Virginia Seggiaro 

Great explanation… but can you explain the last part again? I don’t follow because the screenshot doesn’t show what you have explained and I don’t recognise the behaviour you’ve written.

Hi Paul 

Thank you for getting back to me on this.

To sum up, I want to create an EN-DE Termbase where the Notes about the some source terms are displayed as reference information in Trados for translators, but the problem is that the Notes don’t appear in the term recognition window, and the target section is automatically populated with the English term when the German column is empty.

My last screenshots show how the term "LoadingDocks1" is blue-underlined, implying that it's from the Termbase and that the target term is filled in by AT. I don’t want the target section to be automatically populated by AT, and I’d like to understand why the term is not recognized, as the term recognition window says, “No results available.”

What’s weird to me is that if I look for the term under the "Termbase search" option, I can clearly see it and open it to read the Notes section.




Could you guide me on how to properly create and configure Termbases from Excel files so that the "Notes" column appears as reference information, the target section isn't automatically populated with the source term, and the glossaries are set up correctly for use during translation?

Thank you,

Virginia

Virginia Seggiaro 

What you are showing, are results of automated translation due to the recognition of alphanumerics, which in your case LoadingDocks1 exactly is. So there is nothing wrong with your program, as recognition of alphanumerics is a standard feature of Trados Studio. However, you can deactivate it in the settings of your TM attached to this project.

Hi Jerzy Czopik 

Thank you! 

How can I make sure the TB is correctly set? As I don't see the term in the recognition window.

Virginia Seggiaro 

You must activate this setting in your project:

Hi Jerzy Czopik ,

Thank you so much for your prompt response! I really appreciate your help.

I’ll follow your suggestion.

Just to clarify, to prevent the target section from being automatically filled by AT, I should either disable AT or deselect the alphanumeric recognition, correct? Where can I find the option to deselect the alphanumeric recognition?

Virginia Seggiaro 

In your project settings click the name of the TM used. Then click Settings:

After doing so the TM should request reorganization. If no, go to TM View, open the TM there, click Settings and go to Performane and Tuning and perfom all tasks listed there. Then go to Fragment Alignment and perform the task there. Restart Studio. You should be done now.

This said, I think the solution provided by Stepan Konev is better. To be found here: File -> Options -> Editor -> Automation:

However, please bear in mind, that this is a global setting and will be used in all your projects.

Hi Jerzy Czopik 

Thank you for your detailed explanation.

I have one final question: what are the disatvantages of deactivating AT?

Virginia Seggiaro

Depends on what you want to achieve. In my opinion there is no or next to no disadvantage of deactivating automated translation. AT is IMO only good for segments similar to yours with alphanumeric or for only number segments. However, I can filter for only number or alphanumeric segments using a simple regex ^[\d\W]*$ When filtered, I select all segments and copy them to target. After that segments are confirmed and locked. In my case this is mostly enough, as I can use the same format for source and target. And automated translation of numbers or dates is prone to error, when the numbers are not properly written or have a format which can be treated as a date, but shouldn't be treated so. I rely more on auto propagation of complete segments, but do not use this neither for only number segments or only alphanumeric segments due to the error possibility there. So for me automated translation does not work or is not desirable.

Virginia Seggiaro

Depends on what you want to achieve. In my opinion there is no or next to no disadvantage of deactivating automated translation. AT is IMO only good for segments similar to yours with alphanumeric or for only number segments. However, I can filter for only number or alphanumeric segments using a simple regex ^[\d\W]*$ When filtered, I select all segments and copy them to target. After that segments are confirmed and locked. In my case this is mostly enough, as I can use the same format for source and target. And automated translation of numbers or dates is prone to error, when the numbers are not properly written or have a format which can be treated as a date, but shouldn't be treated so. I rely more on auto propagation of complete segments, but do not use this neither for only number segments or only alphanumeric segments due to the error possibility there. So for me automated translation does not work or is not desirable.

Thank youu!! ️

Hi Jerzy Czopik 

I have one more question. After creating the project, why can't I see the term recognition window properly? I created the glossary with the following information: "English," "German," and "Notes," but I can't see the term details.

Please find a screenshot below:



However, if I click on "View term details (Termbase Viewer)," I can see the information associated with this term correctly.

Please find a screenshot below:

 
How can I make sure to see what I see in the Termbase Viewer in the term recognition window?

Thank you,

Virginia Seggiaro 

This is due to the hitlist settings. Click this:

then adapt the settings to see fields in the TR window.

However, the information there will be truncated due to lack of space.