RegEx QM Criteria for Software Localization

The following examples demonstrate how you can use regular expressions to determine QM criteria for software localization in the QM mode v7.0.

File extensions

Checks the consistent use of file extensions like *.exe. The criterion considers all file extensions containing the component *., i.e. *.exe as well as other extensions like *.RESOURCE.

Option	Details
Condition	Report if source matches, but target has fewer matches
Error description	A file extension from the source text is missing
Source regex	\*\.([a-z0-9]{1,}\|[A-Z0-9]{1,})\b Activate the Case-sensitive option
Target regex	\*\.([a-z0-9]{1,}\|[A-Z0-9]{1,})\b Activate the Case-sensitive option

Hotkeys

Makes sure that hotkeys (e.g. Alt&F for opening the File menu) are duly used in dialogs and menus and that they are not used in more than one way.

Option	Details
Condition	Report if source matches, but target has a different number of matches
Error description	A hotkey indicator from the source text has been set incorrectly
Source regex	&(?=[A-z0-9]+)
Target regex	&(?=[A-z0-9]+)

Windows string placeholders

Checks the correctness of printf placeholders such as %d or %s.

Option	Details
Condition	Report if source matches, but target has a different number of matches
Error description	Number of string placeholders does not match
Source regex	%[ 0#+-]?(\d+(\.\d+)?)?[hljztL]{0,2}\*?[diuoxXfFeEgGaAcspn%] Activate the Case-sensitive option
Target regex	%[ 0#+-]?(\d+(\.\d+)?)?[hljztL]{0,2}\*?[diuoxXfFeEgGaAcspn%] Activate the Case-sensitive option

.NET string placeholders

Checks the correctness of printf placeholders like {0}, {1}, {2}, etc.

Option	Details
Condition	Report if source matches, but target has a different number of matches
Error description	Number of string placeholders does not match
Source regex	\{\d{1,3}(:[a-z0-9#%‰]+(([ ]+\|[:;.,_\\-])[A-z0-9#%‰]+)*)?\} Activate the Case-sensitive option
Target regex	\{\d{1,3}(:[a-z0-9#%‰]+(([ ]+\|[:;.,_\\-])[A-z0-9#%‰]+)*)?\} Activate the Case-sensitive option

Tab stops

Checks the consistent use of the \t character in string tables.

Option	Details
Condition	Report if source matches, but target has a different number of matches
Error description	Number of \t characters does not match
Source regex	\\t Activate the Case-sensitive option
Target regex	\\t Activate the Case-sensitive option

Line breaks

Checks the consistent use of the \n character in string tables.

Option	Details
Condition	Report if source matches, but target has a different number of matches
Error description	Number of \n characters does not match
Source regex	\\n Activate the Case-sensitive option
Target regex	\\n Activate the Case-sensitive option