Tips to use the Filter to search for a Term?

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  xijina · Member · Feb 13, 2015 at 3:17 am

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  Hello everyone,

  I might be asking a question with an obvious solution, but could anyone share some tips on how to use the Filter so that it returns strings with only the Term I am looking for?

  For example, I am looking up the Current only translations of the Term “feedback”, but it returns me a bunch of irrelevant strings.

  This is rather inconvenient, because sometimes, all I want to do is lookup how a word or expression has been translated in the past, and in cases like “feedback”, there’s a bit too much fluff to sift through. :

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  raincoaster · Member · Feb 13, 2015 at 4:35 am

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  Put this in Google:

  feedback site:en.forums.wordpress.com

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  naokomc · Member · Feb 13, 2015 at 7:09 am

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  GlotPress search term matches the file path.
  This is somewhat of a hack, but you could try:

  • “feedback ” (with a trailing space)
  • ” feedback” (preceding space)
  • “feedback.”
  • “feedback,”

  to avoid file path match.
  You may also want to try using the “Sort” feature, probably sorting strings alphabetically by the “Original string”.

  Anyway, I agree it shouldn’t be this hard to find what you are looking for. I created a feature request for the translation platform:
  https://glotpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/414

  Thanks for your feedback (no pun intended!) :)

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  xijina · Member · Feb 13, 2015 at 8:26 am

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  Lol XD
  Thanks Naoko, for the explanation and filing a feature request for it. I was always so puzzled about the results I was getting, so it’s good to have that mystery solved.
  I’ll be looking forward for a patch! ^^