Confirmed segments not entered into TM (SDL Edit 2007) Thread poster: Jacques DP
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Jacques DP 
Switzerland
Local time: 21:52
English to French
Hello,
In SDL Edit 2007, when I hit enter after modifying a segment, it is not entered in the TM. The mouse cursor turns to the waiting sign (in my case an animated circle, this is Vista on my laptop), which stays forever until I move the mouse (at which point it goes back to normal). If I delete the text, go elsewhere, go back to the segment, my previously entered translation is not shown as a TM match. Am I missing something or is there a problem here, and if so what might it be? ... See more Hello,
In SDL Edit 2007, when I hit enter after modifying a segment, it is not entered in the TM. The mouse cursor turns to the waiting sign (in my case an animated circle, this is Vista on my laptop), which stays forever until I move the mouse (at which point it goes back to normal). If I delete the text, go elsewhere, go back to the segment, my previously entered translation is not shown as a TM match. Am I missing something or is there a problem here, and if so what might it be? Thanks. I've tried this with two different TMs, so that should not be linked to the TM file.
(I am a Trados-only translator trying his luck at SDLX, out of necessity... Not very lucky so far.) ▲ Collapse
| | | | Jacques DP
Switzerland
Local time: 21:52
English to French
TOPIC STARTER
Could an experienced SDLX user please confirm that the following behavior is abnormal:
In SDL Edit, I have one Termbase open, one TM open, and one ITD file open. The TM has been "applied" to the file. The first segment is a fuzzy match. It is green, and corresponding TM fuzzy matches (including the one in the target column) appear below in the TM Results window. I modify the translation of the first segment slightly to make it perfect, then hit Enter. Then I go back to the segment, ... See more Could an experienced SDLX user please confirm that the following behavior is abnormal:
In SDL Edit, I have one Termbase open, one TM open, and one ITD file open. The TM has been "applied" to the file. The first segment is a fuzzy match. It is green, and corresponding TM fuzzy matches (including the one in the target column) appear below in the TM Results window. I modify the translation of the first segment slightly to make it perfect, then hit Enter. Then I go back to the segment, delete the text (segment becomes gray), move with Ctrl-Down to next segment, then back with Ctrl-Up to my first segment. My previously entered translation doesn't appear as a 100% match in the TM matches (where I only get the fuzzy matches I got before). Pressing F8 doesn't help.
Thank you.
(Windows Vista, SDLX 2007 SP3 7080)
[Edited at 2011-03-05 11:55 GMT] ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Update TM manually | Mar 5, 2011 |
Hello Jacques,
I didn't use SDL Edit very frequently, so I can't remember what exactly F8 does. What I can remember is that you have to update your TM manually. I suggest that you do this every once in a while because if you don't and SDL Edit crashes, you will lose your work.
| | | | Jacques DP
Switzerland
Local time: 21:52
English to French
TOPIC STARTER | Two questions about updating | Mar 5, 2011 |
Thanks Stanislav. Two questions about updating the TM:
- I am assuming that hitting Enter updates the TM at least in the sense that the translation will appear as a 100% match if I get the same segment again (and therefore should appear in the example given above). Isn't that the case?
- Won't an Update done before the translation is finished enter garbage in the TM? For all 0% matches I have a copy of source segment in the target column. Won't an update enter this copy... See more Thanks Stanislav. Two questions about updating the TM:
- I am assuming that hitting Enter updates the TM at least in the sense that the translation will appear as a 100% match if I get the same segment again (and therefore should appear in the example given above). Isn't that the case?
- Won't an Update done before the translation is finished enter garbage in the TM? For all 0% matches I have a copy of source segment in the target column. Won't an update enter this copy as a translation?
Thanks.
[Edited at 2011-03-05 12:35 GMT] ▲ Collapse
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Hello Jacques,
here are some replies:
Jacques DP wrote:
- I am assuming that hitting Enter updates the TM at least in the sense that the translation will appear as a 100% match if I get the same segment again (and therefore should appear in the example given above). Isn't that the case?
Not quite: hitting Enter will only confirm the segment as translated but it will not update your TM.
- Won't an Update done before the translation is finished enter garbage in the TM? For all 0% matches I have a copy of source segment in the target column. Won't an update enter this copy as a translation?
This may be a problem because it is exactly as you say. I would therefore delete the 0% matches from the target column.
Or, even better, I'd take the whole thing to TagEditor and export it back into ITD after the translation is complete.
| | | | Jacques DP
Switzerland
Local time: 21:52
English to French
TOPIC STARTER
Not quite: hitting Enter will only confirm the segment as translated but it will not update your TM.
But if I hit enter on a certain segment, and then, later in the file, the same segment is repeated, presumably the previously entered translation will show up as a TM match, won't it?
Exporting things in Tageditor would not be convenient I'm afraid. This is a long, multipart project, with SDLX TMs and SDLX Termbases. So that would not be very con... See moreNot quite: hitting Enter will only confirm the segment as translated but it will not update your TM.
But if I hit enter on a certain segment, and then, later in the file, the same segment is repeated, presumably the previously entered translation will show up as a TM match, won't it?
Exporting things in Tageditor would not be convenient I'm afraid. This is a long, multipart project, with SDLX TMs and SDLX Termbases. So that would not be very convenient. Also I think SDL Edit is OK (though I don't like the format painting thing), I don't mind using it, as long as it actually works.
[Edited at 2011-03-05 12:55 GMT] ▲ Collapse
| | | | | This is autopropagation | Mar 5, 2011 |
Jacques DP wrote: Not quite: hitting Enter will only confirm the segment as translated but it will not update your TM. But if I hit enter on a certain segment, and then, later in the file, the same segment is repeated, presumably the previously entered translation will show up as a TM match, won't it?
This is called "autopropagation" and only works in a single file. SDL Edit will simply repeat your translation for identical segments in this individual file, but this doesn't update your TM.
[Upraveno: 2011-03-05 13:27 GMT]
| | | | Jacques DP
Switzerland
Local time: 21:52
English to French
TOPIC STARTER | I see, but... | Mar 5, 2011 |
I see, so I guess my example above in my comment titled "Confirmation" is normal? (leaving F8 aside)
The thing is that I had the impression that I was retranslating from scratch the same segments in the same file, recently. But whether this is or is not the case, my example above probably can't confirm the issue, since SDLX doesn't work by updating the TM after each segment is confirmed like Trados does, but with the autopropagation mechanism (which is probably better as it allows f... See more I see, so I guess my example above in my comment titled "Confirmation" is normal? (leaving F8 aside)
The thing is that I had the impression that I was retranslating from scratch the same segments in the same file, recently. But whether this is or is not the case, my example above probably can't confirm the issue, since SDLX doesn't work by updating the TM after each segment is confirmed like Trados does, but with the autopropagation mechanism (which is probably better as it allows for dynamic change).
Another reason to be puzzled is that a few years ago I did many jobs with SDL Edit for one client. And I am pretty sure I never did any TM Update, nor did I receive an updated TM from the client every time. So it seems my TM was updated despite this. But maybe I am missing something. ▲ Collapse
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Jacques DP
Switzerland
Local time: 21:52
English to French
TOPIC STARTER | Just one thought | Mar 5, 2011 |
Could it be that autopropagation doesn't work when the target segments are filled with copies of the source segment?
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Jacques DP wrote:
Could it be that autopropagation doesn't work when the target segments are filled with copies of the source segment?
I can't remember exactly, but I do think this is the case.
| | | | Jacques DP
Switzerland
Local time: 21:52
English to French
TOPIC STARTER | Thanks Stanislav! | Mar 6, 2011 |
Thanks Stanislav, your help was appreciated.
| | | | Ricardo Nakaoka
Brazil
Local time: 16:52
Member (2011)
English to Portuguese
Hi Jacques,
I believe it might be a little late to help you, but I had this same difficulty, and I found out that I should hit the 'Update' option on Translation Memory menu.
good luck!
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