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How to confirm segment without sending it to the TM?
Thread poster: Guillermo Mendez
Guillermo Mendez
Guillermo Mendez
Spain
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English to Spanish
Aug 6, 2019

Hi there,
I'm starting to use SDL Trados Studio (2019) after doing several courses, both from the manufacturer itself and from third parties, and there's a doubt that's always hanging over my head while I'm translating. We all know that pressing CTRL+INTRO confirms the translation and the segment is sent to memory. However, I don't quite understand why they should be simultaneous actions. What's the point of sending segments such as numbers or links to the translation memory, which apparen
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Hi there,
I'm starting to use SDL Trados Studio (2019) after doing several courses, both from the manufacturer itself and from third parties, and there's a doubt that's always hanging over my head while I'm translating. We all know that pressing CTRL+INTRO confirms the translation and the segment is sent to memory. However, I don't quite understand why they should be simultaneous actions. What's the point of sending segments such as numbers or links to the translation memory, which apparently won't give me anything? Is there any way to confirm a segment and not send it to the translation memory?
Thanks,
Guillermo.
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mikhailo
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re Aug 7, 2019

Guillermo Mendez wrote:

Hi there,
I'm starting to use SDL Trados Studio (2019) after doing several courses, both from the manufacturer itself and from third parties, and there's a doubt that's always hanging over my head while I'm translating. We all know that pressing CTRL+INTRO confirms the translation and the segment is sent to memory. However, I don't quite understand why they should be simultaneous actions. What's the point of sending segments such as numbers or links to the translation memory, which apparently won't give me anything? Is there any way to confirm a segment and not send it to the translation memory?
Thanks,
Guillermo.


Right mouse button - Change Segment status - Translated


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Erik Freitag
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Don't overthink Aug 7, 2019

Dear Guillermo,

While mikhailo's solution does the trick, I think you're overthinking this. What harm do those segments do in the TM, as long as they are correct?

Kind regards,
Erik


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Wolfgang Schoene
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Do overthink Aug 7, 2019

Erik Freitag wrote:

Dear Guillermo,

While mikhailo's solution does the trick, I think you're overthinking this. What harm do those segments do in the TM, as long as they are correct?

Kind regards,
Erik



Hi Erik,
what about, for example, sentences/paragraphs in another language than your current language combo? Or endless rows of figures?

Best
Wolfgang


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Erik Freitag
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What about them? Aug 7, 2019

Wolfgang Schoene wrote:

Erik Freitag wrote:

Dear Guillermo,

While mikhailo's solution does the trick, I think you're overthinking this. What harm do those segments do in the TM, as long as they are correct?

Kind regards,
Erik



Hi Erik,
what about, for example, sentences/paragraphs in another language than your current language combo? Or endless rows of figures?

Best
Wolfgang


Indeed, what about them? While you may want to store segment pairs with a different source language in another TM indeed, storing them in your main TM at least does not do any major harm, does it? Neither do figures. Yes, they will slightly increase the size of your TM, but this really shouldn't matter. And imagine you get a similar document again in the future, containing the same sentences in a third language: You'll be happy to have the translation presented from the TM.

As long as you do create a valid translation, it makes absolute sense to always commit it to the TM, imho.

In the very rare cases where you don't want that, mikhailo's suggestion is the way to go.


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Samuel Murray
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@Guillermo Aug 7, 2019

Guillermo Mendez wrote:
We all know that pressing CTRL+ENTER confirms the translation and the segment is sent to memory. ... Is there any way to confirm a segment and not send it to the translation memory?


You could change the keyboard shortcut for "move to next segment" to something more useful (File > Options > Keyboard Shortcuts > Editor), but although that would prevent the segment from being sent to the TM, it does not confirm the segment. Do you really need to confirm the segment immediately? You can also confirm segments afterwards, you know. Simply filter the segments (Review > All Segments > Unconfirmed), then select the segments by using Shift+click on the segment *numbers* (not the segments themselves), and do the right-click thing.


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Guillermo Mendez
Guillermo Mendez
Spain
Local time: 23:54
English to Spanish
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Thanks everyone Aug 7, 2019

Thanks to all the answers. You're all very kind for taking time to answer my question.
I've been trying different things, and filters do work really well in Trados, so it might work in this case.
I know Trados is designed to send everything to the translation memory; it just looks a little weird to me to keep numbers or other useless expressions in a memory. The alternative might not be worth in terms of balancing time/quality. I guess it's a matter of practice and what suits you bet
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Thanks to all the answers. You're all very kind for taking time to answer my question.
I've been trying different things, and filters do work really well in Trados, so it might work in this case.
I know Trados is designed to send everything to the translation memory; it just looks a little weird to me to keep numbers or other useless expressions in a memory. The alternative might not be worth in terms of balancing time/quality. I guess it's a matter of practice and what suits you better.
Thank you.
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Wolfgang Schoene
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Other CAT tools have shortcuts Aug 7, 2019

Samuel Murray wrote:

Guillermo Mendez wrote:
We all know that pressing CTRL+ENTER confirms the translation and the segment is sent to memory. ... Is there any way to confirm a segment and not send it to the translation memory?


You could change the keyboard shortcut for "move to next segment" to something more useful (File > Options > Keyboard Shortcuts > Editor), but although that would prevent the segment from being sent to the TM, it does not confirm the segment. Do you really need to confirm the segment immediately? You can also confirm segments afterwards, you know. Simply filter the segments (Review > All Segments > Unconfirmed), then select the segments by using Shift+click on the segment *numbers* (not the segments themselves), and do the right-click thing.


Why do MemoQ/Cafetran/DVX/WFP5 have a shortcut for not writing unwanted segments to the TM and Studio does not?


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Erik Freitag
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Down arrow Aug 7, 2019

You could say that simply pressing the down arrow will achieve this in SDL Studio: This will simply go to the next segment without committing the translation to the TM (albeit without confirming the segment).

I really don't know why other CAT tools offer a special shortcut for this. The question is: Is there really a need for confirming a segment and at the same time not writing it to the TM? I can't really see it, but if there is, mikhailo has provided a viable solution in Studio.


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Carlos Teran
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Commiting to a TM unwanted segments. Aug 7, 2019

This was a great thread for me too! As I was having the same doubts. When you quote book titles and references, you'll want to leave them in the original language. I was not sure to commit them to a TM or not, as well with numbers.
I guess it depends on one's preferences.
Thank you all very much!


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Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
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Change segment status Aug 8, 2019

I use a very handy free app called Segment Status Switcher. If, for example, I have segments in other languages, 99% matches, addresses, names, etc. that I don't want in my TM, I apply the Signed Off status, for which I defined a shortcut. If you apply simply the Translated status, if you later review your file, you will have to do this all over again.
I use this function every day.
HTH,
Sandra


 
Guillermo Mendez
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Segment Status Switcher Aug 8, 2019

Thank you very much, Sandra, for that. Looks pretty cool, I’ll check it out.

 
Stepan Konev
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AHK solution Aug 8, 2019

Erik Freitag wrote:
Is there really a need for confirming a segment and at the same time not writing it to the TM?

Definitely, there is. I always start my work with confirming and locking all untranslatable stuff like numbers, dates, serial / tag id numbers, regular expressions etc. I only need them confirmed but not written in TM.


Hi Guillermo,
In addition to other valuable hints here, and just in case you use the AutoHotKey appllication, you may want to create this script:
================
#IfWinActive, ahk_exe SDLTradosStudio.exe
F12::
SendInput, {Alt}hut
#IfWinActive
Return
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When this script is running, you can press F12 to confirm a segment without sending it to TM.


Guillermo Mendez
 
Erik Freitag
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If you want it, there's a need Aug 8, 2019

Stepan Konev wrote:

Erik Freitag wrote:
Is there really a need for confirming a segment and at the same time not writing it to the TM?

Definitely, there is. I always start my work with confirming and locking all untranslatable stuff like numbers, dates, serial / tag id numbers, regular expressions etc. I only need them confirmed but not written in TM.


I agree, if you want to do this, there's a need for this. Still, I don't quite get why you think these extra steps are worth your while. Is it for fear of getting to big a TM? What harm does it do if your TM contains a segment pair with a correct source and target that will be inserted automatically as a 100% match?

I'm genuinely interested. Maybe I should change my process as well.


 
Stepan Konev
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Garbage Aug 8, 2019

For example, you have segments like these:
Segment 1: 12 х 33mm
Segment 2: 11 х 341mm
Segment 3: 120 х 7890mm
...
Segment 2000: 20 х 78mm

Trados will never suggest a correct next translation, once having translated the first instance, into Russian because there must be a non-breakable space between the number and the unit of measurement in Russian. Therefore, the value of those segments [for TM/Concordance purposes] is zero. You will have to correct
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For example, you have segments like these:
Segment 1: 12 х 33mm
Segment 2: 11 х 341mm
Segment 3: 120 х 7890mm
...
Segment 2000: 20 х 78mm

Trados will never suggest a correct next translation, once having translated the first instance, into Russian because there must be a non-breakable space between the number and the unit of measurement in Russian. Therefore, the value of those segments [for TM/Concordance purposes] is zero. You will have to correct 2000 segments by hand. Replacing English 'mm' with Russian ' мм' will be more efficient in this case.
And, as far as the TM value is null, adding such segments means just wasting TM entries. Do you know, by the way, that GroupShare TMs are limited in number of TUs. That is adding useless entries means extra useless costs for SDL clients. But even if you are just a freelance translator, hardly you need clogging your TM with information you cannot re-use.

In addition to the above-mentioned units of measurement, there may be partially translated or even mixed slashed (source/target) segments that you need just copy and paste without storing (becasue of their useless nature again).

Another example: dates like 09-Aug-2019 (must be 09.08.2019 in Russian). When you work with project schedule translations you may have hundreds of such dates. Here again it would be much easier to replace -Mon- 12 times than confirm each next instance.

[Edited at 2019-08-08 23:01 GMT]
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