Asset alignment
Asset alignment is the process through which a source asset is aligned segment-by-segment to a translated asset. The product of the alignment is a collection of translation pairs that can be stored in the TM. This process can support the generation of TM data from a collection of translated assets. Conceptually, it makes sense that if you have both a translated document and the original source document, then it should be possible to match them up. In practice, this process is extremely complicated and yields varying results.
WorldServer provides an asset alignment tool that assists in the creation of new TM entries through the alignment of the original source asset and the translated asset. The ability of this alignment process is quite limited, and the effectiveness is highly dependent on the nature of the data being aligned. For instance, the following characteristics will affect the alignment process:
- The lack of markup
- Rearrangement of content in the target asset
- Substitution of tags in the target asset
- Omission or addition of tags in the target
- Segmentation configuration of the utilized filters