Using TMs in projects

Translation memories (TMs) help you pre-translate your files and ensure that you translate the identical or similar strings consistently. To benefit from these features, you must select the TMs to be applied to project files during project creation. You can add more than one TM for each target language and these can be file-based, server-based or a mixture of both.

Procedure

  1. Go to the Project view and select a project to make it the active project.
  2. On the Home tab, select Project Settings.
  3. In the Project Settings dialog, expand Language Pairs from the navigation tree.
  4. Select All Language Pairs > Translation Memory and Automated Translation.
  5. On the Translation Memory and Automated Translation page, add the TMs of your choice to use them in your current project:
    • To use a file-based TM (a TM stored locally in a file), select Use > File-based Translation Memory, and then in the Open File-based Translation Memory dialog, browse for the TM (*.sdltm).
    • To use a server-based TM (a TM stored on a server), select Use > Server-based Translation Memory. In the Select Server-based Translation Memory dialog, either select a server from the Server: list or add a server connection by selecting Servers. Once connected, select the server-based TM from the list, and then select OK.
    • To use a TM with languages that differ from the ones in your project, use the AnyTM options, either for local or server based TMs.
    • To use a SDL WorldServer TM stored on a server, select Use > SDL WorldServer Translation Memory. Select a TM or a TM group from the Select WorldServer Translation Provider dialog.
  6. On the Translation Memory and Automated Translation page, create a new TM to use with your current project:
    • To create a new file-based TM (a TM stored locally in a file), select Create > Create Translation Memory. Create a TM in the New Translation Memory wizard.
    • To create a new server-based TM (a TM stored on a server), select Create > Create Server-based Translation MemoryCreate. Create a new TM in the New Server-based Translation Memory wizard.
  7. Specify the following TM settings, if necessary:
    • - This determines the fields, the field values, and the recognizable items in your TM.
    • Language Resources - This determines the values for the Variable List, Abbreviation List, Ordinal Follower List and Segmentation Rules.
    • Language Resources - This determines whether your TM is password-protected or not, enabling you to control who has access to the TM.
    • Performance and Tuning - This determines how fast and how accurate your translation suggestions are retrieved during translation.
    • Fragment Alignment - This determines whether fragment matches are available during translation and whether alignment is enabled.
  8. Specify the following Translation Memory and Automated Translation settings, if necessary:
    • - This determines how granular the TM translation suggestions are during translation.
    • - This determines penalty values per penalty type.
    • Filters - This determines how penalties apply if they meet filter requirements (conditions).
    • Update - This determines the field values which are automatically assigned to the newly added translation units (TUs) in your TMs.
    • - This determines the default language resource to be used when no TMs are specified.