To configure Translation Memory settings for a project from Preferences:
- Click Translation Memory.
The Translation Memory options list for the current project appears.
Figure 1. Preferences—Translation Memory
The following steps apply to the Translation Memory section.
- Select Write unedited fuzzy..., to commit unedited fuzzy and exact matches to a TM.
- Select Copy source when..., to copy the source to the target segment when there is no match and the TM is leveraged.
- Select the Fuzzy Match Threshold percentage.
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| Note: This value specifies the TM leverage percentage limit for a fuzzy match. For example, if a value of 75% is entered, the tool marks all the translations which are leveraged below 75% match as a 'No match' segment.
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- Select the analysis Report Settings:
- Select only one condition to be followed when editing an existing Translation Unit. The options are as follows:
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Add to TM by overwriting the existing TU (default): Overwrite the existing Translation Unit
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Add to TM; overwrite the existing TU if attributes are identical: Overwrite the existing Translation Unit if the attributes match
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Only add to TM the new TU; do not overwrite the existing TU: No overwrite, just add new TUs to the existing Translation Unit
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Add to TM; do not overwrite the existing TU: No overwrite, just add TUs to the existing Translation Unit
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Do not add to TM: No addition to be made to the existing Translation Unit
- Select the Number of TM lookup hits.
The following steps apply to the Replaceables section.
- Select Enable replaceables for higher TM matches to replace the selected segments in the translation with segments from the selected TM.
Selecting this option selects all sub-options by default. Select or deselect the terms to be replaced or not to be replaced from the Translation Memory as listed below:
- De-select Number replacement if not wanted
- De-select URL replacement if not wanted
- De-select Punctuation replacement if not wanted
- De-select Email address if not wanted
- Click OK.
The Translation Memory properties for the project are set up.