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Specify Auto-substitution settings

You can specify auto-substitution settings for dates, numbers, variables, alphanumeric strings, times, measurements and acronyms.

Procedure

  1. Go to the settings page:
    • For all future projects: File > Options > Language Pairs > [language pair] > Translation Memory and Automated Translation.
    • For the current project: Project SettingsLanguage Pairs [language pair] > Translation Memory and Automated Translation.
    • For a project template: File > Setup > Project Templates. Select a template, and then select Edit.
  2. Select Auto-substitution from navigation and select the checkbox next to each item you want to use in auto-substitution: dates, numbers, variables, alphanumeric strings, times, measurements and acronyms.
  3. Specify how dates, times and measurements are auto-localized when they are substituted:
    • Select Dates and Times from the navigation tree. Specify the formats to use when auto-substituting dates and times in target language segments.
    • Select Measurements from the navigation tree. Select what spacing you want to use between the number and unit in a measurement when auto-substituting measurements in target language segments. The default and recommended setting is Use the same spacing between the number and the unit that is used in translation memory target segment.
  4. If you want a penalty to be applied during auto-substitution, select Penalties from navigation:
    • If you want a penalty to be applied to auto-substituted dates, times, numbers and measurement, specify a value in the Auto-localization penalty box.
    • If you want a penalty to be applied to auto-substituted variables, acronyms and alphanumeric strings, specify a value in the Text replacement penalty box.
  5. Select OK to close the Options, Project Settings or Project Template Settings dialogs.