Translation match failure (capitalised vs all caps)

Hi,

I wonder if anyone can explain this behaviour in Studio.

I have a one-word translation segment that I have translated like this:

Trados Studio screenshot showing a translation segment 'Importante.' with a 96% match 'Important.' highlighted in green.

In fact, that translation was a 96% match with an earlier one,

Trados Studio screenshot displaying the Project Settings with a translation match 'Importante.' to 'Important.' highlighted in green and orange.

So far so good.

Then, a few segments later, I have to translate virtually the same one-word segment, only the source is all caps, but this time I get no match at all:

Trados Studio screenshot showing a translation segment 'IMPORTANTE' with no match found, highlighted in blue.

Trados Studio screenshot displaying the Project Settings with a message 'No match found' in a white box.

The odd thing is that I haven't experienced this behavior in any other segments with more or less the same conditions (different word, translation match is all caps, minus the full stop).

 

Anyone have a clue what could cause this?

 

Thanks in advance.



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  • Hi Jerzy,

    so, are you suggesting that a word in all capitals would be treated as an acronym and copied directly from source to target if Robert has autopropagation set to overwrite existing translations then confirm them without asking as here (not how I have it set):

    Trados Studio options menu showing Auto-propagation settings with 'Enable Auto-propagation' checked and 'Prompt User' options displayed.

    (this setting is only available via File>Options, not in Project settings)

    He would also have 'Acronyms' ticked here (or in the same place via File>Options if he's not working with projects):

    Trados Studio project settings window with 'Auto-substitution' section, 'Acronyms' option ticked.

    That could do as you say on confirmation?

    There's also this setting I think you're referring to?

    Translation Memory settings in Trados Studio with 'Recognize' options, 'Acronyms' checkbox selected.

    However, how would that prevent the TM from displaying the lower-case translation in the TM results window?

    All the best,

    Ali :)

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