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Translation statuses

A source text and a target text unit form a translation unit (TU). TUs are displayed on one row in Online Editor. Each TU has a translation status depending on how complete the translation is.

TUs can have one of the following translation statuses at a time:
  • Not Translated (Not Translated status) - This target segment has not been translated or edited yet.
  • Draft (Draft status) - One of the following:
    • This target segment may have been changed, but it is not yet considered fully translated.
    • A translation memory (TM) match was applied to the segment, but the segment text has since been edited.
  • Translated (Translated status) - The initial translator has confirmed this target segment translation.
  • Locked (Locked status) - This target segment translation is locked.
  • Translation rejected(Translation Rejected status) - The linguistic reviewer has rejected this target segment translation (for example, during an internal review by the translation provider).
  • Translation approved (Translation Approved status) - The linguistic reviewer has approved this target segment translation in a context such as the following:
    • During an internal review performed by the translation provider before sending the file to client review.
    • As part of a review in the original format performed by the translation provider.
    • During a linguistic quality evaluation (LQE) performed by the translation provider.
  • Sign-Off rejected (Sign-off Rejected status) - The client reviewer has rejected this target segment translation during the sign-off process:
    • If a client reviewer finalizes the files, they should make the required changes first, and then give the segments the Signed Off status.
    • If the files go back to the translation provider after client review, the client reviewer should leave the segments as Sign-off Rejected, so that the translation provider can see what changes are required and implement them.
  • Signed off (Signed Off status) - The client reviewer has approved this target segment translation and has signed off on it.