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ThemostimportantoptionforverificationinSDLStudio2009istheQAChecker3.0.
TochosetheappropriatesettingsforQACheckergotoToolsOptionsVerificationQAChecker3.0.
UnderQAChecker3.0,youcanseethefollowingoptions:
SegmentsVerification
SegmentstoExclude
Inconsistencies
Punctuation
Numbers
WordList
RegularExpressions
TrademarkCheck
LengthVerification
QACheckerProfiles
SegmentsVerification
ForSegmentsVerification,youneedtotickthecheckboxesCheckforforgottenandempty
translationsandSourceandtargetareidentical.
Segmentstoexclude
TRANSLATOR:IntheSegmentstoExcludeoption,youneedtotickExcludePerfectMatchunits(since
theycomefromtheTMandtheymatchperfectly,inbothcontextandtags,henceyouarenotaskedto
checkthose).PROOFREADER:Pleasedonttickthisoptionsinceyoushouldalsocheckfullmatches.
BOTH:PleasealsotickExcludelockedsegments(sincewelockedthemonpurposeandhencethey
dontneedtobetouched).
Inconsistencies
UnderInconsistenciestickCheckforrepeatedwordsintarget(itcheckswhetheryouhavetwo
identicalwordsconsecutively).IntheCheckforuneditedfuzzymatchessection,tickConfirmed
segmentsonlycheckboxsotheverificationisdonefortheconfirmedsegmentsonly.
Punctuation
InthePunctuationoption,pleasetickthefollowingcheckboxes:
CheckthatsourceandtargetendwiththesamepunctuationThepunctuationobviouslydepends
ontheappropriateuseineachtargetlanguagebutitgivesyouthechancetodoublecheck.
Checkforunintentionalspacesbeforeitverifiesifthereisaspacebeforeapunctuationmark.As
youcansee,thefullstop/dotisnotincludedinthedefaultpunctuationmarksfield(:!?,),pleaseaddit.
ForFrench,thespacebeforethepunctuationmarkslike:!?willbeignoredastheprogramknowsthey
areintentional(tickFrenchcompliantcheck(spacesareintentional)).
Checkformultiplespaces
CheckformultipledotsherealsotickIgnoreelipsisdots()
Checkforextraspacesattheendofthetargetsegment
Checkcapitalisationofinitialletters(thisoptionisusefultodoublecheckinitiallettersintablesand
bulletedlistsaccordingtotherulesinthetargetlanguage)
Checkbracketsverifiesthatnoopeningbracketsoccurwithoutendingbrackets(itchecksall
brackettypes).
Numbers
IntheNumbersoption,youneedtotickChecknumberstoverifythatthenumbersinthesource
segmentarefoundinthetargetsegment,too.
Trademarks
Thisoptionchecksifthetrademarksignshavebeencorrectlytransferredtothetargetsegment.
AllthetrademarksymbolsarelistedinthefieldTrademarksymbol.
Incasethefilehasauniquemaximumlimitforallthesegments,youneedtoticktheoptionCheckif
targetsegmentsarelongerthancharactercount:andtoindicatethelimitinthefieldnexttothis
option.
IntheContextsection,youneedtotickCheckallsegmentscontextsoallsegmentsarebeing
checked.
Tip:YouonlyneedtoticktheChecklengthlimitationoptionwhenyouareworkingonafilethathas
characterlimitations.
Lengthverification