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The three basic ways to translate with an AI model: one segment (Ctrl+Shift+M), a whole section in one request, and a close TM match fixed to fit (Ctrl+Shift+F), which changes only the word that differs. With no match of 40% or more, Ctrl+Shift+F sends nothing.

1. Three commands: a segment, a section, a TM match fixed to fit

   AV has three basic ways to translate with an AI model: one segment, a whole section, or a close TM match fixed to fit. This guide shows the steps. The translations have not been tuned, so judge the process, not the French.

   

2. Open a project with a TM and an AI model for every role

   The project has one document in three sections, and a TM attached. Every role has an AI model (Guide C). Nothing is translated yet.

   

3. Click in segment 3 and press Ctrl+Shift+M

   Click in segment 3 and press Ctrl+Shift+M. The translation is written into the target and marked as translated by AI. The cost so far is in the footer.

   

4. On a section's title row, click MT translation of this section

   Click MT translation of this section on the title row of section 2. All five segments are translated in one request, so the AI model sees each sentence with the others.

   

5. Click in segment 12 and press Ctrl+Shift+E to show the TM pane

   Click in segment 12, and press Ctrl+Shift+E until the TM pane shows on the right. The TM has a sentence that differs by one word, an 88% match: broken where this one says damaged.

   

6. Press Ctrl+Shift+F to fix the 88% match

   Press Ctrl+Shift+F. The AI model changes only what differs: cassé becomes endommagé, and the rest of the TM's French is kept. The segment is marked as patched.

   

7. With no close match, use Ctrl+Shift+M instead

   Segment 13 has no TM match of 40% or more. Ctrl+Shift+F then sends nothing and says so in the status bar; use Ctrl+Shift+M to translate it instead.

   

8. What next: summary, roles and terminology (video 16)

   Section Translation can do more: it can also use a document summary, functional roles, termbase hits and TM matches. That is the subject of the advanced guide. Look at the steps, not at the French: nothing here was tuned for quality. The AI model was not chosen for it, the prompts are the Default ones, and no termbase, TM context or summary is used.