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User’s Guide SYSTRAN 5.0 129
2. If the confidence level is low, it means the software has little confidence in
how the entry is coded. To increase the confidence level, revise your
source and/or target language entries as well as the settings in the
informational columns. Then repeat the previous step to achieve a higher
confidence level.
When the software cannot find an appropriate way to code your entries, Error
appears in the Category column (if this column is in your dictionary) and a red
X appears in the second column (see table below).
Confidence Indicator: Note that the color codes provide information on the
impact of the entries on the translation. Red confidence entries will not apply at
all. Blue confidence entries apply, but may lead to errors in analysis. Green
confidence entries’ impact on translation – in combination with a minimum level
of confidence value – is optimal.
Table 19: Status Column Description
Icon Description
SYSTRAN's Allcoding engine was able to find a current coding
for all languages.
The coding of the entry has been validated (for instance, by
using Expert Coding). This is the highest level of validation.
Serves as a warning; in the record, one or more target language
entries are not in correlation with the source language entry. The
text in the cells in question appear in red, and a status message
appears in the Status Bar.
SDM cannot find any correlation between the source language
and most target language entries. In this case, the entry may not
be valid or requires additional information.
Editing User Dictionary Entries
Editing the elements of a UD is straightforward. Among the fields of an entry that can
be edited are Source language, Target language, Category, Domain, and
Comment. Confidence cannot be edited, because it provides a measurement based
on the compilation of the UD.
To edit UD entries:
1. Use SDM to open the dictionary you want to edit.
2. Double-click the field to be edited to highlight it.
3. For text fields, single-click in the highlighted field. You can then use
common keyboard functions to edit the entry.
4. For informational columns, edit the content appropriately.