Lock a Segment

You can lock a segment to prevent any further changes to that segment. The best time to lock a segment is when the translation is complete and the reviewer has confirmed the content after proofreading it. The Commit action still updates the translation memory (TM) with the target segment content.

To lock a segment:

  1. Optionally, in the TXLF Editor view, use the table filter to filter out all unwanted segments.
  2. In the TXLF Editor view, select the segment to lock.
  3. On the Translation tab, select the Lock/Unlock Segment drop-down and select one of the two options:

    • Lock/Unlock Segment locks or unlocks a single selected segment.

    • Lock/Unlock All Segments locks or unlocks all segments. If the table filter was used to filter segments, only the filtered segments are locked or unlocked. When Lock/Unlock All Segments is selected, a warning dialog is displayed warning that all segments will be locked or unlocked; select Yes to continue.

    is displayed in the segment Status column to indicate the segment or segments are locked.

Parent topic: Translate Segments