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How to manually add a new translation vs updating an existing one?
Thread poster: Claudia Alvis
Claudia Alvis
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Sep 25, 2023

Hello.

In Trados, if you want to add a new translation for an existing TU, you have a shortcut for that. I don't see anything similar in MemoQ.

Sometimes I want to update an existing TU, sometimes I need to add a new TU so I can have multiple versions. That is important in languages that use postfixes and context is not enough. Furthermore, there is a penalty applied to TUs with multiple translations, I can't find that option under TM settings.

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Hello.

In Trados, if you want to add a new translation for an existing TU, you have a shortcut for that. I don't see anything similar in MemoQ.

Sometimes I want to update an existing TU, sometimes I need to add a new TU so I can have multiple versions. That is important in languages that use postfixes and context is not enough. Furthermore, there is a penalty applied to TUs with multiple translations, I can't find that option under TM settings.

I already have a TM that allows multiple translations but I want to be able to do it manually.

Thanks

[Edited at 2023-09-25 19:37 GMT] ▲ Collapse
 
Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
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By editing the TM? Sep 26, 2023

If your TM already allows multiple translations for the source segment, it should take in the new segment and keep it as it has a different context. In any case, and although this might sound a bit complicated: edit your TM and, while you see the grid of segments, use the New (Ctrl+N) command to add a new pair.
 
Claudia Alvis
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. Sep 27, 2023

Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT wrote:

If your TM already allows multiple translations for the source segment, it should take in the new segment and keep it as it has a different context. In any case, and although this might sound a bit complicated: edit your TM and, while you see the grid of segments, use the New (Ctrl+N) command to add a new pair.


Thank you Tomás. That is indeed a way.
 


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