About Creating Projects

Projects are created using the New Project wizard. You can choose to create a project based on a template or based on a previous project. When you have specified project settings and selected the project files, the wizard automatically creates a project and adds it to SDL Trados Studio where it is managed. Files are scanned during project creation to determine their usage and to designate the appropriate filter settings file.

Optionally, the wizard can also perform the following tasks:

·         Publish a project to Project Server (SDL GroupShare).

·         Produce translation analysis figures for viewing on screen in SDL Trados Studio and in SDL Trados Studio reports.

·         Convert project files to SDLXLIFF format.

·         Pre-translate project files by applying translations from translation memories.

·         Create a file-based project translation memory for distribution with project files.

If you do not select a task to be performed during project creation you can perform that task after the project is created. For example, you may initially only want to analyze files when you create a project in order to get analysis figures to provide a quote for a customer.

Project Settings

If you choose to use the Default project template, it contains settings that are specified in the Options dialog box. For example, there are settings that control the:

·         Source and target language.

·         Translation memories applied to a file.

·         Translation memory options.

·         Termbases applied to a file.

·         AutoSuggest dictionaries used.

·         Batch processing settings.

·         File Type settings.

You can change these settings when you are creating a new translation project or leave the defaults.  The settings you specify when creating a project can also be modified, after you have created your new translation project, in the Project Settings dialog box.