This short series of articles is designed to help you get to grips with Trados, from the basic steps involved in translating a standard document, to opening SDLXIFF/MQXLIFF files, translating Excel spreadsheets with Trados, confirming segments and running batch tasks.
Hello everyone! I recently had fun helping a colleague get started with Trados and it inspired me to write a short series of articles aimed at others who, like her, aren’t yet familiar with this good old CAT tool. This series will only look at more general points, with the Read more…
Let’s go through the basic features Trados offers so you can get the most out of the program. In addition to the features found in most IT tools (save, save as, etc.), Trados also has its own special features it would be worth going over quickly. 1) Project settings Project Read more…
After looking at Trados’ basic features in the first two articles, now it’s time to put it all into practice and learn how to translate a file with Trados. For this third article, let’s imagine you have one or several standard files (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF, etc.) and you want Read more…
In my previous posts, I gave you a quick introduction to Trados and explored some of its basic features as well as how to process standard files. Now we’ll look at how to open documents specific to Trados that you’re likely to encounter with agencies. 1) Working with a package Read more…
Now we’ve been through some of Trados’ basic features, I thought we could have a look at some handy tips I’ve learnt over the years—often late in the day, after battling for months and even years with some sort of annoying set-up that “I’m sure they could simplify”, which does Read more…
Inserting a translation from Trados into a column in Excel Oh, the joys of translating Excel spreadsheets in Trados! As I’m sure you know, some clients will send you Excel spreadsheets with the source text in one column and want you to enter your translation in another column. If you’re Read more…