SDL Trados Studio 2019

Getting Started for Translators

Part 1: Translating Files

Training Course

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 Learning Objectives

SDL Trados Studio – components and their

interaction
What is a translation memory, termbase,
AutoSuggest dictionary?
How to…
Translate files in SDL Trados Studio making use of
the most common features
Deliver the finished translation

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 Learning Objectives

Training outline
SDL Trados Studio – Technologies overview
Training presentation
Questions and answers

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 Training Outline

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 Training outline

Introduction to SDL Trados Studio Technologies

Translation memories (TM)
Termbases (TB)
AutoSuggest dictionaries (AS)

The SDL Trados Studio environment

Starting the application for the first time
User interface overview

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 Training outline

Translating single files (MS Word)

Opening a file for translation
Selecting translation memory, termbase, AutoSuggest
dictionary
Introduction to the translation editing environment
Translating and re-using existing translations from translation
memory, termbase, AutoSuggest dictionary
Applying formatting and inserting tags (QuickInsert)
Quality assurance: Spell check and Tag verification
Previewing files in their original layout
Saving your translation

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 Training outline

Translating single files (MS PowerPoint)

Auto-localization of dates
Editing source text
Merging segments
Previewing PowerPoint slides
Translating single files (MS Excel
Looking up and inserting terminology
Previewing and generating the target file
Translating single files (PDF)
What to watch out for when translating PDF files
Running a file analysis and reading the analysis result
Previewing and generating the target file

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 Training outline

Retrieving segment fragments from TMs

How to prepare your TM for segment fragment
recognition
How to use segment fragments during
translation

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 Technologies Overview

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 Technologies overview: Translation providers
Translation Memory (TM)
• Bilingual database
• Source + target sentences = translation unit (TU)
• Additional information
• Automatic look-up, pre-translation
• 100% matches, Fuzzy matches, Context matches  Re-use
• Matches can be reused or edited
SDLTM • Can suggest entire sentences and segment fragments  Ensure
AutoSuggest dictionary (AS) consistency
• Bilingual database  Accelerate
• Source + target sentence fragments (words, expressions)
• Suggested automatically while typing
processes
• Context-sensitive, related to current source segment  Reduce costs
Translation
• Read-only!  Create assets
BPM • Created from a TM (needs AutoSuggest Creator or Professional
Edition)
Termbase (TB)
• Multilingual database
• Concept-oriented (all synonyms stored in one entry)
• Source + target terms
SDLTB • Additional information: Status, definition, context, notes…

Bilingual reference files

• In context matching using paragraphs (Perfect Match = PM)
• Pre-translation with Perfect Match only available in Professional
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Edition
SDLXLIFF
 Alignment of Translated Files
Translation Editor

Export of translated target files

Translation
1 This
Source
is alanguage
sentence. Target
Dies istlanguage 0%
doc ein Satz. Memory (TM)
Source+target
doc
%
94
Import of source files

2 This is a new sentences

Dies ist ein Satz.
neuer Satz.

% 9% 0 %
sentence. SDLTM

0% 65 8 10
xls 3 This is a sentence. Dies ist ein Satz. xls
AutoSuggest
4 This is another new dictionary (AS)
we neuer
Dies ist ein weiterer Source+target
sentence.
ppt Satz. Satz. weitere
neuer
weiterer
sentence ppt
5 This sentence Dieser Satz beinhaltet fragments
contains a term. weiteres BPM
term Terminus
einen Terminus.
6 Terms are added to
… …
Termini werden in der
Terminus Termbase (TB)
the termbase. Termbank gespeichert. Source+target
terms
SDLXLIFF
SDLTB

SDL MultiTerm Extract / Convert Terminology extraction

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 Segment status concept

Open for translation

Translator

Open for review

Reviewer 1

Open for sign-off

Reviewer 2
or
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Project
Manager
 Applications Overview

SDL Trados Studio SDL MultiTerm SDL OpenExchange Apps

• Translation environment • Terminology • Extensions
‒ Translation editor management
‒ SDLXLIFF Converter for
‒ Translation memory SDL MultiTerm
‒ MS Office
AutoSuggest™ ‒ Desktop ‒ SDL T-Window for
‒ Interface to termbase ‒ Convert
‒ Clipboard
Project management ‒ Extract* ‒ SDL Batch Find /
‒ QA plug-ins ‒ Widget
‒ Replace
Alignment ‒ Administrator* ‒ SDL TTX It!
‒ Interface to MS
Word, SDL Trados More apps available
Studio, SDL for download!
Passolo
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 User Interface overview F11

Application
ribbon

Navigation
pane Work pane

View Status bar

navigation
buttons
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 Additional Information

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 Supported File Types
Office Formats
Microsoft Word (2000-2016)
Microsoft PowerPoint (XP-2016)
Microsoft Excel (2000-2016)
Microsoft Visio
OpenOffice

Desktop Publishing Formats

Adobe FrameMaker (MIF files, version 8 and higher)
Adobe InDesign (CS2, CS3, CS4, CS5, CS6, CC INX & IDML files)
Adobe InCopy (CS4, CS5 ICML)
QuarkXPress (through SDL Trados 2007)
Interleaf / QuickSilver (through SDL Trados 2007)
PageMaker (through SDL Trados 2007)

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 Supported File Types

Software
Java Resources
DLLs, Executables (through SDL Passolo)
Microsoft .NET Resources

Mark-up Formats
HTML
Custom XML
XLIFF
OASIS DITA, DocBook, and W3C ITS compliant XML

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 Supported File Types
Text-only Formats
Delimited text files
Custom text formats through freely-definable
regular expressions filter
PDF
Bilingual Formats
DOC/X (SDL Trados)
TTX (SDL Trados)
ITD (SDLX)
SDLXLIFF

For all file formats various settings are available under:

File > Options > File types

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 Translation Processes

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 Translating Single Files

Open Save
Translation
document translation

DOC/X, SDLXLIFF SDLXLIFF DOC/X,

PPT/X, • Open document • Look-up in TM, TB, AS • Save Target as PPT/X,
XLS/X • Add TM, TB, AS • Confirm translations • Update TM XLS/X
• Save bilingual SDLXLIFF • Add comments • Mark as complete
…
• •
…
Preview Remove from list
• Spell checking (F7)
• QA Verification (F8)
• Terminology verification

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 Verifying translated documents
Interactive verification (Ctrl+Enter)
Spell checking
Hunspell
Microsoft Office
F7 / F8
Document verification
Tag verification

Segment verification with

QA Checker 3.0 Translation Review
Segment verification
Inconsistencies
Punctuation
Numbers
Word List
Regular Expressions
Trademark Check Batch Tasks > Verify
Length verification
Exclude Segments
Report
Terminology verification Error
Warning
Check for forbidden terms Note
Check for non-usage of target term
Check for terms without translation in TB
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 Dealing with formatting, tags, placeables
Formatting

Ctrl+,

Tags

Ghost-Tags

Placeables

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 Using the Display filter

Restrict the editor to

show only certain Translation Review Sign-off
segments

General Segment Segment review Segment review Segment content Search

types status expression
All segments New translated content
All content Number only
100% matches Translated With messages Source language
Context matches and Excluding number
Translation With comments Target language
PerfectMatch only
approved With tracked Supports regular
Fuzzy matches
Automatically translated
Translation
changes Segment locking expressions
Unconfirmed rejected
Not translated Signed off
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Duplicates Unlocked
 Previewing translated files

Place on 2nd screen

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 Segment Fragment Matching for Whole TUs
TU 1:
Source: Spelling Checker
Target: Rechtschreibprüfung Whole segment from TU 1 suggested

TU 2:
Source: Please use the Spelling Checker.
Target: Verwenden Sie bitte die Rechtschreibprüfung.

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 Segment Fragment Matching for Partial TUs
TU 1:
Source: The Spelling Checker can be selected by the user.
Target: Der Benutzer kann die Rechtschreibprüfung auswählen.

Fragment from TU 1 suggested

TU 2:
Source: Please use the Spelling Checker.
Target: Bitte die Rechtschreibprüfung verwenden.

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