Project Settings Templates: crossTank > crossTank Storing Settings

The crossTank Storing settings section comprises settings that determine the behavior of Across when storing translation units in crossTank.

Attention

Please note that the storing settings affect every kind of storing of translation units in crossTank. For example, they affect the storing of translation units both in crossDesk and in the crossTank Manager (e.g. when importing a TMX file).

Translation Units Saving Mode Section

Here you configure when translations are transmitted to crossTank for storage. The following options are available:

Option	Description
Not enabled	No storing action is performed when a paragraph is set to the final paragraph state (e.g. Translated). You need to store the translation units manually with the Store Translations Wizard, which you can open as follows: While working on the task: In the menu bar, select File > Store Finished Translations to crossTank. When the task is finished: Finish the task and activate the checkbox Store translations to crossTank.
Semi-automatic storing	The Sentence Alignment dialog is displayed when a paragraph is set to the final paragraph state (e.g. Translated). Align the sentences and click Save Paragraph in order to save the translation unit to crossTank.
Automatic storing	When a paragraph is set to the final paragraph state (e.g. Translated), the translation unit is stored to crossTank under consideration of the following two options: Show matchmaking dialog if matching cannot be done automatically If the number of sentences in the source paragraph differs from that of the target paragraph, the Sentence Alignment dialog will be displayed. Align the sentences and click Save Paragraph in order to save the translation unit to crossTank. Skip paragraphs with different number of sentences If the number of sentences of the source paragraph differs from that of the target paragraph, this will be ignored, and the translation unit will be stored to crossTank without asking for confirmation.
Store only at target state	If this checkbox is not activated, translations will be stored to crossTank even if they have not reached the final paragraph state, namely when you go to another paragraph. If the checkbox is activated, the storing will take place as soon as the paragraph is set to the final paragraph state.

Automatic Storing of Attributes Section

You can specify whether while storing crossTank entries, the information on the project, relation, subject, and user-defined attributes is added to the entries, or whether the entries should remain free of this information, rendering them "neutral" and thus independent of project, relation, subject, and other user-defined attributes.

Storing Settings Section

By means of the option Multi-attribute update mode, you can determine the behavior when adding new attribute values to existing crossTank entries. For example, this may be the case when importing identical crossTank entries with different attribute values or when using a crossTank entry whose attributes differ from those of the project in a translation in crossDesk.

The new and old attribute values can be merged, the old values can be overwritten with the new attribute values, or the new attribute values can be discarded.

The option will only be effective if all attributes are defined as multiple-value attributes, i.e. attributes, for which several attribute values can be determined. The option requires that the underlying option for avoiding multiple translations is activated.

Example

The following example explains how this option works:

If, for example, a crossTank entry belongs to the subject "Business" and the current translation belongs to the subject "Finance", the different settings of the option will result in the following behavior when transferring the crossTank entry to the translation (and when subsequently storing it):

Setting	Effect
Merge multi-attribute values	The new subject "Finance" is added to the subject "Business". Thus, the crossTank entry will henceforth belong to the "Business" and "Finance" subjects.
Overwrite multi-attribute values	The subject "Business" is overwritten with the new subject "Finance". Thus, the crossTank entry will henceforth belong to the "Finance" subject.
Skip multi-attribute values	The new subject "Finance" is discarded. Thus, the crossTank entry will still belong to the "Business" subject.

Multiple translations

The multiple storage of translation units, e.g. through successive translation and correction of a text or through TMX import of translation units, can lead to unwanted redundancies in crossTank. To prevent this from happening, you can select how to proceed when new translations are added to existing ones. Enable the Prevent multiple translations by overwriting existing entries with new ones checkbox to prevent multiple translations from being stored for one source segment. The existing translation is then overwritten and replaced by the new one. Disabling this option allows the storage of multiple translations: Theoretically, an unlimited number of translations can be stored for each source segment.

When you enable the checkbox, you can also select how to proceed when adding a new translation to one that is already stored in crossTank. You can specify which entries of the existing translations should be overwritten and be replaced by your new translations.

Option	Description
Overwrite only own unreleased entries	Replace existing translations only if these translations are your own non-approved translations.
Overwrite all own entries	Replace existing translations only if these translations are your own translations.
Overwrite all own unreleased entries	For all unreleased entries, replace the existing translations with your own new translations.
Overwrite all entries	For all entries, replace the existing translations with your own new translations.
Skip all entries	Storing should always be skipped. The previous translation should never be overwritten by the new translation.
Skip released entries	Skip storage only for released entries.
Skip released entries with identical translation	Skip storage only for released entries with identical translation. In this case, a released translation can overwrite another released translation.

Tip

To set crossTank entries to Released, search for them in the crossTank Manager, select them, and click the icn_cTaM_freigeben icon or select the menu item Edit > Set Status of Selected Translation Units to > Released. All crossTank entries that are not Released are either Newly inserted, Smartly inserted, or Aligned.

Attention

Please note that if you decide not to store multiple translations, multiple translations will also be prevented when importing TMX files or crossWAN and crossGrid packages – even if these files or packages contain multiple translations.

Rich Translation Memory Section

You can define how rich content is to be stored in crossTank. You can define the storing method separately for formatting, inline objects, and special characters.

Special characters in Across are all characters that do not belong to the following characters:
Language characters (alphabetic characters, ideographic characters, and syllabic characters)
Punctuation Marks
Decimal or hexadecimal digits

Special characters include white spaces (e.g. normal and no-break spaces), control characters (e.g. line feed, horizontal and vertical tab), arrow symbols, Braille characters, and mathematical operators. A list of all special characters is available at Across special characters.