How to type apostrophes and quotes in MemoQ Thread poster: Samuel Murray
| Samuel Murray Netherlands Local time: 02:07 Member (2006) English to Afrikaans + ...
Hello everyone I'm doing a small test translation in MemoQ, and I discovered that MemoQ does a few weird things with apostrophes and quotes. For example, if I type a apostrophe plus a letter that doesn't take an accent directly after a space, MemoQ writes a comma (!). Yes, so if I type ' and then n, then MemoQ writes ,n' and then n, then MemoQ writes ,n instead of 'n or ’n or even ‘n. In mid-word (i.e. if the preceding character is not a space), MemoQ always writes a closing single quote when I try to type an apostrophe, e.g. if I type I and then ' and then m, MemoQ writes I‘m instead of I'm or I’m. How can I fix this? It gets weirder when I try to type double quotes. If I type " and then x and then ", MemoQ writes ,,x‘‘ instead of "x" or “x”. I'm using the US International keyboard in Windows. Thanks Samuel
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It sounds as if you have enabled smart quotes under AutoCorrect. Just switch them off. In some languages, for example German, the opening quote can look like a comma, for example: „Guten Tag, Mann“ ‚Guten Tag, Mann‘ Danish also traditionally used quotes like this, but the influence from English means that it's more common to see the following today: ”Goddag, mand” ’Goddag, mand’... See more It sounds as if you have enabled smart quotes under AutoCorrect. Just switch them off. In some languages, for example German, the opening quote can look like a comma, for example: „Guten Tag, Mann“ ‚Guten Tag, Mann‘ Danish also traditionally used quotes like this, but the influence from English means that it's more common to see the following today: ”Goddag, mand” ’Goddag, mand’ https://support.memoq.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/362/12/autocorrect-lists-in-memoq ▲ Collapse | | | Samuel Murray Netherlands Local time: 02:07 Member (2006) English to Afrikaans + ... TOPIC STARTER
Thomas T. Frost wrote: It sounds as if you have enabled smart quotes under AutoCorrect. Okay, I'll try it next time.
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