(Split out from #245082: Advanced search functions)

Use cases:

Sometimes, we borrow words from English. In some cases, we later find a better word in our own language to replace the borrowed word with. For instance, for a long time we translated "feed" with "feed", until we managed to agree on a Norwegian word to use instead.

Some English words are spelled the same way as a different word in another language. For instance, in Norwegian, "the list" can be translated as either "lista" or "listen". We've decided to use a lingustic style where "lista" should be used instead of the more conservative "listen". But when I search for this word, I get quite a lot of hits for the English verb "listen".

Related issues: #691786: Advanced search: Search for complete words and #691790: Advanced search: Case sensitive search. These options should probably be hidden behind an "Advanced search" link normally, to prevent the interface from being to cluttered.

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gábor hojtsy’s picture

gábor hojtsy
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Primary language Hungarian
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Added #1118430: Set up the filtering/display setting UI for future growth to set us up for filter extensions like this.

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Sahin commented
Title: Advanced search: Search only in translation, not in source strings » Separate the source and target strings for "search string"

The input/search string should be searchable in source or target strings, or in both. We need this for different use cases.
A dropdown selection list with options
* source
* target
* both [default]
located to the right of the "Contains" box can resolve this issue.