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Adding comments

By adding comments, you can make suggestions to translators and reviewers and help improve the overall quality of the translation. You can add comments only to target segments.

Procedure

  1. Open the appropriate file in Trados Online Editor.
  2. On the right side of the screen, select Comments The Show Comments button in SDL Online Editor..
    The Comments panel is displayed.
  3. In the Comments panel, in the text box, enter your comment.
  4. Do one of the following:
    ScopeAction
    Add a comment to the current selection, to the current segment, or to the entire file.Select a fragment of text in the target segment. You cannot add comments over locked segments. If a segment contains a combination of locked and non-locked content, you can add comments over the latter.

    After you select a fragment of text, under Applies to select one of the options: Current Selection, Current Segment, or File.

    Add a comment to the current segment or to the entire file.Click anywhere inside a target segment that has text in it, and under Applies to select either Current Segment or File.
    Add a comment to the entire file.Click anywhere inside an empty target segment, and under Applies to select File.
  5. In the Severity list, select the severity level (or importance) of your comment: Information, Warning, Error.
  6. Select Add.

Results

If you added a comment to a selection or to a segment, that selection or segment is highlighted. If you select a segment with comments, you can see all the users who added comments for that segment.