Is my TM updating or not?

Good day, I'm new here, having just purchased Trados. I have a few questions, starting with this one.(Thanks to Paul for his advice on posting.)

A TM viewed in the  "Translation Memories" persistently shows no change since the update on 4 Dec even though I have tried numerous times to update it, including by realigning and importing from Alignment, and by redoing the translation.

Trados Studio interface showing Translation Memories window with a Swedish-English TM selected, last modified date displayed as 4 Dec.

However, in the Translation Memories folder it duly shows as modified today, 6 Dec, and when I reopen the original to check it by  "translating" it again, I get 100% matches from an apparently updated TM.

Trados Studio translation segment window displaying 100% matches from the TM, indicating the TM has been updated despite the displayed date.

None of the segments from this document appear in the Sv-En TM open in the Translation Memories window, in screenshot 1 above.

These are the Project Settings (nothing under All Language Pairs).

Trados Studio Project Settings showing Swedish-English language pair with Translation Memory and Automated Translation options.

Should I even expect the TM view to show the updated TM? If not, I won't worry.

In general I confess I find the TM settings mysterious and overcomplicated. Considering they are the raison d'être of the software, I would have preferred them to be simpler to set up. Why, for example, is this TM is listed under Swedish-English and not under All Language Pairs (i.e., what did I do to make that happen?!)? What is the difference between Project TMs and Main TMs, about which a dialog box pops up, asking me for some sort of choice when updating?

Any thoughts?

Thanks and regards

Nigel



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[edited by: Trados AI at 11:59 PM (GMT 0) on 28 Feb 2024]
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