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How to create T&A notes in OmegaT (second source)

First time

Steps:

  1. Create an OmegaT project with language pair en - ta, remove tags in the settings
  2. Add source file
  3. Write T&A notes as the translation whenever appropriate
  4. Run script "Write Project to Excel" to export source text and notes to Excel
  5. Run script "TA - Create T&A Notes TM" to copy the notes to the second source space (in /tm/tmx2source)

Updates

If a new version of the source file is submitted:

  1. Add it to the previous project (optionally remove the old version).
  2. Optional: Ctrl+D and move exported TM to /tm/auto to have background color in 100% matches
  3. Tweak preferences to insert T&A notes for updated segments (up to a certain limit) -> draft notes
  4. Go to next translated segment (Ctrl+Shift+U) to review the original notes (now drafts) in updated segments
  5. When all drafts are reviewed, run steps 4 and 5 above if appropriate

Finally

If the same project needs to be used for a real translation or as a template:

  • Run script "Flush Working TM" to flush the project's internal working TM (remove all translations)