Pattern Check tool
The Pattern Check tool validates target translations against a set of regex rules and records findings on the block's properties as QA issues. Each rule either requires a pattern to be preserved — the number of matches in the target must equal the number in the source — or forbids a pattern from appearing in the target at all. Preserved-pattern rules are typically used for placeholders, variables, and format specifiers; forbidden-pattern rules catch markup or text that must not survive into the translation.
A target locale is required. The set of patterns is supplied programmatically rather than through the schema fields, so this tool is most often configured by the host application or a flow definition that provides the rules.
This tool has no configurable parameters.
Examples
Add to a flow
The pattern rules are supplied programmatically; reference the tool with an empty configuration and provide rules from the host.
{}Processing notes
Operates on translatable blocks; non-translatable structure passes through unchanged.
Preserved-pattern rules compare match counts between source and target; forbidden-pattern rules check for any match in the target.
Limitations
The pattern rules themselves are configured programmatically; they are not exposed as schema parameters.
Requires a configured target locale; a block with no translation passes with no issues recorded.
A rule cannot both require and forbid the same pattern.
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