TXLF Editor View

The TXLF Editor view is your default translation and review workspace.

You can choose from two layouts for your TXLF Editor workspace.

You can select either layout view by clicking the drop-down menu for the Switch Editor Layout action on the File tab.

Item

Action

Sidebar

Click the icons to switch among user views.

File Name Tab

View an open or chained file.

Action Button

Perform a task.

Menu Tab

Access a specific function and its Action Buttons.

Filter Bar

Filter how segments are sorted and displayed.

Action Bar

Access all Action Buttons associated with a specific tab.

Table Filter

Create filter criteria for searching in the open file.

Collapsed Items

Access any remaining tools that do not fit in the window.

Preview Pane

View the translated content in its original format for MS Word .DOC and .DOCX files or MS PowerPoint .PPT and .PPTX files.

Additionally, view Markdown (.MD) content.

Editor Pane

Access editor tab content or interact with it using menus and sub-menus.

Source Column

View numbered text segments that will be translated in the Target Column.

Target Column

Use as primary work area for translation entry with or without leveraging a translation memory (TM).

Terminology Pane

Search the source or target glossaries, or add terms to terminology glossaries, if enabled.

Segment Score Column

View the TM match score represented as a percentage.

Status Column

View the status of a segment by its status icon.

Segment State Column

View the state of the translated segment. Toggle between Needs Translation and Translated.

Progress Bar

View the progress of the total translation based on the number of translated segments. If you have chained files, the percentage includes all the segments in the chained file.

  Note:

When the Preview, Editor, or Terminology panes are resized, Wordfast will remember the settings the next time it is run.