
MYA Burmese 0x0455 1109
BEL Byelorussian 0x0423 1059
CAT Catalan 0x0403 1027
ZHH Chinese (Hong Kong) 0x0C04 3076
ZHM Chinese (Macau) 0x1404 5124
CHS Chinese (PR China) 0x0804 2052
ZHI Chinese (Singapore) 0x1004 4100
CHT Chinese (Taiwan) 0x0404 1028
COS Corsican 0x0483 1155
HRV Croatian 0x041A 1050
HRB Croatian (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 0x101a 4122
CSY Czech 0x0405 1029
DAN Danish 0x0406 1030
PRS Dari 0x048c 1164
NLD Dutch 0x0413 1043
NLB Dutch (Belgium) 0x0813 2067
NLS Dutch (Special) 0x7C13 31763
EDO Edo 0x0466 1126
EFI Efik / Ibibio 0x0469 1129
ENA English (Australia) 0x0C09 3081
ENL English (Belize) 0x2809 10249
ENC English (Canada) 0x1009 4105
ENB English (Caribbean) 0x2409 9225
ENH English (Hong Kong) 0x3C09 15369
Sorted by language name (cont.)

Language codes

Hexadecimal Decimal
END English (India) 0x4009 16393
ENN English (Indonesia) 0x3809 14345
ENI English (Ireland) 0x1809 6153
ENJ English (Jamaica) 0x2009 8201
ENM English (Malaysia) 0x4409 17417
ENZ English (New Zealand) 0x1409 5129
ENP English (Philippines) 0x3409 13321
EN1 English (Simplified) 0x7C09 31753
ENO English (Singapore) 0x4C09 19465
ENS English (South Africa) 0x1C09 7177
ENT English (Trinidad and Tobago) 0x2C09 11273
ENG English (UK) 0x0809 2057
ENU English (US) 0x0409 1033
ENW English (Zimbabwe) 0x3009 12297
ETI Estonian 0x0425 1061
FOS Faroese 0x0438 1080
FIL Filipino (Philippines) 0x0464 1124
FIN Finnish 0x040B 1035
FRA French 0x040C 1036
FRB French (Belgium) 0x080C 2060
FRO French (Cameroon) 0x2C0C 11276
FRC French (Canada) 0x0C0C 3084
FRG French (Congo) 0x240C 9228
FRH French (Haiti) 0x3C0C 15372
FRV French (Ivory Coast) 0x300C 12300
FRL French (Luxembourg) 0x140C 5132
FRI French (Mali) 0x340C 13324
FRM French (Monaco) 0x180C 6156
FRR French (Morocco) 0x380C 14348
FR1 French (Rationalised) 0x7C0C 31756
FRU French (Reunion) 0x200C 8204
FRE French (Senegal) 0x280C 10252
FRS French (Switzerland) 0x100C 4108
FRW French (West Indies) 0x1C0C 7180
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Hexadecimal Decimal
FRY Frisian (Netherlands) 0x0462 1122
FUB Fulfulde Adamawa 0x0467 1127
GAE Gaelic (Ireland) 0x083C 2108
GDH Gaelic (Scotland) 0x043C 1084
GAL Gallegan/Galician 0x0456 1110
KAT Georgian 0x0437 1252
DEU German 0x0407 1031
DEA German (Austria) 0x0C07 3079
DEC German (Liechtenstein) 0x1407 5127
DEL German (Luxembourg) 0x1007 4103
DE1 German (plain language) 0x7C07 31751
DES German (Switzerland) 0x0807 2055
ELL Greek 0x0408 1032
GRC Greek (Ancient) 0x7C08 31752
GUA Guarani 0x0474 1140
GUJ Gujarati 0x0447 1252
HAU Hausa 0x0468 1128
HAW Hawaiian 0x0475 1141
HEB Hebrew 0x040D 1037
HIN Hindi 0x0439 1081
HUN Hungarian 0x040E 1038
ISL Icelandic 0x040F 1039
IBO Igbo 0x0470 1136
IND Indonesian 0x0421 1057
ITA Italian 0x0410 1040
ITS Italian (Switzerland) 0x0810 2064
JPN Japanese 0x0411 1041
KAN Kannada 0x044B 1099
KAZ Kazakh 0x043F 1087
KHM Khmer 0x0453 1107
KIR Kirghiz 0x0440 1088
KOR Korean 0x0412 1042
LAO Lao 0x0454 1108
LAT Latin 0x0476 1142

Language codes

Hexadecimal Decimal
LVI Latvian 0x0426 1062
LTH Lithuanian 0x0427 1063
MKD Macedonian (FYROM) 0x042F 1071
MSL Malay 0x043E 1086
MSB Malay (Burnei Darussalam) 0x083E 2110
MAL Malayalam 0x044C 1100
MTL Maltese 0x043A 1082
MRI Maori 0x0481 1153
MAR Marathi 0x044E 1102
MNG Mongolian 0x0450 1104
NDE Ndebele (Northern) 0x08EE 2286
NBL Ndebele (Southern) 0x04EE 1262
NOR Norwegian (Bokmal) 0x0414 1044
NON Norwegian (Nynorsk) 0x0814 2068
ORI Oriya 0x0448 1096
ORO Oromo 0x0472 1138
PAS Pashto 0x0463 1123
FAR Persian 0x0429 1065
PLK Polish 0x0415 1045
PTG Portuguese 0x0816 2070
PTB Portuguese (Brazil) 0x0416 1046
PAN Punjabi 0x0446 1094
QUE Quechua 0x046B 1131
RMS Rhaeto-Romanic 0x0417 1047
ROV Romanian (Moldova) 0x0818 2072
ROM Romanian (Standard) 0x0418 1048
RUM Russian (Moldova) 0x0819 2073
RUS Russian (Standard) 0x0419 1049
SZI Sami 0x043B 1083
SAN Sanskrit 0x044F 1103
SRC Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia and Herzegovina) 0x1c1a 7194
SCM Serbian (Cyrillic, Montenegro) 0x301A 12314
SRB Serbian (Cyrillic) 0x0C1A 3098
SRH Serbian (Latin, Bosnia and Herzegovina) 0x181a 6170
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Hexadecimal Decimal
SRM Serbian (Latin, Montenegro) 0x2C1A 11290
SRL Serbian (Latin) 0x081A 2074
SIN Sinhala / Sinhalese 0x045B 1115
SSW Siswati 0x04ED 1261
SKY Slovak 0x041B 1051
SLV Slovenian 0x0424 1060
SML Somali 0x0477 1143
NSO Sotho (Northern) 0x0830 2096
SXT Sotho (Southern) 0x0430 1072
ESS Spanish (Argentina) 0x2C0A 11274
ESB Spanish (Bolivia) 0x400A 16394
ESL Spanish (Chile) 0x340A 13322
ESO Spanish (Colombia) 0x240A 9226
ESC Spanish (Costa Rica) 0x140A 5130
ESD Spanish (Dominican Republic) 0x1C0A 7178
ESF Spanish (Ecuador) 0x300A 12298
ESE Spanish (El Salvador) 0x440A 17418
ESG Spanish (Guatemala) 0x100A 4106
ESH Spanish (Honduras) 0x480A 18442
ES1 Spanish (International) 0x7c0a 31754
ESM Spanish (Mexico) 0x080A 2058
ESI Spanish (Nicaragua) 0x4C0A 19466
ESA Spanish (Panama) 0x180A 6154
ESZ Spanish (Paraguay) 0x3C0A 15370
ESR Spanish (Peru) 0x280A 10250
ESU Spanish (Puerto Rico) 0x500A 20490
ESP Spanish (Traditional sorting) 0x040A 1034
ESY Spanish (Uruguay) 0x380A 14346
EST Spanish (US) 0x540a 21514
ESV Spanish (Venezuela) 0x200A 8202
SWK Swahili 0x0441 1089
SVE Swedish 0x041D 1053
TGL Tagalog (Philippines) 0x04EC 1260
TAJ Tajik 0x0428 1064

Language codes

Hexadecimal Decimal
TAM Tamil 0x0449 1097
TEL Telugu 0x044A 1098
THA Thai 0x041E 1054
TGE Tigrinya (Eritrea) 0x0873 2163
TGY Tigrinya (Ethiopia) 0x0473 1139
TSG Tsonga 0x0431 1073
TNA Tswana 0x0432 1074
TRK Turkish 0x041F 1055
TKM Turkmen 0x0442 1090
UKR Ukrainian 0x0422 1058
URI Urdu (India) 0x0820 2080
URD Urdu (Pakistan) 0x0420 1056
UZC Uzbek (Cyrillic) 0x0843 2115
UZB Uzbek (Latin) 0x0443 1091
VEN Venda 0x0433 1075
VIT Vietnamese 0x042A 1066
WEL Welsh 0x0452 1106
XHS Xhosa 0x0434 1076
JII Yiddish 0x043D 1085
YBA Yoruba 0x046A 1130
ZUL Zulu 0x0435 1077
Sorted by .
language code
Hexadecimal Decimal
AFK Afrikaans 0x0436 1078
AMH Amharic 0x045E 1118
ARA Arabic (Saudi Arabia) 0x0401 1025
ARB Arabic (Lebanon) 0x3001 12289
ARE Arabic (Egypt) 0x0C01 3073
ARG Arabic (Algeria) 0x1401 5121
ARH Arabic (Bahrain) 0x3C01 15361
Sorted by language code
STAR Group 149

14 Language codes

Hexadecimal Decimal
ARI Arabic (Iraq) 0x0801 2049
ARJ Arabic (Jordan) 0x2C01 11265
ARK Arabic (Kuwait) 0x3401 13313
ARL Arabic (Libya) 0x1001 4097
ARM Arabic (Morocco) 0x1801 6145
ARO Arabic (Oman) 0x2001 8193
ARQ Arabic (Qatar) 0x4001 16385
ARS Arabic (Syria) 0x2801 10241
ART Arabic (Tunisia) 0x1C01 7169
ARU Arabic (United Arab Emirates) 0x3801 14337
ARY Arabic (Yemen) 0x2401 9217
ASM Assamese 0x044D 1101
AZC Azerbaijani (Cyrillic) 0x082C 2092
AZE Azerbaijani (Latin) 0x042C 1068
BEL Byelorussian 0x0423 1059
BGR Bulgarian 0x0402 1026
BNG Bengali 0x0445 1252
BOC Bosnian (Cyrillic, Bosnia and Herzegovina) 0x201A 8218
BOS Bosnian (Latin, Bosnia and Herzegovina) 0x141A 5146
BRE Breton 0x047e 1150
CAT Catalan 0x0403 1027
CHS Chinese (PR China) 0x0804 2052
CHT Chinese (Taiwan) 0x0404 1028
COS Corsican 0x0483 1155
CSY Czech 0x0405 1029
DAN Danish 0x0406 1030
DE1 German (plain language) 0x7C07 31751
DEA German (Austria) 0x0C07 3079
DEC German (Liechtenstein) 0x1407 5127
DEL German (Luxembourg) 0x1007 4103
DES German (Switzerland) 0x0807 2055
DEU German 0x0407 1031
EDO Edo 0x0466 1126
EFI Efik / Ibibio 0x0469 1129
Sorted by language code (cont.)

Language codes

Hexadecimal Decimal
ELL Greek 0x0408 1032
EN1 English (Simplified) 0x7C09 31753
ENA English (Australia) 0x0C09 3081
ENB English (Caribbean) 0x2409 9225
ENC English (Canada) 0x1009 4105
END English (India) 0x4009 16393
ENG English (UK) 0x0809 2057
ENH English (Hong Kong) 0x3C09 15369
ENI English (Ireland) 0x1809 6153
ENJ English (Jamaica) 0x2009 8201
ENL English (Belize) 0x2809 10249
ENM English (Malaysia) 0x4409 17417
ENN English (Indonesia) 0x3809 14345
ENO English (Singapore) 0x4C09 19465
ENP English (Philippines) 0x3409 13321
ENS English (South Africa) 0x1C09 7177
ENT English (Trinidad and Tobago) 0x2C09 11273
ENU English (US) 0x0409 1033
ENW English (Zimbabwe) 0x3009 12297
ENZ English (New Zealand) 0x1409 5129
ES1 Spanish (International) 0x7c0a 31754
ESA Spanish (Panama) 0x180A 6154
ESB Spanish (Bolivia) 0x400A 16394
ESC Spanish (Costa Rica) 0x140A 5130
ESD Spanish (Dominican Republic) 0x1C0A 7178
ESE Spanish (El Salvador) 0x440A 17418
ESF Spanish (Ecuador) 0x300A 12298
ESG Spanish (Guatemala) 0x100A 4106
ESH Spanish (Honduras) 0x480A 18442
ESI Spanish (Nicaragua) 0x4C0A 19466
ESL Spanish (Chile) 0x340A 13322
ESM Spanish (Mexico) 0x080A 2058
ESO Spanish (Colombia) 0x240A 9226
ESP Spanish (Traditional sorting) 0x040A 1034
STAR Group 151

14 Language codes

Hexadecimal Decimal
ESR Spanish (Peru) 0x280A 10250
ESS Spanish (Argentina) 0x2C0A 11274
EST Spanish (US) 0x540a 21514
ESU Spanish (Puerto Rico) 0x500A 20490
ESV Spanish (Venezuela) 0x200A 8202
ESY Spanish (Uruguay) 0x380A 14346
ESZ Spanish (Paraguay) 0x3C0A 15370
ETI Estonian 0x0425 1061
EUQ Basque 0x042D 1069
FAR Persian 0x0429 1065
FIL Filipino (Philippines) 0x0464 1124
FIN Finnish 0x040B 1035
FOS Faroese 0x0438 1080
FR1 French (Rationalised) 0x7C0C 31756
FRA French 0x040C 1036
FRB French (Belgium) 0x080C 2060
FRC French (Canada) 0x0C0C 3084
FRE French (Senegal) 0x280C 10252
FRG French (Congo) 0x240C 9228
FRH French (Haiti) 0x3C0C 15372
FRI French (Mali) 0x340C 13324
FRL French (Luxembourg) 0x140C 5132
FRM French (Monaco) 0x180C 6156
FRO French (Cameroon) 0x2C0C 11276
FRR French (Morocco) 0x380C 14348
FRS French (Switzerland) 0x100C 4108
FRU French (Reunion) 0x200C 8204
FRV French (Ivory Coast) 0x300C 12300
FRW French (West Indies) 0x1C0C 7180
FRY Frisian (Netherlands) 0x0462 1122
FUB Fulfulde Adamawa 0x0467 1127
GAE Gaelic (Ireland) 0x083C 2108
GAL Gallegan/Galician 0x0456 1110
GDH Gaelic (Scotland) 0x043C 1084

Language codes

Hexadecimal Decimal
GRC Greek (Ancient) 0x7C08 31752
GUA Guarani 0x0474 1140
GUJ Gujarati 0x0447 1252
HAU Hausa 0x0468 1128
HAW Hawaiian 0x0475 1141
HEB Hebrew 0x040D 1037
HIN Hindi 0x0439 1081
HRB Croatian (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 0x101a 4122
HRV Croatian 0x041A 1050
HUN Hungarian 0x040E 1038
HYE Armenian 0x042b 1067
IBO Igbo 0x0470 1136
IND Indonesian 0x0421 1057
ISL Icelandic 0x040F 1039
ITA Italian 0x0410 1040
ITS Italian (Switzerland) 0x0810 2064
JII Yiddish 0x043D 1085
JPN Japanese 0x0411 1041
KAN Kannada 0x044B 1099
KAT Georgian 0x0437 1252
KAZ Kazakh 0x043F 1087
KHM Khmer 0x0453 1107
KIR Kirghiz 0x0440 1088
KOR Korean 0x0412 1042
LAO Lao 0x0454 1108
LAT Latin 0x0476 1142
LTH Lithuanian 0x0427 1063
LVI Latvian 0x0426 1062
MAL Malayalam 0x044C 1100
MAR Marathi 0x044E 1102
MKD Macedonian (FYROM) 0x042F 1071
MNG Mongolian 0x0450 1104
MRI Maori 0x0481 1153
MSB Malay (Burnei Darussalam) 0x083E 2110
STAR Group 153

14 Language codes

Hexadecimal Decimal
MSL Malay 0x043E 1086
MTL Maltese 0x043A 1082
MYA Burmese 0x0455 1109
NBL Ndebele (Southern) 0x04EE 1262
NDE Ndebele (Northern) 0x08EE 2286
NLB Dutch (Belgium) 0x0813 2067
NLD Dutch 0x0413 1043
NLS Dutch (Special) 0x7C13 31763
NON Norwegian (Nynorsk) 0x0814 2068
NOR Norwegian (Bokmal) 0x0414 1044
NSO Sotho (Northern) 0x0830 2096
ORI Oriya 0x0448 1096
ORO Oromo 0x0472 1138
PAN Punjabi 0x0446 1094
PAS Pashto 0x0463 1123
PLK Polish 0x0415 1045
PRS Dari 0x048c 1164
PTB Portuguese (Brazil) 0x0416 1046
PTG Portuguese 0x0816 2070
QUE Quechua 0x046B 1131
RMS Rhaeto-Romanic 0x0417 1047
ROM Romanian (Standard) 0x0418 1048
ROV Romanian (Moldova) 0x0818 2072
RUM Russian (Moldova) 0x0819 2073
RUS Russian (Standard) 0x0419 1049
SAN Sanskrit 0x044F 1103
SCM Serbian (Cyrillic, Montenegro) 0x301A 12314
SIN Sinhala / Sinhalese 0x045B 1115
SKY Slovak 0x041B 1051
SLV Slovenian 0x0424 1060
SML Somali 0x0477 1143
SQI Albanian 0x041C 1052
SRB Serbian (Cyrillic) 0x0C1A 3098
SRC Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia and Herzegovina) 0x1c1a 7194

Language codes

Hexadecimal Decimal
SRH Serbian (Latin, Bosnia and Herzegovina) 0x181a 6170
SRL Serbian (Latin) 0x081A 2074
SRM Serbian (Latin, Montenegro) 0x2C1A 11290
SSW Siswati 0x04ED 1261
SVE Swedish 0x041D 1053
SWK Swahili 0x0441 1089
SXT Sotho (Southern) 0x0430 1072
SZI Sami 0x043B 1083
TAJ Tajik 0x0428 1064
TAM Tamil 0x0449 1097
TEL Telugu 0x044A 1098
TGE Tigrinya (Eritrea) 0x0873 2163
TGL Tagalog (Philippines) 0x04EC 1260
TGY Tigrinya (Ethiopia) 0x0473 1139
THA Thai 0x041E 1054
TKM Turkmen 0x0442 1090
TNA Tswana 0x0432 1074
TRK Turkish 0x041F 1055
TSG Tsonga 0x0431 1073
UKR Ukrainian 0x0422 1058
URD Urdu (Pakistan) 0x0420 1056
URI Urdu (India) 0x0820 2080
UZB Uzbek (Latin) 0x0443 1091
UZC Uzbek (Cyrillic) 0x0843 2115
VEN Venda 0x0433 1075
VIT Vietnamese 0x042A 1066
WEL Welsh 0x0452 1106
XHS Xhosa 0x0434 1076
YBA Yoruba 0x046A 1130
ZHH Chinese (Hong Kong) 0x0C04 3076
ZHI Chinese (Singapore) 0x1004 4100
ZHM Chinese (Macau) 0x1404 5124
ZUL Zulu 0x0435 1077
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STAR Group is represented globally in over 30 countries.

3 Automating tasks using macros

Editing the macro........................................................................................... 27

4 Print page setup

5 Customising dictionary layouts

4 Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide

Defining field properties ................................................................................ 48

6 Using start parameters

7 Managing database links

TermStar: Customising index buttons............................................................. 65

9 Organising reference material

10 Open source spellcheck dictionaries

11 Compacting Access database or transferring it to

6 Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide

Transferring TermStar databases from Microsoft Access to an SQL server .... 91

12 Fields in the TermStar dictionary

Variables: # .................................................................................................. 130

8 Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide

Importing TMX files into the Transit TM Container

Importing TMX files into Transit

Performing a TMX How do I import a TMX file into Transit?

2 Select the TMX file you wish to import.

10 Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide

Exporting language pairs as TMX file

Exporting the translation memory from the TM Container as a TMX file

G Whether the TMX file should be coded as UTF-8 or UTF-16.

G Also export unaltered segments

2 Specify the TMX file to which the data should be exported:

12 Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide

2 Select the reference material that you want to export.

Compatibility of the language and country codes

Tip: Renaming the language file after the import

14 Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide

Tip: Adapting the TMX file before importing

G Transit: Transit-specific areas of the ribbon bar

Example: Functions of the Localisation Specialist role

In addition, windows and views are linked to the role.

16 Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide

Transit displays the settings of the active role.

Transit opens the following window:

Settings of the Super User role

18 Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide

Creating a new role

Creating How do I create a completely new role?

Transit displays the following window:

Transit displays the existing roles.

8 Enter a name for the new role in the Filename field.

Editing an existing How do I edit an existing role?

2 Click Save As.

20 Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide

Protect role by password

How do I use a password-protected role as a user?

3 Enter the password.

22 Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide

3 Automating tasks using

Tips for creating G Think one step ahead

Recording a new macro