User Guide

SYSTRAN Desktop 7 User Guide 283
Complexity (C)
Complexity is an indicator that reflects the syntactic
complexity of a sentence, represented by a numeric
value greater than 1 (the higher the number, the more
difficult the sentence is to translate). Many factors go
into this indicator, including the number of clauses,
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. In most
cases, ambiguity can be reduced through appropriate
additions to the UDs.
3. 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.
4. 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.