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* [[Windows Precision Touchpads (aka Why are Windows touchpads still so crap?)]] | * [[Windows Precision Touchpads (aka Why are Windows touchpads still so crap?)]] | ||
* [[Why do laptop manufacturers no longer sell models with actual buttons under the touchpad?]] | |||
=== Machine translation === | === Machine translation === | ||
* [[Way to force certain terms to be translated a certain way (using a project glossary)?]] | * [[Way to force certain terms to be translated a certain way (using a project glossary)?]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:04, 2 January 2025
This page is a collection of solutions to problems I encountered in my work as a translator. I’m offering them here in the hope they may save someone a bit of time the next time they try to solve a similar problem.
Minor & Major annoyances on Windows
Backup
CAT tool terminology tips
Data cleaning
File conversions and prepping
Hardware
- Windows Precision Touchpads (aka Why are Windows touchpads still so crap?)
- Why do laptop manufacturers no longer sell models with actual buttons under the touchpad?
Machine translation
- Way to force certain terms to be translated a certain way (using a project glossary)?
- Program to monitor changes being made by the translator to MT output and auto-change it?
MediaWiki
memoQ
Regular expressions (regex)
Straight (') or curly (’) quotes
- How_can_I_make_memoQ_automatically_type_curly_(‘…’,_“…”)_apostrophes_and_quotes?
- Change all "straight quotes" to ‘curly’ with Find and replace (regex mode) in memoQ (in one replacement)
- For SEO purposes, is it better to use straight (') or curly (’) apostrophes and quotes?
SEO
Things I do each time I set up a new computer
- How to Disable the Insert Key on Windows 10?
- How to increase size of fonts in File Explorer (without changing size of text globally) (with System Font Size Changer from WinTools)