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Knowledge Base / one2edit™ v4 Admins – Essential Workshops / Steps - Set up a Translation Project

Step 3: Segment the Document Text

Created on 13th March 2026 at 17:37 by Jamie O'Connell



A typical one2edit™ use-case is translation and localization of collateral.

In this lesson, we will use Segmentation Rules to segment the text in the document for translation-memory (TM) matching.

This is an excerpt from the workshop: Create a Translation Project.

NOTE: A detailed description of the dialogs can be found in the User Interface Description section.

NOTE: We will be creating a one2edit™ project. A project in one2edit will contain one source-language master (parent) document and may contain one or more version (child) documents.

The Structure Panel

  1. Structure Panel: The Structure Panel shows structure of the document. Only content items from the chosen Content Group will be displayed here. In this case, the All Items group is chosen, meaning that every content item in the document is present in the structure view. If, however, a user-created Content Group was chosen, only those items assigned to that group will be shown in the structure.
  2. Items in the Structure: Selecting a piece of content in the preview will select it in the structure, and vice versa. Each item has an option menu that appears when you move your mouse over the right-hand side of the item in the document structure.

NOTE: If your structure is empty, please make sure that you have the correct Content Group selected.

Change Segmentation

A segment is a unit of text that can be matched against entries in a translation memory (TM). By default, the text in a one2edit™ document is segmented into paragraphs.

However, we often want sentence-length segments, as this is a more common segment size in translation memories.

  1. To change the segmentation of text in the document, click Change Segmentation in the option menu of any spread, frame, or text segment via the Structure Panel. This opens the Apply Segmentation dialog.

NOTE: You should segment the text in your document in a way that matches the segment type in your Translation Memory.

  1. In the Apply Segmentation dialog, choose the segmentation settings you require:
    • Apply to: Specify the scope of this segmentation change. The default is Selected Content Group, which will apply the segmentation change to all content in the selected group (e.g. All Items). You can also choose the entire document, or just the selected content items.
    • Action: Choose to segment the text according to Segmentation Rules (e.g. sentences), Paragraphs, or InDesign Stories.
    • Segmentation Rule: If you choose to segment the text according to segmentation rules, you must choose the rule set here. Only those rule sets defined within this Client Workspace will be available.
    • Language: Select the source language of your document. Segmentation-rule sets often contain rules corresponding to specific languages.
  2. When you have chosen the settings, click Apply to change the segmentation.

NOTE: The one2edit Default segmentation rules are provided 'as is', and should be tested to ensure that they will segment your text as required by your own translation memory.

  1. The structure and preview will reflect the new segmentation of your text. You can now save your changes.

NOTE: The underlying flow of the text is not affected by this segmentation. Segmentation of text is purely for ease of translation, and the stories in the InDesign® document are still intact.




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