9.1 - Opening and Browsing TMs

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From time to time it is advisable to do a little bit of maintenance work to the content of your TMs. For instance, it is recommended to find and replace terms and expressions contained in the TM that have become outdated or need to be adapted to comply with new standards. Study the text below and follow instructions where applicable.

 

Opening the TM

To open an existing TM in SDL Trados Studio 2009, the Translation Memories View button at the bottom of the Navigation pane has to be clicked. Then the relevant TM in the left pane must be double-clicked to open in the side-by-side view (not unlike the one in the translation editor).

Once the TM is opened, you can scroll down in the list to view the first 50 translation units (TUs). Now, suppose you would like to decrease the number of TUs that are shown (from 50 to 10 TUs). To do this:

1. Select the menu command Tools -> Options. On the left-hand side of the Options dialog box select Translation Memories View.

2. Then select the value 10 from the Number of translation units per page dropdown list.

3. Confirm with OK. From now on only 10 TUs are displayed on one page.

Each TU has a unique id, which is shown on the left-hand side of the source segment. The ids are not necessarily consecutive numbers. If TUs have been deleted, the remaining TUs do not get re-numbered. This is why sometimes numbers appear to be missing.

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Reflection #1: Are all translation units numbered consecutively? Why so/not?

 

Browsing the TM

Normally you can browse through the TM in increments of 50 (or other number set by the procedure outline above) TUs. To browse to the next set of TUs click the Go to Next Page toolbar button.

That way, different TUs are shown in the side-by-side view. You may press the Go to Next Page until a message box appears telling you that no more translation units have been found.

To go back to the beginning of the TM the Go to First Page button has to be used.

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Reflection #2: Why do you think it might sometimes be necessary to delete certain TUs?

 


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