Forum: Wordfast support
Topic: Wordfast changes the numbers in my proofreading text
Poster: Yasmin Moslem
Post title: Replaceables
Dear Colleagues,
I am trying to answer a couple of questions that have been asked here:
1- You can check the option "Use Replaceables for higher TM matches" (Edit > Preferences > Translation Memory). When the only difference between two segments is in numbers, this will automatically replace the numbers in such fuzzy matches instead of offering them with incorrect numbers from old translated sentences stored in the TM.
2- To commit the current segment to the TM without leveraging the current one, you need to press Alt+End to commit the current segment, and then Ctrl+Down to move to the next segment without leveraging the TM.
3- You can go to Edit > Preferences > Translation Memory and check the option: Perform TM Lookup automatically > OK. Now, every time you move to a segment using either Ctrl{+}Down or the mouse, you will see all its words in the TM Lookup textbox which will be automatically searched.
[b]TO WORDFAST DEVELOPERS:[/b] It will be very useful to have a shortcut combining the two functions of Alt+End and Ctrl+Down. In some occasions, I created a AutoHotkey script for users for the purpose; so it will help to have such shortcut, i.e. [b]Next Segment (TM Commit + No Leverage)[/b], built in Wordfast Pro for "Proofreading" purposes as it has been inconvenient so far. In my opinion, what can make it rather perfect is to have this shortcut commit the current segment to the TM, and then leverage the next TM in the bottom pane, but not in the target cell; this is different from the automatic TM Lookup which requires moving using the mouse or Ctrl+Down and which will not commit the current segment to the TM; so we end up needing two moves while it is better to have one move, and actually what is required is not concordance search but rather TM leverage but without overwriting the existing translation to be proofread. Many thanks!
Kind regards,
Yasmin
Topic: Wordfast changes the numbers in my proofreading text
Poster: Yasmin Moslem
Post title: Replaceables
Dear Colleagues,
I am trying to answer a couple of questions that have been asked here:
1- You can check the option "Use Replaceables for higher TM matches" (Edit > Preferences > Translation Memory). When the only difference between two segments is in numbers, this will automatically replace the numbers in such fuzzy matches instead of offering them with incorrect numbers from old translated sentences stored in the TM.
2- To commit the current segment to the TM without leveraging the current one, you need to press Alt+End to commit the current segment, and then Ctrl+Down to move to the next segment without leveraging the TM.
3- You can go to Edit > Preferences > Translation Memory and check the option: Perform TM Lookup automatically > OK. Now, every time you move to a segment using either Ctrl{+}Down or the mouse, you will see all its words in the TM Lookup textbox which will be automatically searched.
[b]TO WORDFAST DEVELOPERS:[/b] It will be very useful to have a shortcut combining the two functions of Alt+End and Ctrl+Down. In some occasions, I created a AutoHotkey script for users for the purpose; so it will help to have such shortcut, i.e. [b]Next Segment (TM Commit + No Leverage)[/b], built in Wordfast Pro for "Proofreading" purposes as it has been inconvenient so far. In my opinion, what can make it rather perfect is to have this shortcut commit the current segment to the TM, and then leverage the next TM in the bottom pane, but not in the target cell; this is different from the automatic TM Lookup which requires moving using the mouse or Ctrl+Down and which will not commit the current segment to the TM; so we end up needing two moves while it is better to have one move, and actually what is required is not concordance search but rather TM leverage but without overwriting the existing translation to be proofread. Many thanks!
Kind regards,
Yasmin