Exclude Coordinates from Leverage

Select this option if coordinates are to be ignored during a leverage operation.

Exclude Text from Leverage

Select this option if you want to ignore translations during a leverage operation. The net effect of this is to just leverage the coordinate information from a TM.

Add missing ampersands

This is a useful option when you are using TM that do not have any hotkeys defined. Selecting this option will insert a hotkey during the Leverage operation to all strings that are missing any.

Expand x-coordinate by....

This option is normally used in conjunction with Exclude Coordinates from Leverage and it forces each control to expand by a set amount to accommodate new translation.

Leverage Locks

Select this option if you require any existing locks to be copied across to the new TTK project file during the leverage operation.

This option only applies to segments for which the ID matches with the ID in the translation memory (also known as Perfect match).

Leverage Memos/Translator Notes

Select this option if you require any existing memos and translator note to be copied across to the new TTK project file during the leverage operation.

This option only applies to segments for which the ID matches with the ID in the translation memory (also known as Perfect match).

Leverage Context Links

Select this option if you require any existing Context Links to be copied across to the new TTK project file during the leverage operation.

This option only applies to segments for which the ID matches with the ID in the translation memory (also known as Perfect match).

Leverage Labels / Leverage Labels on ID match only

Select this option to copy Labels to matching segments in the active project.

If for example the label "Phase 1" is applied to segment "Initial process point" in the Translation Memory, all instances of the matching segment in the active TTK will have the label "Phase 1" copied along with the translation.

Select Leverage Labels on ID match only if you wish to copy labels only when the segment ID matchs, also known as Perfect match.

In the above example, the label "Phase 1" associated to segment "Initial process point" in the TM will be copied in to matching segment in the active TTK ONLY if it is an ID match (perfect match).

If Leverage Labels is unticked, the Leverage Labels on ID match only is automatically disabled.

Retain Signed-off These are segments/strings in a Project TTK file that have been marked as 'Signed-off' and final.This is the translation status applied to a string that has been translated, reviewed and eventually signed-off by an Editor or translator. status

By default all text that is copied during a leverage operation is assigned the status ‘Leveraged’. However, if the copied translation is already marked as ‘Signed Off’, selecting this option will inherit this status in your newly leveraged TTK project file.

This option only applies to segments for which the ID matches with the ID in the translation memory (also known as Perfect match).

Only change status if source and target differ

Select this option if you want text assigned the status 'For Review' only when it differs from the original source. For example, the button 'OK' is the same in English and in German, so selecting this option will not mark this control as translated.

Leverage from same object type only

Select this option if you want translations leveraged from identical objects in your TM. This means that if the object types don't match, the translation will not be re-used.

ID-based Leverage only

Using this option will only leverage translations from matching source string IDs (also known as Perfect match). This means that any 100% match which doesn't have the same string ID will be ignored.

ID match includes filename

By default, CATALYST leverages matching IDs verifying if the string and its ID are the same. Meaning if it's a Perfect match the translation, its Signed off status and any metadata (locks, memo, context links, max size) are leveraged.

Enabling this option extends the ID check to also match the filename.

For example, a string "Turn the lever to the right" with ID "TurnleverR" is found in file instructions.properties in the TM. It is translated and signed off.

In the new project TTK, the same string with the same ID is part of a different file, main_comments.properties.

With ID match includes filename selected, CATALYST will leverage the translation as a 100% match but will not maintain the Signed off status because the ID check didn't match due to differing filenames.

With the option deselected, the string would be leveraged as Signed off because the ID check would consider it a perfect match: same string, same ID.

Use Fuzzy Matching  at

This is the level at which a Translation Unit The most basic data object stored in a TTK. It contains Source and Target text for each item within the TTK. Each Translation Unit also has Trait Information associated with it. will be excluded from the search results of a Fuzzy match. For example, if you set the threshold at 75%, then all translations units that score less than 75% of similarity are excluded from the fuzzy search results.

Best __ fuzzy matches

The option limits the number of matches that the ezMatch™ Fuzzy algorithm locates and presents for selection to the translator or stored in the TM Hits file.

Do not treat case differences as Fuzzy

By default the Leverage Expert considers match case differences as a penalty when evaluating matches. For example the segment  "Click to open" is not a 100% match of "Click to Open", due to a difference in case.

Selecting this option will treat the example as a 100% match because the only difference is the capitalization of the O character.

Output TM Hits to a file

Select this option if you want all your fuzzy matches stored in an external TMX file. This file can then be dispatched to your external translator so that they can review all fuzzy matches themselves. This switch is useful is an Engineer wants to pre-translate only 100% exact matches and leave all fuzzy match translations to a qualified translator.

 Interactive: Displays strings when a fuzzy match is found

Selecting this option will pause the leverage operation each time a fuzzy translation match is found allowing the translator to select the most appropriate from a list.