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Setting up AutoSuggest editing

AutoSuggest retrieves translation suggestions from your chosen translation resources. To benefit from AutoSuggest while translating, you must first set it up.

About this task

AutoSuggest retrieves its suggestions from these sources:

  • MultiTerm Termbases.
  • AutoSuggest dictionaries containing extracted words and phrases from a translation memories (*.sdltm) or *.tmx files.
  • Translation Memories and Machine Translation providers you set up for your project.
  • Fragment matches from translation memories that support fragment alignment.
  • AutoText entries containing words and phrases that you have created.

Procedure

  1. Set up AutoSuggest sources:
    • Create an AutoSuggest dictionary or add an existing AutoSuggest dictionary.
    • Add Termbases.
    • Set up translation memories and automated translation providers.
    • Set up fragment matching.
    • Add AutoText Entries.
  2. Enable AutoSuggest in the Options dialog.
  3. Enable which sources to use for suggestions: termbases, AutoSuggest dictionaries, translation memories and machine translation providers, fragment matches or AutoText.