Creating Text File Filters

When creating a project in Lingo, you can use a filter to translate only specific content in a folder or in certain file types. Filters allow you to set restrictions on the content in a file that is available for translation. Once you create a filter, you can save it to reuse it later, and you can apply it to all other files of the same type in the project.

How to Create a Filter for Text Files

1. From the Filter drop-down, select Create New.

2. Enter a name for your filter and click OK. The File Filters dialog opens.
3. (Optional) You can do one of the following before saving your current filter:
   • Import a Filter Click Import. In the dialog that opens, locate the filter you want to import, then click Open.

   • Export a Filter Click Export. In the dialog that opens, select the location you want to export the current filter, then click Save.

   • Select a Filter From the Filter drop-down, select an existing filter.
   • Create a New Filter Click .

   • Delete a Filter Select a filter from the Filter drop-down, then click .

     Note If you delete a filter, it will be removed from all translation projects where it is currently in use.

4. In the Segment field, enter a regular expression to identify the text you want to translate. (For more information about regular expressions, see Finding and Replacing Files.)

5. In the Note field, enter a regular expression to identify the text you want to include as a note for each segment.

   Example  

   You have a text file that looks like this:

   

   You want to include everything on the left side of the text file (between the quotation marks) as a note in your translatable file, and everything on the right side of the text file (after the equal sign) as the segment for translation.

   To accomplish this, you would create a filter using regular expressions that look like this:

   

   When you create the project, it will look like this:

   

6. Click OK.