Forum: MemoQ support
Topic: Pre-translation does not overwrite existing unconfirmed segments MemoQ 8.6
Poster: Laura Bergamini
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Anyway, you could create a temporary TM, filter the view so you only see the unconfirmed MT segments, and then confirm and update the MT segments to that. You may need to set the TM status to Working TM. Then the MT is saved. Then, while you are still in the filtered view, clear the translations.
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If I filter just on 0% matches (MT) and I start editing those, I will run into my high fuzzy matches, which at that point I can apply manually one by one. I'm trying to avoid a manual insertion of individual segments overwriting existing MT. I have about 40,000 words of these...
I found an explanation of the Overwrite behavior in MemoQ 2015 help:
[url removed]
Overwrite behavior
If some target segments already have text, pre-translation overwrites them in some cases, and leaves them as they are in other cases:
•Empty (Not started) segments are always filled in if there is a match.
•Previously pre-translated segments are overwritten if memoQ has a better match than the one that was used earlier.
•Edited or confirmed segments are not overwritten. If you need to overwrite these segments, you need to clear them first using the Clear translations button on the Preparation ribbon tab. Then set their status to Empty/Not started and run the pre-translation.
Bullet 2 is what I am looking for. BUT this is not available (or I can't find it, or it doesn't work) in MemoQ 8.6.
What do they mean by "pre-translation overwrites them in some cases"
I may resort to exporting my project to Trados, do it there and import it back.
Thank you,
Laura
Topic: Pre-translation does not overwrite existing unconfirmed segments MemoQ 8.6
Poster: Laura Bergamini
[quote]
Anyway, you could create a temporary TM, filter the view so you only see the unconfirmed MT segments, and then confirm and update the MT segments to that. You may need to set the TM status to Working TM. Then the MT is saved. Then, while you are still in the filtered view, clear the translations.
[/quote]
If I filter just on 0% matches (MT) and I start editing those, I will run into my high fuzzy matches, which at that point I can apply manually one by one. I'm trying to avoid a manual insertion of individual segments overwriting existing MT. I have about 40,000 words of these...
I found an explanation of the Overwrite behavior in MemoQ 2015 help:
[url removed]
Overwrite behavior
If some target segments already have text, pre-translation overwrites them in some cases, and leaves them as they are in other cases:
•Empty (Not started) segments are always filled in if there is a match.
•Previously pre-translated segments are overwritten if memoQ has a better match than the one that was used earlier.
•Edited or confirmed segments are not overwritten. If you need to overwrite these segments, you need to clear them first using the Clear translations button on the Preparation ribbon tab. Then set their status to Empty/Not started and run the pre-translation.
Bullet 2 is what I am looking for. BUT this is not available (or I can't find it, or it doesn't work) in MemoQ 8.6.
What do they mean by "pre-translation overwrites them in some cases"
I may resort to exporting my project to Trados, do it there and import it back.
Thank you,
Laura