I translated an Arabic document into English using TRADOS 6.5 on a Windows
XP system with Word 2002. All of the numbers are still in hindi format. Is
there a way to automatically convert them to Arabic numerals, ie 1, 2, 3...)?

Regards,

Michael McCain
Freelance Translator
mccainlanguages.com

Hi Michael,

If they're done with auto-numbering, you could just change the numbering =
style.
If they're "hard" text, you can probably use the macro below to toggle =
between arabic and Devangari numbers:

' toggles between Devangari and arabic numbers;
' select numbers, then run the macro (for example using
' a keyboard shortcut)
Dim myString As String
myString =3D Selection.Text
Dim myCode As Long
Dim i As Long
For i =3D 1 To Len(myString)
myCode =3D AscW(Mid(myString, i, 1))
Select Case myCode
Case AscW("0") To AscW("9")
Mid(myString, i, 1) =3D ChrW(&H936 + myCode)
Case &H966 To &H96F
Mid(myString, i, 1) =3D ChrW(myCode - &H936)
Case Else
' do nothing
End Select
Next i
Selection.Text =3D myString

If you haven't used macros before, see =
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...eateAMacro.htm

Regards,
Klaus



"Michael McCain" wrote:
I translated an Arabic document into English using TRADOS 6.5 on a =
Windows=20
XP system with Word 2002. All of the numbers are still in hindi =
format. Is=20
there a way to automatically convert them to Arabic numerals, ie 1, 2, =
3...)?
=20
Regards,
=20
Michael McCain
Freelance Translator
mccainlanguages.com

In a few quick tests, changing the numbering style in Word seems to work.
Thanks for the feedback.

Michael McCain
Translator

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