Translation Memory Settings

Through the API you can also fine-tune the translation memory settings for the entire project or for each language pair. Example: The default minimum match value for TM searches is 70%. This means that by default Trados Studio only offers fuzzy matches if they have a score of 70% or above. Depending on the project (or target language) requirements, however, you may use a lower or a higher minimum fuzzy value.

Implement a function called ConfigureTmSettings, which takes a FileBasedProject object as parameter. Within this function apply the GetSettings method to the project to create a settings bundle object (ISettingsBundle) for the project. In the next step create an object derived from TranslationMemorySettings through which you can configure the various TM settings as shown in the code example below:

ISettingsBundle settings = project.GetSettings();
TranslationMemorySettings tmSettings = settings.GetSettingsGroup<TranslationMemorySettings>();

After that, you can apply the various properties available for fine-tuning the TM settings. The following chapters provide examples of the TM settings that can be configured for a project. As mentioned above, you can also create translation memory settings specifically for a particular language direction. In that case you need to provide a Language object as parameter when creating the target language-specific settings bundle as shown in the example below:

ISettingsBundle deSettings = project.GetSettings(new Language(CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("de-DE")));

After applying the various TM settings you need to make sure to update the project settings by applying the UpdateSettings method to the project as shown below:

project.UpdateSettings(settings);

Note that there is a large number of TM settings available. Some of these settings (e.g. filters) cannot be handled by the Project Automation API alone, but require the Translation Memory API.

Translation Memory Settings

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