User Guide

SYSTRAN 6 Desktop User Guide 141
2. Sort the grid by sentence complexity or ambiguity by clicking on the
appropriate column heading.
Complexity (C)
Complexity is an indicator that reflects the syntactic
complexity of a sentence, represented by a numeric
value greater than 1 (the higher the number, the more
difficult the sentence is to
translate). Many factors go into
this indicator, including the number of clauses,
conjunctions, phrases in parentheses, prepositional
phrases, sentence length, sentence type (question or
declarative sentence) as well as multiple additional
language-specific criteria.
Ambiguity (A)
Ambiguity is an indicator that reflects the number of
ambiguous words in a given sentence. A high-ambiguity
sentence presents greater risk of mis-analysis and
reflects poor User Dictionary coverage. In most cases,
ambiguity can be reduced through appropriate additions
to the UDs.
3. One by one, rewrite each sentence that the Sentence Review pane identifies
as complex or ambiguous (for example, break long compound sentences into
short sentences). Also correct any spelling errors in the sentence.
• Locate each affected sentence residing in a document file active in the
Document Viewer using the Find or Find Next feature.
• Edit the sentence in the Document Viewer.
4. Review and reconcile the sentences in your Sentence Review pane.
• Toggle on the Lock Sentence check box to indicate sentences that
are not to be retranslated in the active document set.