View TM Leverage Results

Translation Memory leverage searches occur automatically you navigate through the segments. This provides you with the best possible segment matches from the TM and is the only search that uses scoring to select the best match.

To view TM leverage results in TM Lookup:

  1. In TXLF Editor, click on a source or target segment.

    This populates the columns on the TM Lookup tab and provides a score, based on TM leverage results.

  2. Review TM leverage results in each TM Lookup column for that segment.

    Item

    Action

    Source

    Displays source segments provided by the TM. If there is a difference between the submitted version and what is already in the TM, the software highlights the segment. The green highlight is the current version and the red strike-through highlight is the version already in TM.

    Target

    Displays target segments already in the TM.

    Score

    Displays a TM leverage score.

    • Percent (%)—100% and fuzzy matches

    • Plus (+)—Context matches

    • Asterisk (*)—Secondary TM match

    • Red outline—TM has assessed a penalty to the segment

    Refer to TM Color Codes for more information on TM color codes.

    TM Name

    Identifies the name of the leveraged TM. If you are leveraging multiple TMs, it lists the TMs in order of priority: primary, then secondary TMs.

    Creation Date

    Identifies the TM segment creation date.

    Creation User

    Identifies the username of the segment creator.

    Last Modified

    Identifies the date of the last segment modification.

    Modification User

    Identifies the user who last modified the segment.

    Custom Attribute

    Identifies any segment custom attribute name and its associated values

    Status

    Acts as a button to access score breakdown information, including penalties.

  3. (Optional) To constrain the columns within the pane, click on any column head, then deselect the names of the columns you want to hide.