Search for terms where Source and Target are in English

Hello

Had one of my translators ask how he might be able to search his translation memory and termbase to find where the source and resulting target are both in English instead of the usual English to Language.

I think part of my issue in searching in Multiterm is that each language has their own database of thirteen languages instead of one.

We are utilize Multiterm 2024 SR1 18.1.2.3594

I did try creating a filter under Adminstrator>Restrictions>Italian Expert>Filters.  My AI search told me to use in filter term to apply under Advance was"exists" but does not happen to be a condition to use.  Did find where could utilize "contains" and value was using the spacebar. Did not seem to work. (on side note did just try and go into one I created but for some reason it says I have to be logged in as a user.  I am the administrator)

Within Trados (2024 SR1 18.1.3.6657) tried the Translation Memory to create a filter and nothing.

Looking for suggestions on how to search for English to English terms.

David



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[edited by: David McDermit at 7:05 PM (GMT 1) on 3 Apr 2026]
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    Ok, I'm still not sure if I get it, but if your translator wants to search for segments where source text = target text, he could export the TM to a tmx file, then use Notepad++ to search for these translations units using the following Regex:

    <tuv.*?>\r\s*?<seg>(.*?)</seg>\r\s*?</tuv>\r\s*?<tuv.*?>\r\s*?<seg>\1</seg>\r\s*?</tuv>

    Screenshot of the Notepad++ Find dialog box with a regex pattern entered in the 'Find what' field. Options like 'Match case', 'Wrap around', and 'Regular expression' are selected.

    However, this only works if the whole segment is untranslated. If he wants to look for segments where the target contains single WORDS from the source text (but the rest is translated), this will not work.

    A similar solution via export and Notepad++ should be possible for MultiTerm ...

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