Editing the Translation Memory Database

1. In the local toolbar, click . A new row is added to the bottom of the editor.
2. Click on the row to select it.
3. In the text fields at the bottom of the editor, enter the text for the source language on the left, and enter the text for the target language on the right.
4. Press Enter on your keyboard.
5. Click to save your work.

1. Select the row that you want to edit.
2. In the cells on the left, edit the text for the source language. In the cells on the right, edit the text for the target language.
3. Press Enter on your keyboard.
4. Click to save your work.

1. Do one of the following:
   • Select the row and click .
   • Select the row and press Delete on your keyboard.
   • Right-click the row and select Delete from the context menu.

   A line appears through the middle of the text.

2. Click to save your work.

Note: You can also delete TM segments from the Suggestions area at the bottom of the Translation Editor. Simply right-click on the segment to be deleted from TM and select Delete from the context menu. See Translation Editor.

• In the Search field enter a term and press Enter.

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

   The Metadata Filter dialog opens.

2. 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.

   

3. Click OK.

4. To reset your filters and see the entire TM, in the local toolbar, click . For more information, see About Translation Memory Metadata.

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

2. From the drop-down, select one of the following options:

   • TM—Find and Replace Use metadata to find and replace words within the TM
   • TM—Delete Use metadata to search for segments you want to delete from the TM
   • TM—Cleanup Use metadata to remove duplicate segments in the TM
3. In the dialog that opens, select the metadata you want to use to filter the TM to complete the clean up. For more information, see Creating a Translation Memory Database.

1. In the local toolbar click in the Language drop-down field.
2. Select any of the available options to display the segments for certain languages.

1. In the local toolbar, click . The Import TMX File dialog opens.
2. Click .
3. In the dialog that opens, navigate to the TMX file that you want to import, and double-click it.

4. (Optional) By default, the current database is shown in the Translation Memory field. If you are working with other databases and want to use a different one instead, select it from this field.

   You might use this field, for example, if you forgot to change to the database you want before starting the import process.

5. Click Start Import.

   A message lets you know the results of the import. For more information see Importing TMX Files.