Fragment alignment

Set up fragment matching for the translation memory (TM) in the Fragment Alignment page of the Translation Memory Settings dialog.

OptionDescription
Fragment Alignment Status

This option enables or disables fragment alignment support for the TM.

When you disable fragment alignment, the translation model and the alignment data are removed from the TM.

Translation Model

In this section you have information and options for the translation model that the fragment alignment is based on.

After you enable fragment alignment on a TM, you have to build the translation model by selecting Build Translation Model.

You can see when was the last time the translation model was built and how many translation units (TUs) were added since. If you made a large addition of new TUs (for example, with a TMX import) or changed a lot of TUs (for example, with batch editing), Trados Studio will show a recommendation to re-build the translation model.

Alignment

In this section you have information and options for the TU alignment that will be used by Trados Studio to match source and target segment parts and provide fragment matches during translation.

After you have built the translation model, the Align Translation Units options is enabled and you can select it.

You can see how many unaligned TUs reside in your TM. This is useful if you do not enable the Align new content automatically option. In this case, once in a while, you should re-align the TUs.

If you made a large addition of new TUs (for example, with a TMX import) or changed a lot of TUs (for example, with batch editing), Trados Studio will show a recommendation to re-align the TUs and you should perform a re-align with the Quick Align option selected. This way, only new TUs are aligned.

Automatic Alignment

Select Align new content automatically option to make Trados Studio perform fragment alignment on new or modified translation content that you enter and confirm in the Editor.

Disable automatic alignment if you observe that automatic alignment affects performance.