Configure Auto-Propagation

Auto-Propagation preferences control the automatic update of content with specified types of TM matches.

To configure auto-propagation:

  1. Select Preferences from the Wordfast drop-down menu.
  2. On the Preferences dialog, click Auto-Propagation under General Preferences.
  3. Select Enable Auto-Propagation for repetitions to activate additional auto-propagation options (default).
  4. (Optional) Select Enable Auto-Propagation across all open files to apply auto-propagation to all files that are open.
  5. Select your Auto-Propagation options.

    Option

    Action

    Context matches

    Select to overwrite context leveraged translation memory (TM) matches.

    100% matches

    Select to overwrite 100% leveraged TM matches (default).

    Fuzzy matches

    Select to overwrite partial TM matches (default).

    Auto-propagated matches

    Select to overwrite all auto-propagated matches (default).

    Note:   

    If there are multiple segments that have the same content, editing a segment auto-propagates the change to all matching segments.

    Edited segments

    Select to overwrite edited segments using Auto-Propagation.

    Machine translated segments

    Select to overwrite machine translated content (default).

    Committed segments

    Select to overwrite translated content that is committed to the TM.