CAT tools terminology - What is a Fuzzy match? Téma indítója: Tamara Zahran
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What is a Fuzzy match?
[Subject edited by staff or moderator 2004-05-11 03:49]
| | | | Giles Watson 
Olaszország
Local time: 14:35
olasz - angol
Az Ő emlékére: | It's a "nearly" match | May 10, 2004 |
When you are translating, the CAT tool searches your translation memory to find strings that are similar to the one you are working on.
It may find a string that is identical (this is called an "exact match"). If the string recovered is not quite the same, it is a "fuzzy match".
Here are the definitions from the Trados and Deja Vu manuals, which you can download from the... See more When you are translating, the CAT tool searches your translation memory to find strings that are similar to the one you are working on.
It may find a string that is identical (this is called an "exact match"). If the string recovered is not quite the same, it is a "fuzzy match".
Here are the definitions from the Trados and Deja Vu manuals, which you can download from the appropriate websites:
www.trados.com
www.atril.com
Trados
Fuzzy Match
A similar, but not identical, match to the
source segment is found in the translation
memory.
Deja Vu
A fuzzy match is a source sentence that only partially matches the sentence being sought.
HTH
Giles
[Edited at 2004-05-10 14:36]
[Edited at 2004-05-10 14:37] ▲ Collapse
| | | | Ken Cox
Local time: 14:35
német - angol
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| just an inexact match | May 10, 2004 |
An exact match is an identitcal match, which in the CAT context means that an exact (letter for letter, word for word) match to the sentence or phrase to be translated is found in the transltion memory.
A fuzzy match means that something is found in the translation memory that is similar to the phrase or sentence to be translated, but not identical (the idea being that you can change the parts that are different in the translation and still be better off than translating the whole s... See more An exact match is an identitcal match, which in the CAT context means that an exact (letter for letter, word for word) match to the sentence or phrase to be translated is found in the transltion memory.
A fuzzy match means that something is found in the translation memory that is similar to the phrase or sentence to be translated, but not identical (the idea being that you can change the parts that are different in the translation and still be better off than translating the whole sentence or phrase anew. ▲ Collapse
| | | | | It is a business secret | Feb 1, 2005 |
The exact definition of fuzzy match (i.e. how the percentage of similarity between two sentences is calculated) is a business secret of each CAT vendor.
They agree only in the definition of 100%-matches and repetitions.
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Luiz Barucke
Brazília
Local time: 09:35
spanyol - portugál
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A fuzzy match happens when a segment in source copy is almost like another segment either in translation memory (TM), in the same source copy or in another document of a same project (when project has more than a document).
For example:
Segment 1:
CAT tools terminology - What is a Fuzzy match?
Segment 2:
CAT tools terminology / What is a Fuzzy match?
Except for "-" and "/", these segments repeat same terms.
To calculate... See more A fuzzy match happens when a segment in source copy is almost like another segment either in translation memory (TM), in the same source copy or in another document of a same project (when project has more than a document).
For example:
Segment 1:
CAT tools terminology - What is a Fuzzy match?
Segment 2:
CAT tools terminology / What is a Fuzzy match?
Except for "-" and "/", these segments repeat same terms.
To calculate fuzzy matches, CAT tool generally applies a 75% rate of repetition, but some CAT tools allow you to set another % rate. Personally, I like to set 60% to leverage more content from my local TM.
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| | | | Samuel Murray
Hollandia
Local time: 14:35
Tag (2006 óta)
angol - afrikaans
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Luiz Barucke wrote:
A fuzzy match happens when...
I wonder if Tamara is still wondering what a fuzzy match is, after all these years (her question is from 2004).
[Edited at 2018-07-05 15:57 GMT]
| | | | DZiW (X)
Ukrajna
angol - orosz
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| a likelihood "know-how" | Jul 6, 2018 |
Opposite to what overly protective CAT vendors say, not-exact "fuzzy" matching is not the secret life of computer-aided translation, but a relatively simple hashing at a phrase level, coupled with a many-to-one database. Nowadays in a simplified framework it's a feasible project under some $15, yet may require tweaking for better speed-to-quality ratio.
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