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When you are translating, Matecat automatically performs several quality assurance (QA) checks to identify potential issues in your translation. The top bar of the Translation Editor features a QA icon that indicates when potential issues have been detected. The figure next to the icon shows the number of issues found in the project.
QA messages are warnings that help you review your translation. However, none of these issues prevents you from downloading the translated file, unless these include tag issues, which need to be addressed in any case.
QA issues in the Translation Editor
When a potential QA issue is detected, the QA icon in the top bar displays the number of issues found in the project.
Matecat will also perform a number of additional checks to guarantee that the source and target segments contain the same elements and symbols (new line and tabulation, $, #, @, £, %, =, *).
Click on the icon to open the segment containing the issue(s). A QA message indicates the type of the issue detected.
Type of QA Messages
Translation Conflicts
A translation conflict is when the same source segment has two different target translations within the same project. You can change one of the translations to match the other, or you can leave the conflict; it’s up to you.
If two or more different translations are inserted for the same source segment in the same project, Matecat issues a warning and highlights the differences through track changes. This type of error can be fixed by choosing one of the suggested matches or clicking on the Go to button to check and correct the translations.
Translation conflicts are treated as warnings rather than errors, so they do not prevent you from downloading the translated file.
Tip: when a translation conflict appears, we recommend downloading the target file draft to check that the generated file meets your expectations.
White spaces Mismatch
Matecat warns the user when more or fewer spaces are found in the target segment next to tags. In the image above, there are two extra white spaces. To fix the error, delete the extra spaces between the tags and the word.
Unedited fuzzy match warning
Matecat automatically flags fuzzy matches that have been left completely unedited.
This warning gives users a quick reminder to review a fuzzy match before moving on. You can select Don’t show this again for this job if you don’t want to see fuzzy match warnings again for that job.
If you choose to confirm anyway and ignore the warning, the issue remains visible in the QA icon in the top bar, so it can still be reviewed later.
This also helps to carry out post-project QA reviews and identify fuzzy matches that were accepted without any edits.