The CAT editor enables you to translate faster with better quality. It features a set of CAT functionalities such as Translation Memory, Glossary, Machine/AI translation, etc., and has a streamlined UI that can help you to increase the translation speed and improve quality. 

After assigning a workflow to the Grid, you can open the CAT editor and start translating. Click in the top toolbar to open the CAT editor. 

The most basic way is to enter a translation to the cell in the target language, and you can use our CAT tools to assist you in translation: 

Insert Translation Memory (TM) terms

If you do not want to pre-translate, you can insert TM terms manually, or search for terms using the Concordance search

1. Select a cell, open the Suggestion tab.
2. Where there is an associated TM term, it will be shown in this tab. Click on the TM term to insert into the selected cell.

Concordance search

Concordance search allows you to search for TM matches containing the word or phrase. This helps you gain insights into how words are used within specific contexts.

1. Open Concordance search, enter the search terms in the search bar.
2. Select to search in the Source language or Target language, then click Search.
3. (Optional) Select a target cell and click on the search results to apply the text.

Insert glossary terms

A glossary consists of terms. When a term in the source language is detected, it will automatically be highlighted and shown in the suggestion pop-up. 

1. Open a target cell
2. From the Suggestion tab, you'll see the list of glossary and MT terms. 
3. Click on the Glossary terms to insert into the text. 

Translate with AI/Machine translation

Use Machine translation from Google, Amazon, or AI translation powered by OpenAI to translate your content faster.

Machine translation

1. Open a cell, then open the Suggestion tab.
2. Select a machine translation engine, then click Translate. 
3. To apply the translation to the cell, click on the translation result. 

AI translation

On the right-sidebar, click to open Gridly AI. 

Translate with AI

1. (Optional) Add context for more accurate translations.
2. Click Translate with AI.
3. Click on the translated text to insert it into your selected cell.
4. To customize translation with AI suggestions, click on the suggestions: Rephrase, Shorten, Suggest variants, Correction, Sentiment Analysis. For further information, click here: Gridly AI.

Custom prompt

For a complex request, you can use Custom prompts to customize your translation. This is only applicable if the selected cell already contains text. 

1. Switch to Custom Prompt in the Gridly AI tab.
2. Enter your prompt, then click GO!
3. Click on the translated results to insert to your selected cell. 

Repetitions 

Enable Repetitions to reuse previous translations for repeated segments. 

1. Click on the header to enable repetitions. 
2. Once the segment is verified, the translation will be automatically applied to all segments with the same source text. 
3. Click next to a segment to deactivate automatic propagation for this section. 

Insert tags

Tags are non-translatable text which can be used to represent variables, special formatting, formal names, code, etc. Tags are used to maintain the formatting or internal code (like index entries or cross-references) of the original document, so translators won’t translate them by mistake.

Learn more about Tags here

1. Click in the upper toolbar of the Grid.
2. Click the toggle to Enable Tag detection.
3. Choose how you want to detect Tags by selecting the appropriate option. See in Tag detection options.

Spell check translations 

Use the built-in spellcheck to detect and correct spelling mistakes in more than 30 languages. 

Spellcheck is enabled in the CAT editor by default. You can click in the upper toolbar to turn off/on.

To use spellcheck:

• Open a cell, enter your translation.
• If a spelling or grammar error is found, it will be underlined. 
• Click on the suggested words to accept the suggestion and replace your current text.

For more details, refer to this article: Spelling and grammar check.

Pre-translation

You can pre-translate the Grid using the available materials and resources such as Machine translation and Translation memory with some simple steps.

1. Click in the header to open Pre-translate Wizard.
2. Select actions you want to apply: You can apply just 1 or all
   • Auto-fill translation from TM
   • Auto translate with Machine translation 
     • Use Machine Translation service
     • Add context (optional)
     • Click the checkbox to improve translation with a Glossary
   • Run QA check after finishing auto translation
3. Once done, click Start, sit back and relax.

Special characters

Click on the header to enable the detection of special characters, including white spaces, symbols, accent marks, or punctuation. Once activated, all of those will be highlighted in your Grid content.

Check context

You can find the context using all the available resources you added to Gridly.

• Record data: View information of other columns in the Grid.
• Context note: View all the data you have in the Grid settings.

Work control

Work control helps you move segments' status to Done in bulk.

1. Click the Work control button in the top toolbar.
2. Select Complete segments.
3. Your segments are grouped by workflow steps and status. Click Preview to double-check segments. 
4. After previewing, repeat step 1 to 3. Then click Complete to move segments' status to Done.

QA check 

Gridly CAT editor is equipped with AutoQA and AI check (powered by OpenAI) as LQA tools. You can select one or both of these platforms to check segments of spelling errors, grammar errors, missing tags, etc.

Perform AutoQA check 

Refer to this article: Auto QA in the CAT editor.

Perform AI check

1. Open the CAT editor.
2. Click the button on the right-hand side toolbar to open QA check panel.
3. Click the button and make sure AI check is selected.
4. Click Run QA check

QA status in the CAT editor

Each segment in the CAT editor has an icon indicating its QA status:

• The QA icon is grey, QA check is not yet run or the result is outdated (e.g. changes in translation).
• The QA icon is orange, this means one or multiple errors have been detected by QA check.
• The QA icon is green, the segment has no errors.

Understand QA check result

When QA check has finished, results will be displayed in the QA check panel. You can also view QA result for a specific segment by clicking on its QA icon.

• Error number: Error number is associated with a segment. However, error number and segment number are not the same. Click on the error number to highlight the associated segment in the CAT editor.
• Error type
• Detail
• Platform: Auto QA or AI check

There are two cell colors:

• Yellow indicates a Warning that requires your attention.  
• Red indicates a critical Error.

Segment comment

1. Open a cell, switch to the Segment comment tab
2. Click to create a new ticket. You can add basic tickets or Linguistic Quality Assurance (LQA) tickets.
3. Once done, click Add.

Close the CAT editor

To return to the Grid UI, simply click at the right corner of the toolbar.

Keyboard shortcuts

Refer to this article: Keyboard shortcuts.