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You can determine how fragment matches are retrieved and displayed during translation.

Use the Editor > Fragment Matches Window settings to specify:

  • Whether you want to automatically bring in focus the Fragment Matches Window and display results for fragment matches if the TM lookup returns no results
  • The settings for displaying source and target fragments and their context
  • What font size is used for the fragment match results

To display the Editor > Fragment Matches Window settings, select File > Options from the Ribbon, and then select Editor > Fragment Matches Window from the navigation tree in the Options dialog.

Table 1. Search Options
OptionDescription
These settings affect how fragment matches are displayed.

Display results from the Fragment Matches window if the TM lookup returns no results

Select this option if you want Trados Studio to bring in focus the Fragment Matches Window and display results for fragment matches if the TM lookup returns no results. For exact matches, the fragment match lookup is not performed.

By default, this option is enabled.

Table 2. Display Options
OptionDescription
These settings affect the way translation memory matches are displayed in the Fragment Matches window.
Color for highlighting matched source segment fragments
By default, matching text in the fragment source segment is highlighted in khaki. To change the default color, select a different one from the three tabs on this drop-down list. The following are the three tabs that are displayed when you click the down arrow: Custom, Web and System.
  • Select the Custom tab to display a color palette. Select a color in the palette and the color is applied to the currently selected screen component. If the color you want to use is not displayed here, right-click on one of the blank, colorless squares at the bottom of the tab to display the Color dialog where you can create your own custom color.
  • Select the Web tab to display a list of colors which can be used in web pages. Select a color and the color is applied to the currently selected screen component.
  • Select the System tab to display a list of Microsoft screen components and colors assigned to the components. Select a color/component combination and the color is applied to the currently selected Trados Studio screen component.
Color for highlighting fragment matches
By default, matching text in the fragment match is highlighted in khaki. To change the default color, select a different one from the three tabs on this drop-down list. The following are the three tabs that are displayed when you click the down arrow: Custom, Web and System.
  • Select the Custom tab to display a color palette. Select a color in the palette and the color is applied to the currently selected screen component. If the color you want to use is not displayed here, right-click one of the blank, colorless squares at the bottom of the tab to display the Color dialog where you can create your own custom color.
  • Select the Web tab to display a list of colors which can be used in web pages. Select a color and the color is applied to the currently selected screen component.
  • Select the System tab to display a list of Microsoft screen components and colors assigned to the components. Select a color/component combination and the color is applied to the currently selected Trados Studio screen component.
Search terms highlighting colorBy default, matching text in the translation memory (TM) segment is highlighted in yellow. To change the default color, select a different one from the three tabs on this drop-down list.
Table 3. Font Size
OptionDescription
These settings resize the font (text) in the source and target segments in the Fragment Matches window.
Source font size

Trados Studio displays all text in this font size in the source language segments.

Target font size

Trados Studio displays all text in this font size in the target language segments.