Thy NguyenWhat is Translation memory (TM)
Translation memory (TM) is a common-source translation tool designed to reduce translation time and avoid duplicate effort.
TM enables your projects to utilize existing translations, and to share common-source translation databases. The TM page displays all of the translation memories (TMX files) stored within your Company in Gridly.
How does TM work in Gridly
Gridly simplifies the work of translators by auto-filling language pairs into corresponding language columns when a new record of the source language matching with text stored in TM is created.
A translator should then only check whether the suggestion is ok and if so, then the text can be easily approved by clicking on the “Approve TM text” option in the context menu:
For existing records that match a language pair stored in TM of the project, Gridly makes suggestion once a translator starts editing the cell in the corresponding language column:
Translation Memory is auto synced and activated when the dependencies are set, which means Gridly can update your translation automatically when a new dependency is created.
Synchronize TM
With the new manual synchronization of the Translation Memory, you’re able to reuse your translations right away when they’re created, across all projects in Gridly.
Note
To use the Synchronize feature, you’ll first need to set up localization columns and dependencies in your Grid.
- Open a Grid, then click
on the toolbar. - Select Synchronize TM from the dropdown list.
Update current TM
You can manually push what you've translated from current Grid to the selected TM
- Open Update Current TM tab in Synchronize TM.
- Select a source language
- Select target language to update: Select the target language column to update, or click the check box to select all languages.
- Click Update TM.
Fetch from current TM
You can apply translations from the assigned Translation Memory to the current Grid.
- Open Update Current TM tab in Synchronize TM.
- Select a source language to lookup
- Select target language to update: Select the target language column to update, or click the check box to select all languages.
- Click Apply TM.
Create Translation memory
In the project page, click the settings icon next to your company name, select Localization settings and select Translation memory. 
- From the Translation memory page, select + Create TM at the top right of the page.
- A new translation memory will appear. Rename the translation memory (currently “New TM”) as desired.
To import an existing TMX file, refer to Update TM.
To apply the translation memory to one or more specific projects, refer to Assign TM to a Project.
Fuzzy Matching Settings
Gridly enables you to choose 100% translation memory matches or 90% fuzzy matches.
When 100% matches are selected, the text needs to be exactly the same as a record that is stored in a translation memory to trigger a TM suggestion.
90% fuzzy matching allows Gridly to trigger TM suggestions also for texts that are 90% similar to source texts stored in TM by ignoring spaces, special characters, interpunction, or numbers.
To set up fuzzy matching, click on the arrow next to the title of your TM:
Assign TM to Projects
TMs can be applied to all or selected projects. If a new project is created and no translation memory is selected, the project will use the Default TM and its source strings will automatically be filled with its existing translations.
To apply a translation memory to one or more specific projects, select the project from the drop-down list.
Repeat until all applicable projects are selected.
To remove a project from a TM, click the X icon.
Update TM
Click Update TM to import an existing TMX file.
Select the file (the selected file must be a TMX file) and click Open.
Export TM
Click the menu icon to the right-hand side of the TM you want to export, and select Export TM.
The TMX file will be downloaded to your local machine.
Clean TM
Warning
This function erases all of the translation data within the selected TM and cannot be undone. We recommend exporting the TM to create a backup before cleaning (refer to Exporting TM section in the article).
- Click the menu icon to the right-hand side of the TM you want to export, and select Clean TM.
- The TM will be erased and a success message will be displayed once complete.
