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How to identify MT segments in Trados Studio
Spot machine translated segments in Trados Studio and see what MT metadata ends up exported into your SDLXLIFF files.
In Trados Studio, segment origin indicates how a segment was translated.
Check segment origin
Look for:
- MT origin
- Translation Memory
- Manual translation
Common indicators
Machine translated segments may show:
- MT provider name
- match origin
- automated translation metadata
Exported XLIFF
This metadata may remain inside SDLXLIFF files.
Use CleanXLIFF to remove it safely.