Use the QA Checker 3.0 > Segments to Exclude settings to specify which segments will not have any QA Checker verifications performed on them. This allows you to skip segments with a certain match type from verification, for example, you can choose to exclude all exact or fuzzy matches from the process or you can exclude translations that have already been confirmed. This means that these segments will not have any QA Checks performed on them.
You can also specify which segments should be checked based on a certain context. This means that you only check segments that are based in a certain document location.
These settings appear in multiple dialog boxes in SDL Trados Studio. Click here for more information about finding the appropriate dialog box.
Setting |
Setting Description |
Segments to Exclude |
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Exclude PerfectMatch units |
Select this to exclude locked segments translated by PerfectMatch from the QA check. |
Exclude exact matches |
Select this to exclude segments translated with a 100% translation memory match from the QA check. |
Exclude fuzzy matches down to |
Select this to exclude some fuzzy translation memory matched segments from the QA check. Use the percentage box to specify a percentage match cut-off point. For example, if you specify a limit of 90%, then segments with a 90-99% match will be included in the check and segments with a 75-89% match will be excluded. |
Exclude new translations |
Select this to exclude new translations from the QA check. A new translation is created from scratch by a translator and not retrieved from a translation memory. |
Exclude Repetitions |
Select this to exclude segments that are repeated segments. The first repetition is always included in the checks even you select the Exclude Repetitions option. Once you correct the first repetition, you can then use auto-propagation to update the repetitions. |
Exclude confirmed translations |
Select this to exclude confirmed translations from the QA check. |
Exclude locked segment |
Select this to exclude locked segments from the QA check. Segments can be locked and unlocked by right-clicking on the segment in the Editor window and selecting Lock Segment or Unlock Segment from the shortcut menu. |
Exclude target segment identical to source |
Select this to exclude target segments that have the same text as their source segments from the QA Check. When this option is selected and the source and target segments are identical, no QA checks are performed and no verification messages are displayed for this type of segment pair. |
Check only segments which are in following contexts (one per line) |
If you want to limit which segments are checked based on the document structure location, select this check box and enter each structure element on a separate line. The document structure location of each segment is displayed in Document Structure column in the Editor window.
For example, if you only want to check segments that are part of a paragraph or are headings, you would type:
Paragraph Heading |
String based exclusions (one per line) |
In some cases you need to leave a segment empty or you may have a product name that you do not want to translate. By default, verification runs the following checks, Check for forgotten and empty translations or Check for targets segments that are identical to their source segments, and issues errors for them. However, string-based exclusion will allow you to specify that these checks are overridden in such specific cases. Each case or string must be on a separate line and will then be excluded from the check in cases where the segment solely consists of this string. |
Apply exclusion list to search for not translated segments |
Select this to search for the string in segments that are not translated. |
Apply exclusion list to search for target segments identical to source |
Select this to search for the string in segments that have identical source and target content. |
Ignore case |
Select this to search for the string as case insensitive. |
Exclusions use regular expressions |
Select this to recognize regular expressions in the string. |
Report all non-excluded segments |
Select this if you want to see a list of all segments that were included in the check, displayed in the Messages window when the check is complete. For example: Select all of the Exclude options apart from Exclude new translations. Now select the Report all non-excluded segments option and perform the QA check. A list of all new segments will be displayed in the Messages window because these were the only segments not excluded.
Next to this check on the right-hand side is a drop-down list with three options: Error, Warning and Note. Select what severity you want to apply if that check finds errors. |
Overview: Verifying Translations
Topic: Published: November 10, 2014