Extracting frequents

In the Extracting frequents process, repetitive source segments are extracted from the files for translation. Extracting frequents helps reduce the total number of segments to be translated.

To extract frequents:

1. Open Wordfast Pro and click .
   The PM perspective appears

2. Click Extract Frequents.
   The Extract Frequents window appears.
   
   
    

3. Select files from the available list or click , to browse and add files.

4. Select the folder with the files and click OK.
   The following confirmation message appears.
   
   
   
   Note: Ensure that the TXML files and the original source files are at the same location.
    

5. Click Yes if you want to add files recursively. This ensures that all files within a folder, including the files in the sub folders are added.
   The file names appear.
   
   
    

6. Select the files from which you want to extract frequents.
   Note: Ensure all files selected or added are TXML files.

7. Select Make a new file after segments. Enter maximum number of segments per file. Click and select a location for saving the extracted segment and enter a filename prefix that is easily identifiable.
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8. Select Make new file after end of TXML. Enter minimum number of repetitions for a segment that you want to extract.
   Note: The number signifies the minimum number of times a segment must be repeated in the set of files to be extracted. For example, if this value is 1, Wordfast Pro will extract one unique occurrence of all segments that appear once or more.

9. Click Extract.
   The repetitive segments are extracted and saved at the location provided.
   Note: The TXML files with extracted frequent segments are sent to the translator for translation. After translated files are received from the translators, they are cleaned up and saved into the TM. The TM is then applied to the original TXML files, to complete the translation process.