Part one

• Translation technology – The concepts
• Familiarisation with the SDL Trados Studio User Interface
  • Windows, menus, ribbons, settings

Creating a TM

Translating a single file

• Selecting and opening your file
• Selecting your newly created translation memory (TM)
• Selecting an AutoSuggest dictionary (predicting typing)
• Selecting a termbase (TB)
• Translating a document in the translation editor
• Navigating
• Using the real-time preview (for checking the original formatting and layout of your document)
• Using predictive typing suggestions
• Auto-propagating translations
• Editing a fuzzy match
• Automatic number substitution
• Applying character formatting
• Using terms from the TB via Active terminology recognition
• “Googling” your TM for already translated text or terms by performing a concordance search
• Tracking the translation progress
• Inserting and handling tags
• Removing formatting
• Automated translations
• Spellchecking your translation

Finishing the translation

• Running a QA check (quality assurance)
• Saving the document
• Generating a printable WYSIWYG preview
• Saving the translation in the original file format

Translating different file formats

• PowerPoint documents
• Excel documents

Questions and answers session

NB: There will be several breaks during an onsite course. On online courses, there will be one break halfway through the 2.5 hours’ session.