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When a 50% match isn't a 50% match?
Thread poster: Christopher Schröder
B D Finch
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Depends what it's used for Nov 19, 2018

I don't give a discount for anything below an 85% match. However, when translating, I find it useful to set Wordfast to display matches down to 65%. Even if those lower matches aren't directly used, they can be useful for ideas on how to put something and for keeping the translation consistent.

 
DZiW (X)
DZiW (X)
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NP + VP consistency Nov 19, 2018

An abstract 50% "match" (1) is but irrelevant, (2) slows down [often badly] selection and (3) edition, rendering it rather useless. Perhaps, in some language pairs such an approach--considering the nucleus of the sentence--might help a little, but still...
Either speed, or quality


 
Endre Both
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Nice 80% match from Crowdin Nov 30, 2018

A nice 80% match from Crowdin - one or two tweaks here and there, and you should be good to go, right?

30-11-2018 15-19-40


 
Muses Inc
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That's cute, but... Jan 14, 2019

Chris S wrote:

The helpdesk tells me the reason for this showing as a 50% match is because otherwise this 30% match wouldn't show up as a match at all. In other words, they're trying to help me, not rip me off. This seems reasonable.

The construction/instruction thing made me laugh/cry though



That's cute, but ... my client (agency) tells me that it's a 50% match, so they will pay me 50% instead of 100% --which I would get if the Translation Tool would count it face value as a 30% match...


 
Jean Dimitriadis
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That's cute too, I guess, but… Jan 14, 2019

this agency does not seem to be a good… match.

 
Robert Rietvelt
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Also cute... Jan 15, 2019

Report states +9100 words, wordcount in Editor states +14.000 words. Quiet a difference.

 
Endre Both
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Germany
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SDL Trados – up there with the best of them Apr 9, 2019

SDL Trados Studio 2017 thinks 0 out of 1 word plus different punctuation equates to a 62% match:

09-04-_2019_11-38-18

Both words are uppercased, after all.


Christopher Schröder
 
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