Use threaded segment comments in the CAT editor

Overview

Threaded segment comments in Smartcat let you have more organized and structured discussions within your translation projects. Whether you are a project manager looking to enhance Language Quality Assurance (LQA) or streamline query management, threaded comments have you covered.

This article walks you through how to make the most of this feature.

How threaded segment comments work

Understand threaded comments better with these six features.

• Existing comments — regular segment comments become independent threads, each consisting of one comment. LQA comments with fragments form their own dedicated threads

• Creating threads — you can create top-level comments to initiate discussions

• Engaging in threads — reply to top-level comments to start a focused thread or participate in existing discussions

• Managing statuses — each top-level comment (thread) has a status: no status, open, in progress, or resolved. Managers and assigned linguists can change the status

• Flexibility and visibility — managers can delete any top-level comment and change its state as needed. Linguists can delete their own comments if they are unthreaded. You can toggle threads to be visible in all languages or just the original language pair

• Notifications that keep you in the loop — you receive email notifications when you or your team members get replies in comment threads, with direct links to access comments quickly

Get started with threaded segment comments

Follow these five steps to get up and running with threaded segment comments.

1. Log in to Smartcat and open the translation project where you want to use threaded segment comments

2. Open the file or project in question

3. Search for the segment in the CAT editor, or add it as you go along

4. Click the segment you want to discuss

5. To initiate a new discussion thread, click Add Comment. Write your comment and select the desired status: no status, open, in progress, or resolved

Your comment now appears as a top-level thread on the selected segment.

Reply to comments

To join an existing discussion, click Reply on a top-level comment. Your reply starts a new thread within that comment.

Manage comments

Managers can delete top-level comments and change their statuses. Linguists can delete their own unthreaded comments.

Visibility settings

Toggle thread visibility to control who can see the threads.