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Parallel Passages tool (6.1a)

The Parallel Passages tool displays and aligns very similar passages from different books, such as the same event being recounted repeatedly in the gospels. The tool enables you to check you have translated these passages with wording that is suitably similar or different, in accordance with the original texts. Knowledge of which passages are similar to each other is built into Paratext. Paratext calls these parallel passages.

Open the Parallel passages tool​

  1. Open the menu for the project.
  2. Expand the menu.
  3. Under Tools, click Parallel Passages.
    • The Parallel Passages Tool opens in a floating window.

To display a resource or project​

  1. Click Comparative Texts.
  2. Select and add the resources or projects you want to view.
  3. Click OK.
    • The resources are now displayed below.

Display the original language versions​

  1. Click the “Hide/Show Hebrew/Greek Source Text” chooser on the toolbar.
  2. Select one of the “Hebrew/Greek Text” options.
    • The original language version of the passages is displayed below.
tip

Identical words are highlighted in green and similar words are highlighted in yellow. But identical words in the translation project are shown in grey.

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You can collapse the Hebrew/Greek source text​

Collapse: To the left of the text, click the ^ beside the project name
The row is reduced with the name of the text and an expand icon

Expand: To expand it again, click the v
The text is visible again.

To edit one of the passages​

  1. Click the Edit command displayed above the passage.
    • The passage opens in a small window which uses unformatted view.
      caution

      Take care not to accidentally edit one of the USFM markers.

tip

The Edit command will not be displayed if you do not have editing permission for that passage.

To view a passage in context​

  1. Click the Passage reference immediately above it.
    • The project window scrolls to display the relevant passage.
  2. You can edit there instead, assuming you have editing permission.

To return to previous book​

If Paratext has scrolled to a different book

  • Click the ←back button
    • The book you were looking at before is displayed.

Approve passages​

When the parallel passages have been compared and you are satisfied that they have been translated appropriately,

  • Click the checkbox next to the project text (or in the status column).
    • This checkmark means the entire set of parallel passages has been approved.

Three modes for approving​

  1. Open the menu for the window.
  2. Under View you can choose between
    • Approve Sets of Parallels - which is the default -
    • Approve Passages individually individual check boxes
    • Approve by Set or Individually, which allows you to switch back and forth between modes.

To change from set to individually​

  1. Open the menu for the window.
  2. Under View, choose Approve by Set or Individually.
    • Initially, a checkbox for the entire set is shown in the Status column.
  3. Hover the mouse over the lower checkbox for the set
    • A pencil icon is shown.
  4. Click the pencil
    • *The checkboxes move to the other mode but only for this set of passages.