QA messages in the Verification panel
This topic lists the verification messages triggered when QA differences are identified after the automatic comparison of source segments and target segments.
| No. | QA verification message | Description | Default error severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inconsistencies | |||
| 1. | DuplicatedWord | The target segment contains repeated words. | Warning |
| 2. | UneditedMatch | The target segment contains fuzzy matches which have not been edited. | Warning |
| Length verification | |||
| 3. | LengthLimitationFixed | The target segment exceeds the permitted character limit. | Error |
| 4. | LengthLimitationContextLong | The target segment of a given document structure element is above the permitted character limit. | Error |
| LengthLimitationContextShort | The target segment of a given document structure element is below the permitted character limit. | Error | |
| Numbers | |||
| 5. | NumberMissing | The target segment does not contain a number which is present in the source segment. | Error |
| 6. | TimeMissing | The target segment does not contain a time which is present in the source segment. | Error |
| 7. | DateMissing | The target segment does not contain a date which is present in the source segment. | Error |
| 8. | MeasurementMissing | The target segment does not contain a measurement which is present in the source segment. | Error |
| 9. | NumberExtra | The target segment contains a number which is not present in the source segment. | Error |
| 10. | TimeExtra | The target segment contains a time which is not present in the source segment. | Error |
| 11. | DateExtra | The target segment contains a date which is not present in the source segment. | Error |
| 12. | MeasurementExtra | The target segment contains a measurement which is not present in the source segment. | Error |
| Punctuation | |||
| 13. | PunctuationDifferences | The target segment does not end with the same punctuation as the source segment. | Warning |
| 14. | SpanishPunctuation | The target segment does not observe Spanish punctuation. | Warning |
| 15. | PunctuationSpace | The target segment contains a space before the punctuation character which ends the sentence. | Warning |
| 16. | PunctuationSpace_French | The target segment does not observe French space punctuation. In French, there must be a space between the last word in a sentence and certain punctuation marks such as exclamation marks or question marks. | Warning |
| 17. | MultipleSpaces | The target segment contains a sequence of spaces (at least two). | Note |
| 18. | MultipleDots | The target segment contains a sequence of dots (at least two). | Note |
| 19. | ExtraEndSpace | The target segments contains an extra space at the end. | Warning |
| 20. | InitialCaps | The target segment does not contain an initial capital letter but the source target segment does. | Warning |
| 21. | GlobalCaps | The target segment does not consist of capital letters, but the source target segment does. | Warning |
| 22. | OpeningBracketMissing | The target segment does not contain an opening bracket, but the source target segment does. | Warning |
| 23. | OpeningBracketExtra | The target segment contains an extra opening bracket, but the source target segment does not. | Warning |
| 24. | ClosingBracketMissing | The target segment does not contain a closing bracket, but the source target segment does. | Warning |
| 25. | ClosingBracketExtra | The target segment contains an extra closing bracket, but the source target segment does not. | Warning |
| RegEx (Regular Expressions) | |||
| 26. | RegExReport | This reports if both source segments and target segments match the RegEx patterns. | Warning |
| 27. | RegExReportSourceOnly | This reports if the source segment matches the RegEx pattern. | Warning |
| 28. | RegExReportTargetOnly | This reports if the target segment matches the RegEx pattern. | Warning |
| 29. | RegExDifferentCount | This reports if both source and target segments match but with different count. | Warning |
| Segments to exclude | |||
| 30. | ReportAllNonExcluded | These are the target segments which were not included in the QA check because you configured the project settings to skip one or more of the following: segments with a specific match type, segments which are already confirmed, segments which are exact matches, segments which are fuzzy matches, segments with a specific context (segments from specific file locations). | Note |
| Segment verification | |||
| 31. | ReportUntranslatedSegment | The target segment is not translated or is empty. | Error |
| 32. | IdenticalSegment | The target segment is identical to the source segment. | Warning |
| 33. | ForbiddenChar | The target segment contains a forbidden character. | Error |
| 34. | SegmentLonger | The target segment is longer than a given percentage. | Note |
| 35. | SegmentShorter | The target segment is shorter than a given percentage. | Warning |
| Trademark check | |||
| 36. | TrademarkMissing | The target segment does not contain the same trademark or copyright symbols as the source segment. | Error |
| 37. | TrademarkExtra | The target segment contains extra trademark or copyright symbols by comparison with the source segment. | Error |
| Word lists | |||
| 38. | WordListCheck | The target segment contains terms which are included in the incorrect list of terms. | Warning |