Searching for and Replacing Entries

The Search and Replace feature allows you to do the following:

Specify a maximum number of hits, to restrict the number of results to be returned in the Search and Replace result set.
Make the search for whole words, so the search text will match only complete words, not subsets of the words.
Make the search case-sensitive.
Select the source and target languages to refine your search. If you do not select source and target languages, all languages will be returned.
Specify the TM entry Status on which to filter. In the normal TM mode, you can select All (the default), Locked, or Unlocked.
If you are in "Live" TM mode, you also can select Pending Review, Reviewed, or Rejected. See the topic on "Live Translation Memory Mode" for a description of these statuses.
Apply attribute filters during the search.
See the source segments for the target segments found in the search.
Use the hyperlink around the source text of the TM entries in the search result set to access the TM entry record for each entry in the result.

To search for and replace entries

In Tools > Translation Memories , select the translation memory or TM group in which you want to search.
Click Search and Replace.
Type the text for which to search.
Type the text with which to replace the previous text.
Select whether to search in the source or target and the appropriate source or target language.
If you want to replace whole words, numbers, and non-alphanumeric characters, check the Whole Words check box.
If you want your search to be case sensitive, check the Match Case check box.

Specify a maximum number of hits that will be returned in the Search and Replace result set.

Note: The maximum number of hits corresponds to each target language and not to the overall translation memory. That is, if you specify 10 for the maximum number of hits, and search over 5 locales, a total of 50 hits might be returned: 10 for each locale.

You can optionally click Advanced Search to use translation memories attribute filters.
Click the Search button (the arrow in the little green box).
The Results Pane shows the affected entries, with the old text highlighted in yellow with a line through it, and the replacement text highlighted in green.
Click the check boxes of the entries with text you want to replace and click Apply to Selected Entries to finalize the search and replace.
You can select all of the entries by checking the Source Entry check box.

WorldServer returns a result set, with the text you are searching for highlighted in gray and the replacement text highlighted in green. You can select the segments you want to replace.