Machine Translation Plugin - no option to "Apply automated selection"

Question

Hi there, 
 We've develop an MT plugin for Studio 2014 and have encountered a peculiar bug. 
 It relates to pre-translation of documents when using our plugin. The problem arises when we go to 'Batch Processing Settings' > 'Pre-translate Files'. In the section "When no match found" for when there is no TM match, there are three options: 
 
 - Leave target segment empty 
 - Copy source to target 
 - Apply automated selection 
 
 The third option allows to pre-populate all relevant target segments with the MT output from the beginning. However, we are not able to select the final option "Apply automated selection" - it's greyed out. 
 
 Here's where it gets a little strange. This only occurs when the our MT plugin is the only tool available in the "Add Translation Memory and Automated Translation" list in the project settings. If we add another MT plugin or TM, then the option appears (even if that other tool is not enabled). 
 
 Does anyone have a suggestion as to why this might me? Thanks 
 John

Romulus Crisan (former member) · Accepted Answer

In your implementation of ITranslatioProvider the property TranslationMethod must return machine translation .

Paul · Answer

Hi John, this is the one thing you need to email sdk-feedback for. Send your plugin via dropbox or similar and we'll sign it and send it back. Please don't email it as our IT police are simply too diligent and they strip it out, even zipped. 
 
When you come to update the openexchange record please don't submit a new version. When we send you the signed plugin back we can roll back the existing record so all you have to do is edit it and resubmit. Normally this will just be to change the version number text and add your new signed installer. This way we can easily update the openexchange and won't have to mess around with multiple records.

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Machine Translation Plugin - no option to "Apply automated selection"