Question 1

Replace line breaks in Word

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What is a line break

In a word processing program like Microsoft Word, a line break is a special character that marks the end of one line of text and the beginning of a new line. When you press the "Enter" key on your keyboard, it inserts a line break at the point in the document where the cursor is located. In Microsoft Word, it looks like this:

This is line break.

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Why replace line break

To ensure the source file is formatted correctly, line breaks should be replaced with paragraph breaks. In Word, a paragraph break is represented by a special symbol called a "pilcrow" (¶), which is visible in the "Show/Hide" button.

This is paragraph break.

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How to replace line break with paragraph break

Press Ctrl + h to open the Find & Replace dialog box.
In Find what, type ^l (lowercase L)
In Replace with, type ^p.
Click on Replace All.

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Line breaks in the end of each line

Sometimes texts copied from a PDF file may have incorrect format. You may see that in the end of each line, there is a line break.

To fix this issue, you can replace all line breaks with nothing (leave blank).

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Question 2

Advanced machine translation

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What is advanced machine translation

Advanced machine translation (Advanced MT) is a type of machine translation that allows users to assign their own bilingual terms to the machine translation process, enabling the machine translation to use these terms in its translations.

For example, a user may have a specific translation for the word "Starbucks" in their language, and can assign this term to the machine translation so that it uses this translation instead of the general translation for the word. This can help improve the accuracy and consistency of machine translations for specific industries or domains.

To use Advanced MT, please make sure that your plan supports this feature. Then you can then use Advanced MT when uploading source texts or when translating by following the steps outlined in the article.

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Sample of Advanced MT

Take the following English to traditional Chinese translation as an example:

Source text: Bourdieu was a French sociologist. General MT: ${color}#47ae7b 是法國社會學家。

By assigning the bilingual terms ${color}[#47ae7b](Bourdieu 布爾迪厄) to the machine translation, 布爾迪厄 is applied to the translation.

Advanced MT: ${color}#47ae7b 是法國社會學家。

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How to use Advanced MT

To use Advanced MT, users first need to make sure that their plan supports this feature. They can then use Advanced MT when uploading source texts or when transla

Question 3

Computer-assisted translation (CAT) and machine translation (MT)

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What is computer-assisted translation (CAT) software? And how is it different from machine translation (MT) ?

**Computer-assisted translation (CAT) **software is a type of software that helps human translators to translate text more efficiently and accurately. They provide a variety of features such as translation memory (TM), terminology management, and quality assurance. CAT software store translations in a database, and when a sentence or phrase is encountered again, the tool suggests the previously translated version. This helps to increase consistency and efficiency in the translation process.

Machine translation (MT), on the other hand, is a type of software that automatically translates text from one language to another without human involvement. The software uses algorithms and language models to generate translations. It is often used in situations where a human translator is not available or where a large amount of text needs to be translated quickly. However, the quality of the translation produced by MT can vary widely depending on the complexity of the text and the language pair.

In summary, CAT software helps human translators to work more efficiently, while MT software generates translations automatically.

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Why people often mix CAT and MT? And how to clarify their differences?

People often mix CAT and MT because they both involve the use of technology to translate text, and they can be used in similar contexts. How

Question 4

Two ways to upload a source file

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Two ways to upload a source file

Termsoup offers two options for uploading source files. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Pasting/dragging and dropping
Attaching

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Method 1: pasting/dragging and dropping

Advantage: Allows for editing of source text during translation.
Disadvantage: Target text may not match the style of the source text.
Best suited for: Use when the source text is mostly plain text, such as text-based books.

💡 Further reading: Paste/drop: Edit source texts Paste/drop: Edit target text styles Paste/drop: Translation features

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Method 2: Attach file

Advantage: Target text matches the style of the source text.
Disadvantage: Editing of source text during translation is not possible.
Best suited for: Use when the source text contains complex formatting, such as tables, indents, bullet points, hyperlinks, etc. Examples include financial reports, product manuals.

💡 Further reading: [Attach file: Edit target texts (with tags)](/en-us/article/attach-file-edit-target-texts-with-ye

Question 5

Comment

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What is comment?

The comment feature allows users to leave messages to a specific source or target texts.

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When to use comment?

Remind yourself of sentences that require special attention when translating.
Communicate with other collaborators about specific source or target texts.

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How to leave a comment?

Click on the "Comment" icon 💬 to open the comment panel.
Highlight the source or target text that you want to leave a comment on.
Click on the "Comment" button in the comment panel to add your comment.

Type your comment into the comment field.
Press the "Enter" key to submit your comment.

Key in your comment and click on "Enter."

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How to read/reply a comment?

Click on the "Comment" icon 💬 to open the comment panel.
Click on the source texts with yellow underline or the target texts with yellow highlights to read their comments.
Click on a comment to reply to it.

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Changes in style if there is a comment in the source text

Sentences with comments will be underlined i

Question 6

Look up terms

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What is term lookup

During the translation process, translators may need to research specific terms in the source texts for a deeper understanding. With Termsoup, you can easily research terms by highlighting them in the source texts and viewing the results on the same page, without the need to open a new tab.

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How to look up terms

Highlight the term you want to look up in the source texts. ❶
Look up results will be displayed on the "Term results" panel.

If you want to use a result listed in the panel, then

Click on the result you want to use (words in green). ❷
The result will be pasted into the edit area. ❸

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How to look up terms (video)

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💡 Further reading:

Want more results? Try External search How to add terms to glossary? How to add tags to terms?

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