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Finding Translations in a Trados Translation
Memory |
To find a translation
for a ,
use the Find Translation(s) command
from the Dictionaries menu, or
press the corresponding button in the Dictionaries
toolbar. A
find operation is performed for the item currently selected and displayed
in the Translation
Edit bar's Source
field (all or a selected part of the text shown in the field).
NOTE: The
text in the Source field can
be edited to search for translations for any text at all, not just the
current .
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Example:
The source text "Recent File"
in the Translation
Edit bar's Source Text
field, not selected. The
find and find-get operations will be per-formed for the entire
("Recent File"). |
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Example:
The Source
Text field in the Translation
Edit bar where only one word ("File") of the
("Recent File") is selected. The
find and find-get operations will be performed for the selected text ("File")
only. |
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Find and Get Commands |
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F4
OR
Alt+Shift+Pos1 |
Searches the translation memory for a
translation for the text shown or selected in the Translation
Edit bar's Source field.
Found items will be listed in the Dictionary
Found Results list (Translation
Edit bar). If
the Target field is empty,
the best matching translation will automatically be inserted there (but
not saved). |
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Return/Enter
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Pressing the Return (Enter) key while the
Source field has the focus activates
the search for a translation in the translation memory and copies the
found translation to the Target
edit field. Found
items will be listed in the Dictionary
Found Results list (Translation
Edit bar). If
the Target field is empty, the
best matching translation will automatically be inserted there (but not
saved). |
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After performing a find operation (see
above), copies the trans-lation unit currently selected in the Dictionary Found Results list to
the Target edit field and saves
it. (NOTE:
This function will not overwrite
an existing translation.)
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Shift+4
OR
Alt+Pos1 |
Searches in the translation memory for
a translation for the text shown or selected in the Translation
Edit bar's Source field.
Found items will be listed in the Dictionary Found Results list (Translation Edit bar). The
best matching translation is inserted into the Target
edit field and saved. (NOTE:
This function will not overwrite
an existing translation.) |
The results of a find
or find-get operation will be listed in the Translation Edit bar's Dictionary
Found Results list (see figure below). Insert
a selected translation into the Target
field by clicking on the Get Translation
button next to the entry in the list (see figure below and/or "Get Translation," above). |
