Project Settings Templates: crossTank > Penalties

In this section you can define the penalties for the matching of crossTank entries. When Across finds a matching crossTank entry for the current sentence in crossTank, the match value may be reduced on the basis of the penalties listed below.

For example, in the event of a crossTank hits whose content fully matches the current sentence but whose formatting is different, a penalty of 5% may be deducted from the actual match rate of 100%.

First, you can determine the penalty behavior in cases in which the crossTank hits are not assigned any system attribute (subject, project, relation, and user defined attributes), but one or more system attributes are assigned to the project. If you activate the option, a penalty will be applied in these cases; if you deactivate it, no penalty will be applied.

Example:

The following example assumes that the "Quickstart guide" subject is assigned to the document to be translated. For the current segment to be translated, crossTank contains two hits: one without subject and one with the "Quickstart guide" subject.

Option activated	Option deactivated
If the option is activated, the different subject penalty will be applied to the first crossTank hit although no subject is assigned to the hit.	If the option is deactivated, no different subject penalty will be applied to the first crossTank hit, as no subject is assigned to the hit.

In addition, you can decide whether penalties should be set and how high their percentage should be:

Penalty on	Description	Example
Different sublanguage	The sublanguage of the current sentence is different from the sublanguage of the retrieved crossTank entry.	American English instead of British English
Switched words	The sequence of the words in the current sentence is different from the sequence in the retrieved crossTank entry.	"the installed software" vs. "the software installed"
Different subject	The subject of the current sentence is different from the subject of the retrieved crossTank entry.	"Medicine" vs. "Technology"
Different project	The project of the current sentence is different from the project of the retrieved crossTank entry.	"Project A" vs. "Project B"
Different relation	The relation of the current sentence is different from the relation of the retrieved crossTank entry.	"Company A" vs. "Company B"
Different user-defined attribute	A user-defined system attribute of the current sentence differs from the user-defined system attribute of the crossTank entry found.	"Model A" vs. "Model B"
Different structure attribute	The structure attribute of the current paragraph is different from the structure attribute of the retrieved crossTank entry. Attention This penalty will only be applied if structure matches are enabled under Tools > System Settings > General > Project Settings Template > crossTank > Pre-translation Settings.	The current paragraph has the structure attribute "Heading", the crossTank hit, however, has the structure attribute "List item".
Different context	If a crossTank entry that is not a context match is found for the current sentence in crossTank, a certain percentage will be deducted from the match rate. Attention This penalty will only be applied if context matches are activated. The activation can be done in the pre-translation settings of the corresponding project settings template and in the pre-translation settings of the user settings.	Context penalty: 1%. "Introduction" is translated with "Einleitung" and "Einführung". "Einführung" is a context match (). "Einleitung" is not a context match and is therefore subject to a penalty of 1%.
Different formatting	The formatting of the current sentence is different from the formatting of the retrieved crossTank entry.	"Click OK." vs. "Click OK."
Different inline objects	The inline objects in the current sentence are different from the inline objects of the retrieved crossTank entry. The inline objects in Across include placeables, editable fields and tags.	vs.
Different special characters	The special characters in the current sentence are different from the special characters of the retrieved crossTank entry. Tip Special characters are white spaces (e.g. normal and no-break spaces), control characters, arrow symbols, Braille characters, mathematical operators. A list of special characters is available under https://share.across.net/index.php/s/fQxSeNtMQPfp4jx	"e.g." (without a space) vs. "e. g." (with a space) vs. "e.°g." (with a non-breaking space)
crossTank entries with the Newly inserted status	The crossTank entry retrieved for the current sentence has the status Newly inserted. The entry was added manually in crossTank.
crossTank entries with the Smartly inserted status	The crossTank entry retrieved for the current sentence has the status Smartly inserted. The entry was inserted in crossTank by means of an automatic function without user interaction.
crossTank entries with the Aligned status	The crossTank entry retrieved for the current sentence has the status Aligned. The entry was inserted in crossTank within the scope of an alignment.
crossTank entries with the Released status	The crossTank entry retrieved for the current sentence has the status Released. The entry was released by an authorized person.
Different punctuation	The punctuation in the current sentence is different from the punctuation in the retrieved crossTank entry.	"I am hungry." vs. "I am hungry!"

Apart from the penalties listed above, there are other penalties whose percentage value cannot be customized: