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Acronym

You can specify that a translation memory (TM) recognizes acronyms as tokens. In SDL TMS, an acronym is any uppercase word that is identical in the source and target languages. If a segment of presented text matches a translation unit (TU) in all content except acronyms, the TM registers a 100% match, and uses the acronym from the presented text (rather than from the TU) in the translation. In TMs used by SDL TM Server and Studio, the rules defining acronyms are more complex, and acronyms are handled as a type of recognized token.