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In the quick access bar, the icon actions features a dropdown list of of automated options that will allow you to apply changes to your working segments. This actions can be run in batch mode, affecting several segments or running several actions at a time.

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Working segments relate to different scenarios. They can refer to:

-The active segment: segment you are currently editing.

-The result of a filter: segments currently displayed. To know the scope of your filter, check the number of elements that are affected by your search query on the bottom right corner of the Editor.

-Your full document: if no filters are applied, then the action triggered will affect all the segments of your document.

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By accessing the Actions tab users gain access to Batch Actions as well as Language and Segment Actions in the Translation Editor. All actions will only have an impact on currently filtered segments. If no filter is enabled the action will be applied to all segments.

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Batch Actions

By opening the Batch Actions window users can configure several Language and Segment Actions that are to be run simultaneously on all filtered segments.

  1. Select the languages you’d like to run. The actions are sorted by segment and language level.

  2. Select the values and language for your changes.

  3. Optionally, you can get a preview of your changes by clicking on the eye symbol on top.

  4. If you hit “Apply” your actions will be run.

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List of Language Actions

Name

Description

Copy source to Target

Copies source text to the target cell

Lock/Unlock

Lock or Unlock segment(s)segments

Change Bookmark

Set or change bookmarks in segment(s)for segments

Change Status

Set or change status in segment(s)the status of segments

Find and Replace

Find and replace in segment(s)segments.

Query typetypes: plain text, wildcards or regular expressions.

Set Label

Assign labels to the segment(s). Options are:

  • Usefulness (quality): high, medium, low and do not use.

  • Validated: green or gray.

  • Category (domain): games, technical, legal.

Set Context

Enter specific context for the segment(s)

Set Text Length Constraint

Set or clear length constraints for segment(s)

Pseudo Translate

Apply advanced pseudo-translation algorithms. Options are:

  • Copy source to target

  • Copy source and make all lowercase

  • Copy source and make all uppercase

  • Replace text by stars (*)

  • Reshuffle source text, same length

  • Reshuffle source text, 50% shorter

  • Reshuffle source text, 50% longer

Translate from Memory

Translate text from specific an attached Translation Memory (attached to the project)

Clear all segment information

This action will delete all texts and related information attached to the language selected (translation, comments...) irreversibly.

Clear all QA information

This action removes all QA information from the segment.

Set custom QA message

Type a message to be display by certain errors

Custom Fields

Trigger actions in custom fields

Batch Actions

Apply one or more of the previous actions to your segment(s)that is displayed in the grid as a QA error

Quick QA Check

Opens the Quick QA Window

Language Specific Label

Assign custom labels to language cells

Language Specific Custom Fields

Assign custom field values on language level

Sentiment Analysis

Run a Sentiment Analysis on a selected language

Find repetitions

This action lets you find multiple occurrences of identical source texts and translations.

Use cases are: Find source text repetitions. Find redundant segments that have both identical source text and translation. Find identical source texts that have very similar translations.

Inconsistent translations

This action identifies identical source texts that have been translated in different ways. It can, for example, find inconsistently translated source strings in a project or job.

List of Segment Actions

Name

Description

Set Text Length Constraint

Set or clear length constraints for segments

Set Context

Enter specific context on segment level

Set Label

Assign your custom labels to segments

Segment Custom Fields

Assign custom field values on segment level

Once you select and configure the action(s) you want to perform, the system will ask you to confirm the changes and also give you the possibility to configure some advanced options to track the changes you will apply.  

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The batch action menu is also accessible via a dedicated panel that allows you to select and apply batch actions but also save recurring actions as favourite and preview changes.

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To access the batch action panel, click on the first option in the Actions dropdown menu.

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You can choose between status and bookmark changes.

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