CafeTran

I have a question about what can be called "partial" glossary matches.

Partial match Type 1

When a glossary contains the term "all," then "all" as part of the term "usually" is highlighted.

Partial match Type 2

When a glossary contains the term "merchandise item;merchandise items" (two alternative entries), then, for a source sentence like "a number of merchandise items," both entries (singular and plural) are separately displayed on the glossary pane.

My question here is, is it possible to control this (e.g., elect not to display these partial matches)? It seems prefix matching has something to do with this, but I'm not sure.

Masato

Why would you add singular and plural at the left-hand side? Because you want to be able to swap your glossary (use it in the other direction)?

Are you suggesting that I don't have to add the plural unless the term is inflectional like "companies" for "company"?

Masato

Well, if you only want to use your glossary from left to right, I'd personally create separate entries for singular and plural, since this controls my target language too (there is correspondence in sing/plur for my S and T).

How about your language combination?

I use glossaries in both ways (English/Japanese).

If singular and plural English terms should be assigned different Japanese terms, I create separate entries, just as you'd do.

Well, to put it short, CT can identify, say, "control" in "controls," so it is not necessary to include plural unless there is a special reason to do so (inflection, different meaning ...)?

Hello, Igor

Would you please give me a brief on how the glossary matching function is designed to work?

Those which I call "partial matches" occur in some cases (mostly for shorter terms), and not in other cases (mostly for longer terms/phrases) ... well, I'm at a loss what to do to get the results I want.

Peace,

Masato

Here is an example.

"device" in "devices" is recogized.

This glossary is not a regex one. No other resources are used.

Actually, I don't mind if this type of match occurs; but, what's really annoying me is that this occurs only in some cases (maybe, only for some terms). So, I want to know what makes it happen.

Peace,

Masato

Thanks, Igor

So, I should be expecting matches for a certain string of characters, rather than for a whole word in its ordinary sense.

Masato

I'm beginning to understand.

In this case, "device" is an exact match, so "devices," which appears later in the same segment, is highlighted, too.

This means that when only "devices" appears, it is not recognized as a match for "device"?

Masato

Dear Igor

Thanks for your clarification.

I'm very happy now!

Masato