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Term base matching explanation
Term base matching explanation
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Matching types

You can choose the matching type in the process of adding new entries.

  • Fuzzy: Use this value to get hits independently of prefix or suffix matching. In the case of German, for instance, you have “Mutter” in your term base. With the Fuzzy setting, it also finds “Mütter.” German has a lot of compounds like “Festplattenspeicherplatz.” When your term base contains “Festplatte” and “Speicher,” it will highlight in the source cell containing the word “Festplattenspeicherplatz.”

  • Prefix: this is a default setting. Use this value to set the prefix matching of the selected term base entry as permissive. In the case of “project,” Lingohub will find both project and projects, but it will not find project-specific.

  • Exact: Use this value to set the prefix matching sensitivity of the selected term base entry to insensitive. In the case of “project,” Lingohub will find project, but it will not find projects or project-specific.

  • Custom: Use this value to allow wildcards in the term base. Use the pipe (|) to specify the beginning of a variable part in a word, or use the asterisk (*) to specify that anything can come after the last character. If your term is Wassert|urm, Lingohub will find Wasserturm and Wassertürme but it will not find Wasserschutz. You can enter several terms with pipes and asterisks. For example bankovn|í operac|e will retrieve bankovních operací and bankovními operacemi as well.

Case Sensitive

  • Yes: Use this value to set the case sensitivity of the selected term base entry to sensitive. The term can contain small caps, capital letters or both. Later it will be offered as a translation result only if the same word, strictly typed in the very same way, occurs in the source document. For example, if you create a new term base entry for the name Will, it is worth setting its case sensitivity to Yes as you probably do not want it as a translation result every time a segment is written in future tense.

  • Permissive: Lingohub will be sensitive to capital letters only. Uppercase letters in the term must be uppercase in the text, too, otherwise Lingohub will not return a match. On the other hand, lowercase letters in the term will be matched by uppercase or lowercase letters, Lingohub will not be sensitive there. For example, if the term base contains the term ‘ALPAC’, the text must also contain ‘ALPAC’ to receive a match. However, if the term base contains the term ‘Alpac’, the text can be ‘ALPAC’, ‘Alpac’, ‘AlPac’ etc., as long as the initial A is in uppercase: ‘alpac’ will not match.

  • No: Use this value to set the case sensitivity of the selected term base entry to insensitive. No matter how the term is typed in the source text, the results will include the same term written either in small caps or in capital letters, or both. Case is simply not relevant with this

Let’s take a look at the examples of how this works. We have the list of terms:

  • “Projects”,

  • “user”,

  • “car”

Note: If you create translatable entries, Lingohub automatically provides the right suggestion.

With the "Exact" + "Case sensitive" setups system recognizes only exact matches with the exact case. For “Projects” system ignores “projects”, as well as “Project.

Term

Matches

Not matches

Projects

Projects

Project, projects, project,...

user

user

Users, User, users,...

car

car

Car, Cars, cars

With the "Exact" + "Case insensitive" setups system recognizes only all exact matches. For "Projects" it will be "Projects" and "projects", but no "Project" or "project."

Term

Matches

Not matches

Projects

Projects, project

Project, project,...

user

User, user

Users, users,...

car

Car, car

Cars, cars

The “Exact” + “Case Permissive” setup means that Lingohub recognizes the exact terms and will only be sensitive to capital letters. An example for "Car" it will be "Car" and "CAR" as well.

Term

Matches

Not matches

Projects

Projects, PROJECTS

Project, projects, project,...

user

user

Users, users, User, USER,...

Car

Car, CAR

cars, car,...

With “Fuzzy” + “Case sensitive,” the Lingohub will recognize for “Projects” all values with an exact case like “Projects” and “Project,” but will ignore “projects” and “project.”

Term

Matches

Not matches

Projects

Projects, Project

project, projects,,...

user

user, users

Users, User, USER,...

Car

Car, Cars

cars, car,...

With “Fuzzy” + “Case insensitive,” the Lingohub will recognize for “Projects” all values with an exact case like “Projects,” “Project,” “projects,” and “project.”

Term

Matches

Not matches

Projects

Projects, Project, project,...

user

User, Users, user, users

Car

Car, Cars, car, cars,...

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