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Specifying translation memory settings

Before specifying any settings, you need to decide where to specify those settings.

Specifying Translation Memory Search settings

You can specify translation memory search settings.

  1. Select All Language Pairs > Translation Memory and Automated Translation > Search from the navigation tree. The Translation Memory > Search settings are displayed on the right.
  2. Select your required search settings.

Specifying penalties

Use the these settings to specify how matching translation units with formatting differences or multiple translations should be penalized.

  1. Select All Language Pairs > Translation Memory and Automated Translation > Penalties from the navigation tree. The Translation Memory > Penalties settings are displayed on the right.
  2. Select your required settings.

Specifying Custom Field values

You can specify translation memory custom field values to assign to new translation units when updating the translation memory. For example, if the translation memory contains a field called Usage, you could assign the value, Printed Guides to indicate that this translation should only be used for printed guides as opposed to help.

  1. Select All Language Pairs > Translation Memory and Automated Translation > Update from the navigation tree. The Translation Memory > Update settings are displayed on the right.
  2. Select your required settings.

Specifying Translation Memory Language Resource templates

Use the these settings to specify which language resource templates is used if there is no translation memory for a specific language pair selected for that project. The language resource template is used to define the segmentation rules and to identify untranslatable content.

  1. Select All Language Pairs > Translation Memory and Automated Translation > Language Resources from the navigation tree. The Translation Memory > Language Resource settings are displayed on the right.
  2. Select your required settings.