File > Options > Editor > Auto-propagation
You can determine how and when auto-propagation is applied to your file.
- Whether or not auto-propagation is enabled
- How auto-propagation is applied when used in your file
To display the settings, select , and then select from the navigation tree in the Options dialog.
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Enable Auto-propagation | Select this option to enable auto-propagation. When it is enabled, auto-propagation takes place automatically when you confirm a translation. At that point, Trados Studio automatically checks the file for the presence of similar source segments and applies the translation to their target segments. By default translations are auto-propagated to empty target segments and to segments that contain a translation which has not been confirmed. Modify the selections below to specify when auto-propagation should occur and if you want to be asked to authorize auto-propagation. |
Minimum match value | This is the degree of match that must exist between the source segment that has a confirmed translation and another source segment in the file for the segment to be considered a matching segment where auto-propagation can occur. The default is 100% ( exact match). |
Auto-propagate exact matches to confirmed segments | Select this option to overwrite confirmed translations with auto-propagated translations if the confirmed translations have an exact match to the original source segment. Under Prompt User, specify if you want to be asked to authorize auto-propagation to confirmed segments. |
Confirm segment after auto-propagating an exact match | Select this option to automatically confirm auto-propagated segments. This changes the status of the segment to Translated or Translation Approved. If you open a file for review, select this to also automatically reject auto-propagated segments. This changes the status of the auto-propagated segments to Translation Rejected when the original segment translation is rejected. |
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If you do not want auto-propagation to take place automatically, use these options to specify when you want to be asked to authorize the auto-propagation of a translation. | |
| Always | When this option is selected, you will always be asked if you want the auto-propagated translation to be applied to a segment. |
| Conditionally when: | These options enable you to specify when you want to be asked to authorize the auto-propagation of a translation. Select one of the following options:
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| Never - always auto-propagate translation without prompting user | When this option is selected, Trados Studio automatically auto-propagates the translation to all matching segments. This option is selected by default. |