Translation workbench 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 Translation workbench and start translating your strings. Click towards the top right corner to open the Translation workbench. 

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

• Enter a cell, open the Suggestion tab.
• 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.

• Open Concordance search, enter the search terms in the search bar.
• Select to search in the Source language or Target language, then click Search.
• (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. 

• Open a target cell
• From the Suggestion tab, you'll see the list of glossary and MT terms. 
• 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

• Open a cell, then open the Suggestion tab.
• Select a machine translation engine, then click Translate. 
• 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

• (Optional) Add context for more accurate translations.
• Click Translate with AI.
• Click on the translated text to insert it into your selected cell.
• 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. 

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

Repetitions 

Enable Repetitions to reuse previous translations for repeated segments. 

• Click on the header to enable repetitions. 
• Once the segment is verified, the translation will be automatically applied to all segments with the same source text. 
• 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

• Click in the upper toolbar of the Grid.
• Click the toggle to Enable Tag detection.
• 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 Translation workbench 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.

• Click in the header to open Pre-translate Wizard.
• 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
• 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.

Perform QA check 

AutoQA check 

AutoQA can detect if there are any spelling issues, grammar errors, or any missing tags. 

• Once you're done with translating, click or Run check button to perform a QA check: 
  • If there are any identified errors: QA icon will tur to yellow . Edit your translation, then click to perform QA check again. 
  • If there are no errors: QA icon will tuern green .
• You can select a QA checker: AutoQA, AI check (powered by OpenAI). Select All platforms if you want to use both.
• Check the details in the QA check tab. 

Segment comment

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

Close Translation Workbench

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

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