This message is generated during the lookup of entries in a translation memory for an asset, as in the Segment Asset or Pretranslate auto action in a workflow, or a similar operation on assets during scoping or opening in Browser Workbench.
During the leverage process, there may be more than one appropriate match candidate. For instance, there may be multiple ICE matches or multiple exact matches.
Hash algorithms are used to generate a shortened version of segments to compare for exact matches and to compare the context of the preceding and following segments for ICE matches. These hashes are supposed to be unique for unique text, but hashing is not perfect, so the sometimes different text will produce the same hash value.
The message is a warning. It means that the lookup found a TM entry with the same hash value, but the source string did not match. At that point, WorldServer will simply continue looking for more appropriate matches. The larger a TM becomes, the more these messages may occur. If the number of messages is small compared to the number of segments being processed, the speed benefit of hashing is much greater than the speed loss from any hash collisions, which is why the technique is used. |
