Translation Results Window

At the top of the window is a bar that displays the name of the translation memory the current result came from.

Optionally, you can choose to display the current source document segment above the lookup results. This means that you can easily compare the document segment with the source segments for each of the lookup results.

The option to display the source segment is located in the Options dialog box under Editor > Translation Results Window.

Project Settings

Click this to display the Project Settings dialog box where you can select translation memories and specify translation memory settings for the active document.

Select Previous Match

Click this to select (highlight) the translation memory match on the row above the currently selected translation memory match in the Translation Results window for the active document.

Shortcut command: Alt+Page Up

Apply Translation

Click this to copy a translation from the Translation Results window into the current target segment in the active document. The currently selected (highlighted) translation is applied.

Select Next Match

Click this to select (highlight) the next translation memory match in the Translation Results window for the active document.

Shortcut command: Alt+Page Down

Copy Source to Target

Click this to copy the contents of the current source language segment into the corresponding target segment in the active document.

Shortcut command: Ctrl+Ins

The main part of the window contains the translation memory lookup results. These are translation units whose source segment content is a match for the current source segment. The two segments may match exactly or there may be some text or formatting differences.

If the text in the translation memory source segment is different to that in the document source segment, the differences are indicated by underlining or strike through.
 

• Text with a line through it, is text that appears in the translation memory segment but not in the document segment. By default this text is colored red.

• Underlined text is text that has been added to the document segment or which has been changed in the document. By default this text is colored blue.

You can change the formatting and default colors used if you want to.

Placeables have a blue bracketed line underneath them.

In between the source segment and target segment is the segment status column. This displays the degree of match between the document source segment and the translation memory source segment. For example, a 100% match is an exact match.

If a penalty has been applied, one of the following icons is displayed to indicate the type of penalty:

Filter

Formatting

Multiple translation

Provider

Text replacement

Auto-localization

To display more information about the match, hold the cursor over the icon in the segment status. For example, if a filter penalty has been applied, the filter name and the level of penalty are displayed.

Click here to find out more about penalties.

The third column displays the segment translation. To navigate the results, you can:

• Use your cursor to click inside target segments.

• Click inside the window and use the Up and Down arrows on your keyboard.

• Use the Select Previous Match ( Alt+Page Up) and Select Next Match ( Alt+Page Down) options on the Translation menu.

To apply the currently selected (highlighted) result to the current segment, use one of the following methods.

• Press CTRL+T.

• Click the Apply Translation button on the Translation toolbar.

• Select Apply Translation from the Translation menu.

NOTE

When you apply a lookup result to the current segment, any text already in the segment is overwritten.

The fourth column indicates where the segment text appears in the source document. For example, H indicates that the segment text is a heading.

Optionally a column displaying field values associated with the translation unit can be displayed. Field values are pieces of information that were attached to the translation unit when the translation unit was added to the translation memory. For example, you may assign a project code to new translations or a status code indicating whether the translation is draft or approved.

The option to display field values is located in the Options dialog box under Editor > Translation Results Window.

NOTE

The additional column only appears when there are field values to be displayed. If there are no field values for a translation unit, the column does not appear.