The translation request contained 26 files. Three different translators translated them. My job was quality control, which, in cases like this, also means ensuring internal consistency. Each of the three translators might have, perfectly validly, chosen a different way of expressing a certain concept, but I had to make sure that concept was expressed the same way in all 26 files. There were four such phrases that each occurred once in every document.
You can tell the word processor to search for every instance of A in a document and replace it with B. I want to be able to tell it to do the same thing with every instance of A in every document in the folder. An acceptable alternative would be to do so in every open document. (In other words, I'll totally go to the trouble of opening all 26 documents at once to save the work of having to do all the corrections manually.)
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I used to have sets of Word macros that would do this (along with many other enhancements for Word). There are plenty of these kinds of things, though maybe not for free as often any more.
For example, this might give the search and replace functionality you're looking for, and it costs $30. It might be a worthwhile investment for your company if it saves you even an hour of working time.
Macros! I'll have to look into that! We aren't allowed to go around installing software on our computers, but a macro would be a good workaround.
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