While working in the CAT editor, Auto QA automatically detects potential issues in your translations. This reference guide provides a complete list of error codes, descriptions, and messages that may appear while using Auto QA.
Error categories
Auto QA errors are organized into 4 main categories:
- Spelling: Identifies spelling issues
- Segment and terms: Checks translation consistency, terminology, and segment-level issues
- Inline tags: Validates proper tag formatting and placement
- Consistency: Ensures consistent translations across your project
Error reference
| Error Code | Error Name | Error Description | Example Case | Example Error Message | QA Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10000 | Spelling error | Spelling error detected by LanguageTool |
Source: I have received your gift. Target: J'ai reçu votre cadaeu. |
Possible spelling mistake found: << cadaeu >>. | Spelling |
| 10001 | Inconsistent terms appearance in Target comparing to Source | Glossary terms have been translated inconsistently between the source and target text. |
login - acceso is an entry in your Glossary. login appears two times in the source text, but acceso appears only once in the target text. Source: Invalid login. You have 3 login attempts left. Target: Login non valido. Ti rimangono 3 tentativi di accesso.
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<< login >>: 2 → << acceso >>: 1 | Segment and terms |
| 10002 | Inconsistent terms appearance in Source comparing to Target | << login>> : 2 ← << acceso >>: 1 | Segment and terms | ||
| 10003 | Source and Target are the same | Identical source and target |
Source: 12345! Target: 12345! |
Source and Target are the same | Segment and terms |
| 10004 | Empty Target | Target text is empty | Target is empty | Segment and terms | |
| 10005 | TM Translation | Target text is translated by Translation Memory | Target is translated by TM | Segment and terms | |
| 10006 | MT Translation | Target text is translated by a Machine Translation service | Target is translated by Machine Translation service | Segment and terms | |
| 10007 | Translation is Overlength | Target text length is over source text length | Length limit exceeded: 45/30 | Segment and terms | |
| 10008 | Warning found by AI | Error detected by AI | Message will be generated by AI | Segment and terms | |
| 10009 | Inconsistent target | A segment with an identical source but a different target precedes the checked segment. |
Source #1: Hi, my name is John! Target #1: Ciao, mi chiamo John!
Source #2: Hi, my name is John! Target #2: Salve, il mio nome è John! |
Identical source but different target in record ID 2 | Consistency |
| 10010 | Inconsistent source | A segment with an identical target but a different source precedes the checked segment. |
Source #1: Hi, my name is John! Target #1: Ciao, mi chiamo John!
Source #2: Hi, I'm John! Target #2: Ciao, mi chiamo John! |
Identical target but different source in record ID 2 | Consistency |
| 10011 | Repetition exceptions and segments with an empty target are skipped. | The segment was not examined during QA check because it has been marked as an exception for repetition or its target is empty | Repetition exceptions and segments with an empty target are skipped. | Consistency | |
| 10013 | Segments with alphanumeric mismatches. | Alphanumeric characters are mismatching between source and target |
Source: abc12345 Target: abc54321 |
Alphanumeric characters are mismatching between source and target | Segment and terms |
| 10014 | Segments with unpaired quotes. | Quotes appear in source but not in target, and vice versa |
Source: "Title" Target: Titre |
Unpaired quotes found in source/target. | Segment and terms |
| 10015 | Segments with unpaired brackets. | Brackets appear in source but not in target, and vice versa |
Source: Title Target: (Title) |
Unpaired brackets found in source/target. | Segment and terms |
| 10016 | Segments with double spaces. | Double spaces appear in source or target |
Source: Good morning! Target: Bonjour ! |
Double spaces found in source/target. | Segment and terms |
| 10017 | Segments where words fully in UPPERCASE do not match between source and target | A fully uppercased word appear in source but not in target, and vice versa |
Source: Hi, my name is JOHN! Target: Ciao, mi chiamo John! |
Words in UPPERCASE do not match between source: 1 and target: 0 | Segment and terms |
| 10018 | Segments where words in CamelCase do not match between source and target | Words in CamelCase do not match between source and target |
Source: Click the getUserData button to retrieve information. Target: Cliquez sur le bouton get User Data pour récupérer les informations. |
Words in CamelCase do not match between source: 1 and target: 0 | Segment and terms |
| 10019 | Title case mismatching | Title case mismatching |
Source: Click on File Manager to access your documents. Target: Haga clic en file manager para acceder a sus documentos. |
Title case mismatching between source and target | Consistency |
| 10020 | Check forbidden terms | A forbidden term in Glossary appears in target text |
kill is a forbidden term in your Glossary. Target: I'll kill all the monster. |
The Term << kill >> is forbidden. | Segment and terms |
| 10023 | Check NonTranslatable in source | A Non-translatable term appears in source but not in target. |
MySQL is a non-translatable term. It appears once in source text, but none in target text. Source: Install MySQL. Target: Installez MonSQL. |
<< MySQL >>: 1 → 0 | Segment and terms |
| 10024 | Check NonTranslatable in target | A Non-translatable term appears in target but not in source. |
GitHub is a non-translatable term. It appears once in the target text, but none in the source text. Source: Install Git Hub. Target: Installez GitHub. |
<< GitHub >>: 0 → 1 | Segment and terms |
| 10026 | Segments with numeric mismatches | Numeric characters are mismatching between source and target |
Source: 12345 Target: 12340 |
Numeric characters are mismatching between source and target | Segment and terms |
| 10027 | Segments with URL and email address mismatches | URL and email address are mismatching between source and target |
Source: gridly.com Target: gridly.io |
URL and email address are mismatching between source and target | Segment and terms |
| 20000 | Tags not found in order | Tag error following Gridly Tag detection |
Source: <b>Hi</b> Target: </b>Hi<b> |
Incorrect tag order </b> | Inline tags |