Remove leading letters i), (i), (ii), (iii) from aligned Excel file
Thread poster: Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Netherlands
Member (2006)
German to Dutch
Apr 23, 2022

I noticed that the Dutch equivalent of a German directive contained leading letters i), (i), (ii), (iii) whereas the German version didn't have these. So I wanted to remove them.

First from the sources:

1

Then from the targets:

2


 
Tom in London
Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:49
Member (2008)
Italian to English
Find/replace Apr 23, 2022

Can't you just use the CafeTran find/replace function? (replacing the leading letters with a space, which you can correct later, or with nothing)

 
Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Netherlands
Member (2006)
German to Dutch
TOPIC STARTER
Yep Apr 23, 2022

Tom in London wrote:

Can't you just use the CafeTran find/replace function? (replacing the leading letters with a space, which you can correct later, or with nothing)


That’s what I’m doing.


Tom in London
 


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Remove leading letters i), (i), (ii), (iii) from aligned Excel file






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