Trados 2017 auto-propagation doesn't work properly

I have been using Trados 2015 freelance and upgraded to 2017 a few days ago, and I really regretted it. I didn't know I should not have deactivated 2015 before upgrading to 2017; this is not reversible and SDL refused to let me "downgrade" to 2015, but this is another story. Here I have a bigger issue. I was working on a file with approx. 4K segments, with supposedly many 100% and CMs which could be auto-propagated in 2015, i.e. I only had to work on first occurrences and Trados could deal with the 100%/repetitions. However, 2017 didn't auto-propagate those; instead, the match values were below 100% and I had to confirm every single segment, which was really time-consuming. Here's the comparison:

Trados 2017/2015 auto-propagation comparison

 

I have made sure all the settings are identical in the global options and project settings of both Trados 2015 and 2017. Can anyone help please? Many thanks.

 

Regards,

Peggy

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  • Hi Paul,

    Thank you for looking into this. I've adjusted the project settings like you suggested, but the results are still not right. Please check the link below:

    drive.google.com/.../view

    The lighter green 100% only happened once in 2017; this means I have to move my cursor to each segment so that Trados can insert the other 100% or CMs. In Trados 2015, a simple "ctrl+enter" can properly auto-propagate the repetitions. The 2017 analysis, on the other hand, suggests more repetitions than that of 2015. You can also see that some segments are not even recognised as 'repetitions' in 2017.

    I'm sorry for the trouble, but I must get 2017 do the job as properly as 2015, otherwise I am losing my production.

    Regards,
    Peggy
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