Translating Segments with MT

You can use Machine Translation (MT) to translate individual segments or to translate all unconfirmed segments of a project as one operation.

Note
Note
Machine Translation Engines configuration must be completed before requesting MT translations.

Translate a Single Segment with MT

  1. Open a project for translation.
  2. Select the segment to translate.
  3. Select Tasks → Get Machine Translations ([Ctrl+L] on Windows/Linux, [Cmd+L] on macOS) from the main menu or click the Get Machine Translation Button button from the Machine Translation panel.
A translation request is sent to all enabled Machine Translation engines. Results are displayed in the Machine Translation panel.

Translate All Segments with MT

  1. Open a project for translation.
  2. Select Tasks → Apply Machine Translations to All Segments from the main menu.
A translation request for each unconfirmed segment is sent to all enabled Machine Translation engines. Results are displayed in the Machine Translation panel.

Managing Machine Translation Results

  • When more than one result is available in the Machine Translation panel, tab labels indicate translation origin.
    Machine Translation Panel
    Click on the tab label to view the corresponding result or use the following commands to view them using the keyboard:
    Menu Options Windows/Linux Shortcuts macOS Shortcuts
    View → Next Machine Translation Match [Alt+Right Arrow] [Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow]
    View → Previous Machine Translation Match [Alt+Left Arrow] [Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow]
  • To copy a Machine Translation match to the target of the selected segment, select Tasks → Accept Machine Translation in main menu ([Alt+Ctrl+L] on Windows/Linux, [Alt+Cmd+L] on macOS) or click the Accept Machine Translation button in the Machine Translation panel.
  • To insert a Machine Translation match in the target of all unconfirmed segments, select Tasks → Accept All Machine Translations from main menu.
    Note
    Note
    When there are multiple Machine Translations in a segment, the first one available is copied to target.
  • Select Tasks → Remove All Machine Translations in main menu if you wish to remove existing MT matches from all segments of the selected project.