📄️ How to use the checking tools (1.4)
Paratext has several tools for checking the consistency and accuracy of a translation. These Checks are listed in the My Tasks view in the Assignments and progress window. Some checks require some set-up.
📄️ How to Mark Tasks as Complete (1.5)
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📄️ Character Inventory (1A.7a)
In this video we will learn how to tell Paratext which characters it has found in the text are valid and which are invalid. This set-up task is required for the Character Check.
📄️ Punctuation Inventory (1A.7b)
In this video we will learn how to tell Paratext which uses of punctuation marks that it has found in the text are valid and which are invalid. This set-up task is required for the Punctuation Check.
📄️ Print a draft (2.4a)
To allow you to check or test the translation, you probably will need to print it on paper. Paratext has several ways to print out your project but don’t use Print!
📄️ Reference check (3.4a)
The reference in a parallel passage heading or a cross reference has an icon beside it. When you click on the icon, Paratext opens a Quick Reference window to that passage.
📄️ Quotations (3.4b)
The Quotations check examines quotation marks in the text, and verifies that they follow the project’s rules for quotations.
📄️ Quoted Text (3.4c)
The Quoted Text check has nothing to do with quotes in the text marked with quotation marks.
📄️ Unmatched Pairs of Punctuation (3.4d)
The Unmatched Pairs of Punctuation check examines punctuation characters that should always occur in pairs to make sure that there are no unpaired ones.
📄️ Numbers (3.4e)
The Numbers check verifies the consistent formatting of numbers. It does not check that the correct number occurs in a verse.
📄️ Capitalization (3.4f)
The Capitalization check looks for words that might be incorrectly capitalized.
📄️ Repeated Words (3.4g)
The Repeated words check finds words which have been repeated in succession in the text. These are not necessarily all typing mistakes.
📄️ Exceptions (3.4h)
Most checks have inventories or settings that allow you to record the rules governing those items so thoroughly that when you run the check all the issues found are things you need to correct in the text.