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Quick Add (Ctrl+Alt+M)

While translating in Trados, you can instantly capture a term, a translation pair, or a free-form note to the active memory bank – and optionally inject it into your active translation prompt so the next Ctrl+T picks it up immediately.

How to use

  1. In the Trados editor, select the source text you want to capture (optional – the full source segment is used if nothing is selected)
  2. Press Ctrl+Alt+M or right-click and choose Add to memory bank
  3. Fill in the dialogue:
    • Source term – the source-language term (pre-filled from your selection). The label shows your project’s source language, e.g. “Source term (Dutch):”
    • Target term – the target-language translation (pre-filled from target selection, if any). The label shows your project’s target language, e.g. “Target term (English):”
    • Notes – optional context, alternatives, or client preferences
    • Save as raw note – when ticked, the entry goes to 00_INBOX/ as a free-form note for the AI to compile via Process Inbox rather than directly to 02_TERMINOLOGY/ as a structured article. Useful when the knowledge is ambiguous or context-dependent (e.g. “fiche can mean either sheet or plug depending on context”)
    • Also append to active translation prompt – when ticked, a row is added to the TERMINOLOGY table in your active prompt so the translation takes effect immediately (only available in structured article mode, not raw note mode)
  4. Click Add

The entry lands in whichever memory bank is currently selected in the toolbar dropdown. To capture into a different bank, switch the dropdown first and then press Ctrl+Alt+M.

Two save modes

Structured article (default)

When “Save as raw note” is unchecked, Quick Add creates a finished Markdown article directly in the active memory bank’s 02_TERMINOLOGY/ folder with YAML frontmatter (source term, target term, domain, status, date). The article is immediately available to the AI on the next translation – no Process Inbox step needed.

The filename uses the format source term → target term.md (e.g. fiche → plug.md).

Raw note

When “Save as raw note” is checked, Quick Add writes a free-form Markdown note to 00_INBOX/ instead. The note contains whatever you entered in the source, target, and notes fields, timestamped and labelled as a Quick Add capture. Run Process Inbox to have the AI compile it into one or more structured articles.

This mode is useful when:

  • The knowledge doesn’t fit a clean source → target pair (e.g. a term with multiple context-dependent translations)
  • You want to capture a general observation or client preference rather than a specific term
  • You’d rather let the AI figure out the right article structure

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