Translation menu

MemoQ translation menu Translation menu

This menu is visible only if the active tab is the translation grid for a document or a view.

· Spelling: Displays the Spelling dialog to check spelling. Default shortcut key: F7.
· AutoCorrect…: Displays the AutoCorrect settings dialog that enables you to add new items to the current AutoCorrect list, and manipulate AutoCorrect lists used in the active project. Default shortcut key: Ctrl+Shift+O.
· Auto-Propagation…: Displays the Auto-propagation dialog, where you can enable or disable auto-propagation or adjust its settings.
· Insert Current Hit MemoQ icon insert current hit Translation menu: Inserts the hit highlighted in the Translation results pane into the target segment at the current cursor position. Default shortcut key: Ctrl+Space.
· Insert assembled hit: Inserts the translation result assembled from fragments. This command is available only if there is any hit in the Translation results pane that was assembled from fragments. Default shortcut key: F4.
· Change current hit…: Displays a submenu with commands to manipulate the selected hit in the Translation results pane:
o View/Edit: Opens the editing dialog for the translation memory or term base entry selected in the hit list. Default shortcut key: Ctrl+Alt+Enter.
o Delete Source Alternative: Deletes the source term or the entire translation memory entry.
o Delete Target Alternative: Deletes the target term or target segment from the entry shown by the currently selected hit.
o Add Selection as Alternative: Adds the selected target text as another alternative term or translation to the entry shown by the currently selected hit.
· Automatic Lookup and Insertion: Controls whether or not memoQ automatically scans for results in the translation memories and/or automatically insert the best full,fragment-assembled or machine-translated result into each empty, pre-translated, or fragment-assembled segment your cursor jumps into after you confirm a preceding segment. Displays Automatic Lookup and Insertion dialog.
· Scan Segment MemoQ icon scan segment Translation menu: If automatic lookups are not enabled, you need to manually scan segments for hits in translation memories, term bases, and other resources. Use this command to scan for hits that will be displayed in the Translation results pane. Default shortcut key: F3.
· Confirm MemoQ icon confirmed Translation menu: Stores the source segment and the target segment in the primary translation memory used in the active project, and sets the confirmation status to Confirmed. As this is the most usual operation, it is advised to always use the shortcut key instead. You cannot use this command if your project uses no translation memory. Default shortcut key: Ctrl+Enter.
· Confirm and overwrite: Confirm a segment and overwrite the existing translation in the primary translation memory. Useful when the primary translation memory can store multiple translations  for a source segment. Shortcut key: Alt+Enter.
· Confirm Without Update: Set the status of the current segment to Confirmed, without storing the source segment and the target segment in the primary translation memory.  The only way to confirm a segment if you do not use a translation memory. Default shortcut key: Ctrl+Shift+Enter.
· Insert Next Auto-Translation: Insert the next available auto-translation from the Translation results pane into the target cell, at the current cursor position.
· Add Comment… MemoQ icon comment yes Translation menu: Displays a pop-up window where you can add a comment to the current segment, or edit the existing comment. Double-clicking the MemoQ icon comment no Translation menu or the MemoQ icon comment yes Translation menu symbol next to the segment has the same effect. Default shortcut key: Ctrl+M. To delete a comment, simply remove all contents of the comment, and click OK.
· Edit Warnings…: Displays a pop-up window where you can see the list of warnings for the current segment. You can also make them ignored. Default shortcut key: Ctrl+W.

Translation menu