Solution

Set Active TM for Power Translate in Catalyst

Open your TTK in Catalyst and proceed to set the file that you will be using as Active TM for Power Translating.
Go to Tools menu > Options > Power Translate window as seen below. Here you can choose to set a text to glossary, TTK, TMX or Trados TM as the Active TM.

1- Specify the file to be used as the Active TM
2- Specify the fuzzy match threshold
3- Specify the maximum number of fuzzy matches to returned

In this window you should also specify the threshold for the fuzzy leverage matches that you wish to receive from your translation memory. If you only wish to receive exact matches for translation then you should set this to 100%. Select OK when you have set the options as required.

For Trados, the settings here should always match the settings in your Trados TMW. For example if you wish to set your minimum fuzzy percentage match value to 70% and the maximum number of hits to 5 the in Catalyst you would have the same settings as in the screenshot above.

These same settings are set in Trados in the Options menu > Translation Memory Options… see screenshot below.

This is a short FAQ video showing how to set an active TM for PowerTranslate in Alchemy Catalyst 8.

Check out the Alchemy Software Support YouTube.com Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AlchemySoftware

 

Power Translating with the Active TM

In Alchemy Catalyst if you get a 100% match for a string when using Power Translate the translation will be automatically applied to the string and the string will be given a leverage status. This leveraged status can be seen in the workspace pane beside the translated string

If you get a less than 100% match for a string when leveraging in Alchemy Catalyst the interactive fuzzy match window will pop up; this can be seen in the screenshot below. In this window you will be given a list of translations (2) up to the maximum number of specified matches which are over the fuzzy match threshold. In this window you will be shown the target strings fuzzy match options and their percentage match.

In this window the translator can choose to translate the string (1) with the translation of their choice and press the Accept button.

The translator also has the option to always translate with the highest match (3). This dialog will no longer be shown and the highest percentage match translation will be applied to each string.

When a string in the file is fuzzy leveraged it will be given a fuzzy leverage status rather than a leveraged status as long as the 'Mark Fuzzy' option is selected. This fuzzy leveraged status can be seen in the workspace pane in Alchemy Catalyst beside the translated string   

 

Products or Versions Affected

  • Alchemy CATALYST 8.0 and greater