Off topic: Fuzzy Matches SDL now letter-based :(
Автор на темата: Tjasa Kuerpick
Tjasa Kuerpick
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Apr 15

During my translation I came to the segment consisting of one single word "Zähler" (counter). Since the word "Zählen" (counting) is present in the TM, SDL reports a 90% match for this segment. I think this kind of letter-based fuzzy calculation is definitely going too far. Based on this I logically conclude that a list item like "a" is then 100%, when I have a segment with "b" only. The same could be said if I have the German word "an", whereas in my d... See more
During my translation I came to the segment consisting of one single word "Zähler" (counter). Since the word "Zählen" (counting) is present in the TM, SDL reports a 90% match for this segment. I think this kind of letter-based fuzzy calculation is definitely going too far. Based on this I logically conclude that a list item like "a" is then 100%, when I have a segment with "b" only. The same could be said if I have the German word "an", whereas in my document I have "ab", or what?!Collapse


 


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Fuzzy Matches SDL now letter-based :(







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