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conjunctions, phrases in parentheses, prepositional

phrases, sentence length, sentence type (question or

declarative sentence) as well as multiple additional

language-specific criteria.

Ambiguity (A)

Ambiguity is an indicator that reflects the number of

ambiguous words in a given sentence. A high-

ambiguity

sentence presents greater risk of mis-analysis and

reflects poor User Dictionary coverage. In most cases,

ambiguity can be reduced through appropriate additions

to the UDs.

3. One by one, rewrite each sentence that the Sentence Review pane identifies as

complex or ambiguous (for example, break long compound sentences into short

sentences). Also correct any spelling errors in the sentence.

• Locate each affected sentence residing in a document file active in the Document

Viewer using the Find or Find Next feature.

• Edit the sentence in the Document Viewer.

Review and reconcile the sentences in your Sentence Review pane.

• Toggle on the Lock Sentence check box to indicate sentences that are not to be

retranslated in the active document set.

• Toggle on the Send as TM entry indicator and use the dropdown in the

Translation field to select the translation for the sentence that you wish to insert

in Translation Memory.