Automated segment locking settings

When there's a change in a project, memoQ can automatically lock or unlock a lot of segments at once - in one document or across the entire project. This works in projects that you create from project templates.

For example, you can set up a project template to lock segments that are confirmed by a reviewier, and then return the document to the translator. Or, memoQ can automatically lock all segments that are pre-translated.

After you set this up in the project template, memoQ will lock segments in all projects that you create from that project template.

Here are some situations when you would automatically lock or unlock segments:

  • Translate repetitions across the project first, and then lock the repetitions. Then pass on the documents to translators. (If the repetitions were translated and confirmed by a translator, you can lock Translator confirmed segments, too.)
  • After a document is reviewed, you can lock the segments that are confirmed by the reviewer. For example, the reviewer 2 would fix and correct some segments, but reject others. The translator must look at the rejected segments, but must not touch the rest. Before you return the document to the translator, you must lock Reviewer 2 confirmed segments.
  • When a translation is updated, usually a lot of segments are locked. But if the reviewer should work on the entire text, not just on the newly translated segments, locked segments must be unlocked. In this case, you must unlock all segments after the translator delivers her work.

    Do not use the Lock segments command after pre-translation: Use Pre-translate instead, and set up segment locking there. Pre-translate can automatically lock segments in more detail: No need to use the Lock segments command separately.

How to get here

  1. Open Resource console. Choose Project templates.

    To set up a template for online projects: Use an online template for this. Choose your memoQ server at the top of Resource console. Click Select.

  2. Select the project template that you want to set up with automated actions that use custom scripts. Right-click the selection, and click Edit.
  3. In the Edit project template window, choose Automated actions. Click the Project automation tab if you don't see it at first.
  4. Under Available triggers, click an event when you want memoQ to lock segments. For example, if you want to run this after a document is imported, click After document import.
  5. Next to Actions added to the selected trigger, click the + sign. The Select actions you want to add to the trigger window appears.
  6. Click Lock segments. The Automated segment locking - settings window appears.

If you can't add this action because it's already there: Under Actions added to the selected trigger, click Lock segments. Next to the list, click the Settings icon_automated-action-settings button. The Automated segment locking - settings window appears.

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What can you do?

When you finish

To add the action to the project template: Click OK.

No segments will be locked when you click OK: To get the segments locked automatically in an ongoing project: Create a project from this project template, and start working on it.

To return to the Edit project template window, and not add an action to the project template: Click Cancel.