How to get Unicode text in markers (FM9)

[Klaus Mueller]

Hello Wim,

Instead of translating MIF7, I strongly recommend to
translate MIF9 files. Until Trados does not support MIF9,
you can workaround this limitation by changing <MIFFile 9.00>
to <MIFFile 8.00> in the first line of the MIF files
before translation. As far as I can see, the new FM9 features
won't be altered by Trados.
You may want to check whether you can retranslate your
already translated files using the current TM.

If you cannot do a retranslation, you can fix your marker
contents the following way:
- Open the MIF7 files in FrameMaker 7.2p158
- Apply Arial CYR to your documents
- Transfer the marker content to body text
- Open the documents in FM9.0p250 (9.0.3) or later
- Retransfer the marker text to markers

Note that the problem does also occur with xref formats
and paragraph numbering.

One way for the marker conversion is to use the attached
FrameScript. The script does process all opened documents.
IXgen might be a solution, too.

Kind regards,
Klaus Müller, itl AG


--- Original Message ---
From: Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp
Date: 19.05.2010 17:00
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> I've inherited some translated files, FM7.2 MIF translated into Russian
> (using Trados).
> 
>  
> 
> Opening these MIF files in FM9 results in gabberish text, applying the Arial
> CYR font has no effect. Opening in FM7.2 and applying the Arial CYR font
> makes the text readable. When saved as FM (in FM7.2) the files then open OK
> in FM9. So far all is ok, although I don't understand precisely why FM9 can
> not set correct character encoding directly on the MIF files.
> 
>  
> 
> But, all marker text is still not readable, even not when applying Russian
> fonts.
> 
>  
> 
> Anyone knows how to convert those to the correct character encodings?
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Kind regards, vriendelijke groet,
> 
> Wim Hooghwinkel
> 
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