Prompt Variables

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Variables are placeholders in your prompt text that are automatically filled in at runtime. Use them to make prompts context-aware without rewriting them for every project or language pair.

Language variables — all contexts

These work in Batch Translate, Batch Proofread, and QuickLauncher prompts:

Variable	Replaced with	Example
{{SOURCE_LANGUAGE}}	Full name of the source language, including locale	Dutch (Belgium)
{{TARGET_LANGUAGE}}	Full name of the target language, including locale	English (United States)

Segment variables — QuickLauncher only

These are only available in QuickLauncher prompts, because they refer to the specific segment active at the moment you trigger the menu:

Variable	Replaced with	Example
{{SOURCE_SEGMENT}}	Full source text of the active segment	De uitvinding heeft betrekking op een nieuwe werkwijze...
{{TARGET_SEGMENT}}	Full target text of the active segment (your translation so far — may be empty or partial)	The invention relates to a novel method...
{{SELECTION}}	Text currently selected in the editor (source side preferred; falls back to target side)	werkwijze

Segment vs selection: {{SOURCE_SEGMENT}} and {{TARGET_SEGMENT}} always give you the entire active segment. {{SELECTION}} gives you only the highlighted portion — useful for looking up or explaining a specific word or phrase within the segment. If nothing is selected, {{SELECTION}} is replaced with an empty string.

Project variables — QuickLauncher only

Variable	Replaced with
{{PROJECT_NAME}}	Trados project name (e.g. Patent_NL_EN_2026)
{{DOCUMENT_NAME}}	Active file name (e.g. source_document.docx)
{{SURROUNDING_SEGMENTS}}	N source segments before and after the active segment, with actual Trados segment numbers and the active segment marked ← ACTIVE. N is set in Settings → AI Settings → Surrounding segments (default: 5).
{{PROJECT}}	All source segments in the document, numbered with their actual Trados segment numbers. In multi-file projects a === File N === header separates each file (Trados restarts segment numbering per file).
{{TM_MATCHES}}	Translation memory fuzzy matches (≥70%) for the active segment, showing match percentage, TM name, source text, and target text. If no matches meet the threshold, replaced with "(no fuzzy matches above 70%)".

{{PROJECT}} sends the entire document to the AI and uses significantly more tokens than other variables. For a 10,000-word document, this costs roughly 4–5 cents per call with a Sonnet-class model. Reserve it for prompts where full document context genuinely matters.

To keep the chat history readable, the chat bubble shows a compact summary (e.g. [source document — 47 segments]) instead of the full source text. The complete document is still sent to the AI.