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Creating/saving translation memory

Halli Rosenbach

Hi,

I have a problem with creating translation memories- meaning, a file is always created, however, sometimes all goes well and sometimes the new file is empty!!! no translation units!!! I've tried creating the memory both with the option of the wizard and through project settings...

Any suggestions?

please????

Thanks,

Halli
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  • 0 in reply to Halli Rosenbach
    Halli

    Just to make sure there is no misunderstanding here about the basic functioning: how do you verify that the segments you confirmed are really stored in the TM?
    In case you do this in the view "Translation Memories", let me point out that this is not really a good way to do such a check and that you need to browse pages forward in order to see the segments past the first 50 (unless you have changed the setting to display 200 segments per page).
    The easiest way to check whether a segment you have translated is in your TM is to put the cursor back into a segment and see what is displayed in the "Translation Results" window above the Editor. It should show your translation along with the user and time stamp and also in which TM it is (in case you have more than one).
    This is the proper way to check whether TM updating really works.

    I can't imagine that your TM gets updated and then suddenly "stops taking in translation units" as you say. It would only do this if you uncheck the "Update" check-box or do not confirm the segment.

    Walter
  • 0 in reply to Walter Blaser
    Thank you! thank you! thank you! I feel so stupid...I didn't even think to browse forward...Yep all the units are there...
  • 0 in reply to Halli Rosenbach

    Hi Halli

    Relieved to learn that your problem has now been solved. You are not the first one to stumble over this problem.

    BTW: to adjust the number of TUs shown in the "Translation Memory" view, go to "File - Options Translation Memory View" and put the number to its maximum (which unfortunately is still only 200).  But, it's at least better than just 50[:)]

    @SDL: this reminds me of a suggestion that has been brought in quite a while ago and has still not been accepted. It would be very helpful to have an indication in the status line at the bottom of the TM view, where one stands (which TU out of how many and especially which page out of how many pages in total). This kind of information, which is provided as a standard for example by search engines in browsers, would facilitate the navigation inside a TM and - my guess - avoid or at least minimise the risk of such misinterpretations like the one we saw here. If Hally had read a text such as "Page 1 / 12", she would probably have realised that she did not see the entire content of the TM and would have searched for a way to browse forward in the TM (even if she didn't know this before).

    Walter