Translation memory (TM) acts as a database to provide maximum re-use of previously translated content. It also serves to facilitate collaboration between globally distributed localization resources.
Projects connected to a translation memory (TM) leverage content matches against an existing TM. TM matches generally fall into three categories: 100% match, fuzzy repetitions, or no match. Your organization may choose to alter or add more fuzzy repetition categories. The typical fuzzy repetition values are for 95% to 75% matches. The segment highlight identifies the type of TM match.
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Category
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Green
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Indicates a 100% match.
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Green, Dark
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Indicates a context match. A context match for a segment must meet one of the following criteria:
The segment has a correct checksum or attribute match.
The previous and next segments also have a 100% match.
The 100% matched segment is a single paragraph.
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Grey
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Indicates there is no TM match.
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Pink
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Indicates a modified segment.
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Pink, Light
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Indicates the segment was a machine translation (MT) instead of a human translation.
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Purple
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Indicates an update to the TM for a modified segment.
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Purple, Light
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Indicates the update to the TM of a translated and committed segment automatically updates other repetitive segments within the translation.
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Yellow
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Indicates a fuzzy match.
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