Revision History Tab

When you work on translations, it helps to know what changed, when, and by whom. The Revision History tab in the Overview panel gives you a complete record of every change made to a segment's text, and lets you restore an earlier version when needed.

• Reviewing past changes: browse revision entries for any segment, with author, timestamp, and operation details.

• Restoring a previous version: insert an earlier revision directly back into the grid.

Opening Revision History

1. Click the Overview button in the top toolbar to open the Overview panel.

2. Select the Revision history tab.

The tab automatically displays revisions for the segment and language cell you last clicked in the grid.

The Overview panel with the Revision history tab selected, showing revision entries for a Spanish segment.

Understanding Revision Entries

Each revision card represents a single change to the segment text. Entries are sorted with the most recent change at the top.

A revision card includes the following information:

• Origin: How the change was made. Manual edits display the user name and avatar. Automated changes show the operation type (e.g., Exact pre-translation, Fuzzy pre-translation, or the MT job name).

• Timestamp: When the change occurred. Very recent changes use relative timestamps such as "a few seconds ago". Older entries show the full date and time.

• Language: The language that was modified. For manual edits, this includes the task type (e.g., "Translation Spanish").

• Match percentage: For pre-translation entries, a badge shows the match quality (e.g., 100%).

• Text: The segment text as it existed after the change.

When differences between consecutive revisions are available, they are highlighted with track-changes formatting. Removed text appears in red with strikethrough, and added text appears inline.

Two revision entries for the same segment. The newer entry highlights differences from the previous version using track-changes formatting.

Toggle Show tags at the top of the tab to display or hide markup within the revision text. This is helpful when you need to check whether formatting changed between versions.

Filtering Revisions

Use the filter dropdown at the top of the tab to control which revisions are displayed:

• Selected language: Shows only revisions for the language cell you last clicked in the grid.

• All languages: Shows revisions across all languages visible in the grid. Each entry indicates which language it belongs to.

The filter dropdown at the top of the Revision History tab.

Inserting a Previous Version

If an earlier version of a translation was better, you can restore it directly from the Revision History tab.

Follow these steps to insert a previous version:

1. Select the segment you want to update in the grid.

2. Open the Revision history tab and locate the revision you want to restore.

3. Hover over the revision card to reveal the Insert revision button (a double-chevron icon).

4. Click Insert revision. The text in the segment is replaced with the revision text, and the segment status changes to unsaved.

5. The focus moves to the updated segment in the grid so you can review and save.

A revision card with the Insert revision button visible on hover.

The insert action requires edit permissions on the segment. If the segment is locked, a Cell is locked! warning appears and the revision cannot be inserted.

The Cell is locked warning that appears when inserting into a locked segment.

Learn More

• Overview Panel: Learn about the other Overview panel tabs.

• Filters Panel: Narrow down the segments shown in the grid before reviewing revision history.