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Regex for the Rest of Us: A Practical Introduction

  • Workshop
  • Sprach- und Übersetzungstechnologien
  •  Michael Schroeder

    Michael Schroeder

    • B&R Industrial Automation GmbH

Inhalt

If you’ve ever wished for a faster, smarter way to find and clean up text—whether in XML files, CMS exports, translation memories, or documentation drafts—then regular expressions (regex) might be the tool you never knew you needed. This workshop is designed specifically for absolute beginners—no coding background or prior experience required. Aimed at technical communicators and translators who deal with structured (or chaotic!) content, this session introduces regex in a friendly, accessible way. You’ll learn how to recognize patterns, match and manipulate text, and build your very first expressions. Through real-world examples, we’ll show how regex can save time, reduce errors, and solve complex text-handling challenges that would otherwise take hours to fix manually. Once you’ve seen what regex can do, you’ll wonder how you ever worked without it.

Das lernen Sie

  • Learn what regular expressions are and how they work.
  • Build your first basic expressions.
  • Identify possible use cases in tech comm workflows.
  • See practical, real-world examples.
  • Gain confidence to try it yourself.

Vorkenntnisse

No experience necessary.

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 Michael Schroeder

Michael Schroeder

  • B&R Industrial Automation GmbH
Biografie

As Technical Editor for English documentation at B&R Industrial Automation, I bring several years of experience developing and optimizing translation strategies for complex technical content. My work spans a wide range of domains—from control technology and engineering software to robotics and motion systems. I focus on identifying inefficiencies and implementing practical solutions in terminology management, translation workflows, and content handling. Whether it’s refining review processes, improving tool integration, or eliminating repetitive tasks, my goal is to make technical communication smarter, faster, and more sustainable.