Analysis

You can use actions on the Analysis tab to submit files to assess potential TM matches and repetitions.

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When you first open Quick Tools, the default is the Analysis tab. Once you access Quick Tools, the default Quick Tools tab is the last one you used.

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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 analyze files:

Click the Wordfast Pro drop-down menu and select Quick Tools.
Click the Analysis tab, if it is not already selected.
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.

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To add multiple files, press the Ctrl key and select the files.

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You can also drag and drop files into the Source Files pane.
(Optional) Add and select a Translation Memory.

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If you do not select a TM, the analysis report displays the word count without TM leverage.
Select the Source Language and Target Languages.
(Optional) For the Analyze Options of the report, select Pretranslate, select the baseline match percentage for the TM leverage from the spin box, then the type of match from the next drop-down list.
- Copy segment source to target when there is no match — When there is no matching target content, insert source content in its place.
- Copy all tags on segments when there is no match — When there is no matching target content, insert source tags in its place.
- Do nothing for no match
If you choose to configure Analyze options, you must select a Create TXLF files option from the drop-down list.
- Next to source with target language suffix
- Inside subfolder and maintain folder structure for folders
- Do not create TXLF
Select Report Settings.
- Select Words or Segments as the means of calculating analysis percentages from the drop-down list.
- (Optional) Select Calculate internal fuzzy matches according to the match percentage you set or select an alternate percentage.
- (Optional) Select Include internal fuzzy matches as TM matches.
- Select the report format from the drop-down list, then browse and select a location for the report on your local computer.
Click Analyze.
(Optional) On the Progress bar dialog, you can select Always run in background to preserve the background batch action for future analysis actions, then click Run in Background.
If you chose to run Analyze in the background, you can monitor its progress.

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If you choose to run more than one batch action in the background, each action will have its own progress bar.
When you receive notification of successful completion, click View Report.
The Report File dialog is displayed and the report summary in the chosen format is saved to your computer.