Filling in the TM Filter tab

If this tab is available the TM Filter tab is where you can create a translation memory filter that is applied when translation memory matching is performed on segments for this job.

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Translation memory entries that do not match the filter have their percentage match figure reduced.

When you display job details you will see the TM filters that apply to that job.

You should not attempt to create a TM filter unless you have had some filter creation training and you are confident that you know what you are doing.

To create a TM filter:

Procedure

  1. Check the Apply TM Filter box. This causes the translation memories in the selected TM sequence to be listed.
  2. Click the box beside a translation memory name. The create filter fields are displayed.
  3. Create the first filter condition:
    • In the Field box, select the field to be tested by the filter.
    • In the Operation box, select the operation to be performed on the value in the field.
    • In the Value box, select the value that will be used in the test.
    • Click Add to add the condition to the Current Conditions box.
  4. If you want to add another condition to the filter, repeat steps 2-4. This time you must also select a value from the Boolean box before clicking Add.
  5. Enter the penalty figure in the Filter Mismatch Penalty box. Translation memory matches that do not match the filter will have their percentage match figure reduced by this amount.
    You can create a filter for each translation memory in the sequence.