Trados Flashcards
CAT
HT
HAMT
MAHT
- Computer Aided / Assisted Translation
- Human Translation
- Human-Aided Machine Translation
- Machine-Aided Human Translation
TM
- translation memory
- databases that store original source sentences and their target language equivalents as a pair
Matches
- content match (CM) or 100%
- fuzzy match 99-50 > fuzzy bands (50-74 / 75-84 / 85-94 / 95-99
- no match (NM)
- perfect match (segmenti identici a segmenti di un file bilingue precedentemente tradotti)
- repetitions (segmenti nuovi che non hanno match nella TM ma si ripetono una o più volte all’interno di uno stesso progetto)
TU
= translation unit
= source/target segment pair stored in a TM
punctuation marks that determine the end of a segment
- full stop
- question/exclamation mark
- colons
- line breaks
name of horizontal area across the top of the Trados Studio window
ribbon
shortcut for confirm
Ctl + enter
Trados Studio automatically looks for any matching segments in the TM and - if there are any - inserts the one with the best match into the target cell
retrieving a match from the TM
Translation Results window
- shows matches found in the TM
- highlights of the differences between the current segment in the document and the matching found in the TM
percentage
indicates the degree of similarity between the current document segment and the match from the TM
what has been stored in your TM: the changed translation, the previous translation, or both?
+ add multiple translations
the TM stores the most recent translation you confirm, overwriting any previous translation
= lower part of “confirm” > add as a new translation (OR Ctrl+Shift+U)
replacing numbers + shortcut
- automatic
- numbers, dates, times, alphanumeric characters
= placeable > marked with blue underline
= Ctl+, (comma) > ‘quickplace’ list
saving file + shortcut
- you’re saving the bilingual Trados Studio file called SDLXLIFF file
- Ctrl+S
- Trados automatically saves every 10 mins
apply character formatting
2 ways:
1)
1. translate the segment first
2. Select the word in your target segment
3. Keep the Ctrl key on your keyboard pressed down and click the word with the green formatting and release Ctrl
2)
- Select the word in your target segment
- Press Ctrl+, > opens quickplace list > press enter
remove character formatting
Ctrl + Space OR clear formatting (ribbon)
Trados and formatting
Trados Studio will then use artificial intelligence to determine the words that need to be formatted. Note, however, that the artificial intelligence only works when your TM contains at least 1,000 segments (and will produce better results with several thousand segments).
right-most column of the side-by-side editor
= structure information column
P = paragraph
T = title
ST = subtitle
TC = table cell
how to see the actual document layout
click preview button in the top left corner of the Trados application window (magnifying glass icon)
OR
Ctrl + Shift+P
Tags
placeholder tag > Ctrl+, > enter
create local VS cloud project
local: project files are saved on your local hard disk
cloud: files are uploaded from Trados to the Cloud
repetitions
segments for which no match has been found in the TM, but that occur more than once in the document
filter segments
review tab of the ribbon > display filter button > select Not Translated
searching in the TM > shortcut
F3 (or concordance search)
what indicates the wrench icon
self-adapting fuzzy matches > REPAIRED FUZZY MATCH > Trados tried to adapt the fuzzy match automatically
