Scanning for Cases of Identical Source and
Target Texts
Use
This scan finds cases where a proposal exists that is identical to the source text for which it was created. You perform this scan for objects in a specific object list.
Finding such cases can have two uses:
● The proposal is an excellent candidate for automatic distribution and should be assigned quality status A.
Examples of such texts would be technical names that are not language-dependent, such as $USR$, 100%, company and product names, and so on.
● The proposal is a result of the source text being copied by mistake.
Pinpointing and correcting such cases would help you improve the quality of the translation.
Prerequisites
See the Prerequisites section in DEMS Objects for Quality Assurance.
Procedure
1. Call up transaction LXE_MASTER.
2. Choose Environment → DEMS Objects.
3. Choose the Object List pushbutton next to Text Compare.
4. Enter your selection criteria for the scan as follows:
Name of DEMS objects |
Enter a text string in the NAME field that will help you recognize the DEMS objects when you call them up in transaction SE63. |
Description of top texts |
You can enter a description of up to 40 characters in the DESCRIPT field to document how you created the DEMS objects, for example. |
Source language |
In the S_LANG field, enter the required source language for the scan. |
Target language |
In the T_LANG field, enter the target language for the scan. |
Object list |
Choose F4 on the OBJLIST field, and select the object list that contains the objects for which you want to perform the scan. |
Maximum number of source texts |
In the NUMBER field, you can specify a limit to how many source texts are contained in the DEMS objects produced by the scan. If you want the scan to find all source texts with proposals that match your selection criteria, enter a suitably high number here. |
Create object list |
If you enter the value X in the MAKE_OL field, the system creates an object list that contains the DEMS objects created in the run. This enables you to create worklists for the top texts by evaluating this object list. To do this, you first need to create a graph for collection $TMP and then activate it for the target language that will process the DEMS objects. |
Include similar texts |
If you leave the NO_NORM field blank, the system scans for similar texts and groups them together in the top text objects (for example, Create Document, Create document, Create Document 2). This enables you to create consistent translations in the proposal pool. If you enter the value X in the NO_NORM field, no scan for similar texts takes place. |
Schedule top text job in the background |
Ensure the BATCH field contains the value X so that the job to create the top texts runs in the background. |
5. Choose Execute (F8) and schedule the job to run in the background.
Result
The system scans the objects in the object list specified by you, and creates DEMS objects in accordance with your selection criteria. The DEMS objects contain source texts in the requested source language for which an identical proposal exists in the requested target language.
You can now trigger processing of these DEMS objects. For more information, see Processing DEMS Objects for Quality Assurance.