Consolidate Translation Units

Follow these steps to consolidate units in a TMX file with three or more languages.

About this task

In files with three or more languages, it is possible that translations of a given source text into different languages appear in different translation units, as illustrated by the following image.
Needs Consolidation Example
Consolidating units puts all related translations in the same unit. The following image shows the consolidated version of the one above.
Consolidated Units Example

Procedure

  1. Open the TMX file that you want to consolidate.
  2. In main menu, select Tasks → Consolidate Units....
    The following dialog appears:
    Consolidate Units Dialog
  3. Use the Source Language drop-down to select the language to be considered source language for merging units (it may differ from the source language set at file level).
  4. Click the Consolidate Units button.

Results

A progress indicator is displayed while units are consolidated. The editing window is refreshed to reflect the changes.

‣ Parent topic: Maintenance Tasks