About Translation Memory Metadata

You can use metadata to filter your TM to show segments that have specific metadata. This can help you find certain segments, and is especially useful if you have a very large TM.

1. Do one of the following, depending on the part of the user interface you are using:

   • Ribbon Select the Resources ribbon. In the Translation Memory section select Edit TM and choose the database.

     Switching between ribbons and the tool strip… You can use the Options dialog to switch between ribbons and the classic tool strip layout. See Switching Between Ribbons and the Tool Strip. 

     More about ribbon options… Keep in mind that the smaller the application window becomes, the more the options in a ribbon shrink. Therefore, you might only see a small icon instead of text, or you might see only a section name displayed with a down arrow to access the options in it. You can hover over small icons to see tooltips that describe them. You can also enlarge the application window or click one of the section drop-downs in the ribbon to locate a hidden feature.

   • Menu Select Resources>Edit TM and choose the database.

   • Translate Toolbar Click and choose the database.

     To open the Translate toolbar from the menu view, you can select View>Toolbars>Translate.

   • Translation Editor In the TM Suggestions area at the bottom of the editor, right-click on the segment and from the context menu select Edit Text.

   The Translation Memory Editor opens.

2. In the local toolbar of the editor, click .

   The Metadata Filter dialog opens.

3. In the dialog, select the metadata you want to use to filter the TM. You can filter by creator, project, client, domain, document, last modifier, date created, and date modified. You can also sort the results.

   

   Example

   Example

   Let's say you want to filter your TM to show all the TM segments by a certain translator that are also part of a specific project. Your TM looks like this before it is filtered:

   

   But after you filter it using creator and project metadata filters, it looks like this:

   

4. Click OK.

5. To reset your filters and see the entire TM, in the local toolbar, click .