Configure a Translation Memory

To configure a translation memory (TM):

Click Translation Memory in the New Project Preferences group.

(Optional) Select TM match options.

Option

Action

Write 'exact' matches to TM

Commits contextual matches to a TM

Write 'unedited MT' to TM

Commits unedited machine translated matches to a TM

Write 'unedited fuzzy' to TM

Commits unedited fuzzy matches to a TM

Write 'unedited autopropagated fuzzy' to TM

Commits unedited autopropagated fuzzy matches to a TM

Copy source when...

Copies the source to the target segment when there is no match during TM leverage

Fuzzy Match Threshold

Sets the baseline percentage for TM matches

Note:

This percentage specifies the TM leverage limit for a fuzzy match. For example, with a threshold of 75%, all segment translations below a 75% match are marked as 'No match' segments.

Select Report Settings options.

Option	Action
Words Segments	Designates how the analysis report calculates match percentages and configures how the analysis report calculates internal fuzzy matches
Calculate internal fuzzy matches and set threshold to (%)	Sets the value for the baseline percentage of internal fuzzy matches during calculation
Include internal fuzzy matches as TM matches	Calculates internal fuzzy matches into the TM matches percentage

Option

Action

Words

Segments

Designates how the analysis report calculates match percentages and configures how the analysis report calculates internal fuzzy matches

Calculate internal fuzzy matches and set threshold to (%)

Sets the value for the baseline percentage of internal fuzzy matches during calculation

Include internal fuzzy matches as TM matches

Calculates internal fuzzy matches into the TM matches percentage

(Optional) Select only one TM condition when editing an existing translation unit (TU).

Condition	Action
Add to TM by overwriting the existing TU (Default)	Overwrites the existing TU
Add to TM; overwrite the existing TU if attributes are identical	Overwrites the existing TU if the attributes match
Only add to TM the new TU; do not overwrite the existing TU	Does not overwrite the existing TU, just add as new TUs
Add to TM; do not overwrite the existing TU	Does not overwrite the existing TU, just add the TUs to the existing TU
Do not add to TM	Makes no change to the existing TU

(Optional) Select the Total number of TUs shown in TM Lookup pane value.
Click OK.