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Wordcount - New Segments Similar To Each Other
Thread poster: Vadim Shirkozhukhov
Vadim Shirkozhukhov
Vadim Shirkozhukhov
Russian Federation
Local time: 03:39
English to Russian
Jan 30, 2015

I'm trying to find a way to count new segments in more meaningful way. I'm currently using MemoQ 2014. The problem with the wordcount is that the program counts every new segment (all of them) as new even if these segments are very similar to each other.
As a simplified example, assuming I have a file with two just two segments (not in the TM):
"He is a certified public accountant in the US. She is a certified public accountant in the US, too."
The wordcount would count these... See more
I'm trying to find a way to count new segments in more meaningful way. I'm currently using MemoQ 2014. The problem with the wordcount is that the program counts every new segment (all of them) as new even if these segments are very similar to each other.
As a simplified example, assuming I have a file with two just two segments (not in the TM):
"He is a certified public accountant in the US. She is a certified public accountant in the US, too."
The wordcount would count these as two new segments even if normally the second segment is a 80-90% fuzzy match. Is there a way to get this kind of statistical information, which would be very useful to evaluate time requirements for large projects? ▲ Collapse
 
Mikhail Kropotov
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Germany
Local time: 02:39
English to Russian
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Homogeneity Jan 31, 2015

Simply select the Homogeneity check-box when you run statistics.
 
Vadim Shirkozhukhov
Vadim Shirkozhukhov
Russian Federation
Local time: 03:39
English to Russian
TOPIC STARTER
Thank you Feb 2, 2015

Great advice! Thanks a lot!
 


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