About Confirming Translations

Translations are confirmed at segment level. When you have finished translating a segment or if you want to approve a translation during review you should confirm the segment. This topic describes how to confirm the translation when translating, reviewing or signing off a document in the Editor window in the Editor view.

To confirm the translation:

 

If you have a document

Click

Open for Translation

Confirm (Translated) confirmed_segment_status_icon.jpg on the Translation and Review toolbar or press

Ctrl+Enter.

Open for Review

Confirm (Translation Approved) approved_translation_small.jpg on the Translation and Review toolbar or press Ctrl+Enter.

Open for Sign-off

Confirm (Signed Off) signed_off_small.jpg on the Translation and Review toolbar or press Ctrl+Enter.

 

NOTE

You can also confirm a group of translations by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on the segment number column to select the rows you want to confirm. Right-click in the segment number column of the last selected row and select Change Segment Status > Translated/Translation Approved/Signed Off from the shortcut menu.

 

When you confirm a translation the following things happen automatically:

NOTE

By default, when the system applies a 100% translation memory match to a segment, the segment is automatically confirmed and an update is made to the translation memory. This is also an optional setting which is controlled from the Options dialog box.

 

 

Related Topics

How to Open a File for Translation

How to Translate a Document

How to Open and Review a File

How to Open and Sign-off a File

How to Unconfirm the Translation