Project settings control how translation memory content is retrieved and updated, and how verification and penalties apply. Project settings can be defined both as part of project templates and projects. If you create a project which is not based on a project template, the default values apply.
General settings
| No. | Setting enabled by default or which has a default value | Default |
|---|
| 1. | Allow editing of source text in segments | disabled |
| 2. | Customer Portal visibility | enabled |
| 3. | Restrict file downloads | disabled (for regular projects) / enabled (for restricted projects and projects with the same source and target language) |
Pre-Processing settings
| No. | Setting enabled by default or which has a default value | Default |
|---|
| 1. | Minimum match value (from your translation memories) | 70% |
| 2. | Translation overwrite mode | Overwrite existing translation if better match found |
| 3. | After applying translations | Confirm 100% matches and Confirm context matches |
| 4. | When no match found | Leave target segment empty |
Update Translation Memory
| No. | Setting enabled by default or which has a default value | Default |
|---|
| 1. | If target segments differ | Merge translation units |
| 2. | Segment status | Translated, Translation Approved, Signed Off |
Verification > Tag Verifier
| No. | Setting enabled by default or which has a default value | Default |
|---|
| 1. | Check for > Tags added | Error |
| 2. | Check for > Tags deleted | Error |
| 3. | Check for > Tag order changed | Warning |
| 4. | Check for > Spacing around tags | Note |
| 5. | Ignore > Formatting tags | |
| 6. | Ignore > Difference between normal and non-breaking space | |
Verification > Segments Verification
| No. | Setting enabled by default or which has a default value | Default |
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| 1. | Check for forgotten and empty translation | Error |
| 2. | Source and target are identical | Warning |
Verification > Segments to Exclude
| No. | Setting enabled by default or which has a default value | Default |
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| 1. | Exclude PerfectMatch units | |
Verification > Inconsistencies
| No. | Setting enabled by default or which has a default value | Default |
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| 1. | Check for repeated words in target | Warning |
| 2. | Check for unedited fuzzy matches | Warning |
Verification > Punctuation
| No. | Setting enabled by default or which has a default value | Default |
|---|
| 1. | End punctuation > Check for undedited fuzzy matches | Warning |
| 2. | End punctuation > Check for unintentional spaces before :!?; | Warning |
| 3. | Extra dots and spaces > Check for multiple spaces | Note |
| 4. | Extra dots and spaces > Check for multiple dots | Note |
| 5. | Extra dots and spaces > Ignore ellipsis dots | |
| 6. | Extra dots and spaces > Check for extra space at the end of target segment | Warning |
| 7. | Check for brackets > Check brackets | Warning |
Verification > Trademark Check
This setting is enabled by default and it reports an Error message if trademarks are incorrect.
Verification > Terminology Verifier
| No. | Setting enabled by default or which has a default value | Default |
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| 1. | Check for possible non-usage of target terms(disabled by default) | Warning |
| 2. | Check for terms which have been set as forbidden | Warning |
| 3. | Exclude PerfectMatch segments | Warning |
Penalties > Standard penalties
| No. | Setting enabled by default or which has a default value | Default |
|---|
| 1. | Missing formatting | 1 |
| 2. | Different formatting | 1 |
| 3. | Multiple translations | 1 |
| 4. | Auto-localization | 0 |
| 5. | Text replacement | 0 |
| 6. | Alignment | 1 |
| 7. | Character-width difference | 1 |
The maximum value a standard penalty can have is 20.
Penalties > Translation unit status penalties
| No. | Setting enabled by default or which has a default value | Default |
|---|
| 1. | Translated | 0 |
| 2. | Translation Rejected | 0 |
| 3. | Translation Approved | 0 |
| 4. | Sign-off Rejected | 0 |
| 5. | Signed Off | 0 |
| 6. | Not Translated | 0 |
| 7. | Draft | 0 |
The maximum value a translation unit penalty can have is 20.