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Find & Replace

Supervertaler’s Find & Replace feature helps you quickly find text and make consistent changes across your translation.

Opening Find & Replace

  • Press Ctrl+F or Ctrl+H
  • Or go to Edit → Find & Replace

Dialog layout

The action buttons are grouped to make destructive actions visually distinct from non-destructive ones. Reading left to right:

  • Find next | Find all | Highlight all | Clear highlights – non-destructive: searching and highlighting only, no edits made.
  • A vertical separator marks the boundary.
  • Replace this | Replace all – destructive: these modify your translation. They appear with an amber background as a visual cue that clicking them changes the document.

The Close button sits at the far right.

Keyboard shortcuts inside the dialog

KeyWhereAction
Enterin the Find fieldTriggers Find next
Enterin the Replace fieldTriggers Replace all (the existing confirmation prompt still appears first)
EscapeanywhereCloses the dialog

The Enter-in-Replace shortcut is intentional: the Replace all confirmation dialog catches accidental presses, so pressing Enter never silently overwrites your translation.

Basic Usage

Finding Text

  1. Type your search term in the Find field
  2. Click Find all to see all matches, or press Enter for Find next
  3. Matches are highlighted in yellow in the grid
  4. The results counter shows how many matches were found

Replacing Text

  1. Type your search term in the Find field
  2. Type your replacement in the Replace field
  3. Click the amber Replace all button, or press Enter while the Replace field has focus
  4. Confirm the replacement count when the dialog asks
  5. A confirmation shows how many replacements were made

Search Options

Match Mode

ModeDescription
ContainsMatches anywhere in the text
Whole WordOnly matches complete words
Starts WithMatches at the beginning of text
Ends WithMatches at the end of text
RegexUse regular expressions

Case Sensitivity

Toggle Case Sensitive to:

  • ✅ On: “Hello” won’t match “hello”
  • ❌ Off: “Hello” matches “hello”, “HELLO”, etc.

Search Scope

ScopeDescription
Source + TargetSearch in both columns
Source OnlySearch only in source text
Target OnlySearch only in translations

History Dropdowns

Both the Find and Replace fields remember your recent searches:

  • Click the dropdown arrow to see your last 20 entries
  • Start typing to filter the history
  • History persists between sessions

F&R Sets (Batch Operations)

Save and reuse multiple find/replace operations as a set.

Creating a Set

  1. Expand the 📁 F&R Sets panel
  2. Click ➕ New Set
  3. Give your set a name (e.g., “Client Style Guide”)
  4. The set appears in the dropdown

Adding Operations to a Set

  1. Enter your Find and Replace terms
  2. Set your options (case, scope, mode)
  3. Click ➕ Add Current to Set
  4. The operation is saved to the active set

Managing Operations

In the F&R Sets panel:

  • ✅ Enable/disable individual operations
  • 📝 Edit operations (double-click)
  • ⬆️⬇️ Reorder operations
  • 🗑️ Delete operations

Running a Batch

  1. Select your set from the dropdown
  2. Click ▶️ Run All
  3. A progress dialog shows each operation
  4. See how many replacements were made

Importing & Exporting Sets

Share sets with colleagues:

  • Export: Click 📤 Export Set to save as .svfr file
  • Import: Click 📥 Import Set to load a shared file

Use Cases

Terminology Consistency

Create a set for client-specific terms:

  • “colour” → “color” (US spelling)
  • “organisation” → “organization”
  • “programme” → “program”

Style Guide Rules

Enforce style guidelines:

  • Double spaces → Single space
  • “e.g.” → “for example”
  • Straight quotes → Curly quotes

Post-Translation Cleanup

Clean up common MT artifacts:

  • Remove unwanted spaces before punctuation
  • Fix capitalization issues
  • Normalize formatting

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