Cleanup

To convert bilingual TXLF files to their original source format in the target language, use the Cleanup action. Refer to Translate Segments.

  Alert:

Cleanup updates the translation memory (TM).

  Note:

For Analyze and Cleanup actions, you can choose to run the action in the background and continue your work. This is useful when processing large numbers of files.

To clean up a bilingual TXLF file:

  1. Click the Wordfast Pro drop-down menu and select Quick Tools.
  2. Click the Cleanup tab, if it is not already selected.
  3. Click Add Files to browse and select a file from a folder or click Add Folder to browse and select a folder and all its files.
  4. Add and select a Translation Memory.
      Note:

    To better understand context matches or the TM, refer to Leverage Project TMs.

  5. (Optional) Select TM Update Options:

    • Update Option — Select one of the TM update options from the drop-down menu: Append, Do not add to TM, Do not overwrite TU, Overwrite existing TU, or Overwrite if attributes are identical

    • Add attribute — Select and enter an attribute to write to the TM for the cleaned up segments

    • Add file name as an attribute — Select to add the TXLF file name as an attribute to write to the TM for cleaned up segments

    • Write 'unedited fuzzy' to TM — Select to write fuzzy matches to the TM without user modification

    • Write 'unedited autopropagated fuzzy' to TM — Select to write automatically inserted fuzzy matches to the TM without user modification

    • Write 'exact' matches to TM — Select to write context matches to the TM without user modification

    • Write 'unedited MT' to TM — Select to write machine translation to the TM without user modification

  6. (Optional) Select the Translated File Settings:

    • Create translated files — Default option; generates final files in original format

    • Place translated files in TXLF location — Saves the translated files in the same location as your TXLF files

    • Choose location for translated files — Sets a location on your local computer for translated files after you browse and select it

    • Add language suffix for filename — Adds the target language code to the file name as a suffix

  7. Click Cleanup.
  8. (Optional) On the Progress Bar dialog, you can select Always run in the background to preserve the background batch action for future analysis actions, then click Run in Background.
  9. If you chose to run Cleanup in the background, you can monitor its progress.
      Note:

    If you choose to run more than one batch action in the background, each action will have its own progress bar.

    The bilingual TXLF file is converted to its original source format in the target language.

Parent topic: Use Quick Tools