How to Update Studio with Externally Reviewed Files from Word

If you sent your files for external review using the Export for External Review batch task, you can import the content of the bilingual review documents back into Studio. This import updates the target segments in the *.sdlxliff project file with any edits, tracked changes, reviewed statuses and comments.  

How to Send Files for External Review in Word

For reviewers who do not have Studio installed, you can export the .*sdlxliff file to a bilingual review document format (.review.docx) which can be opened in Microsoft Word. The reviewed document can then be imported back into Studio and the *.sdlxliff updated with edits, tracked changes, reviewed statuses and comments.

About Reviewing Files Externally in Word

For reviewers who do not have Studio installed, you can export the SDL XLIFF file to a bilingual review document format (.review.docx) which can be opened in Microsoft Word. The reviewed document can then be imported back into Studio and the SDL XLIFF updated with edits, tracked changes, reviewed statuses and comments.

How to Add Files to an Existing Project

You can add files to an existing project in the Files view. You can add them individually, or you can add a folder structure. If your files are not for translation but you want to manage them together with the translatable files, you can then change their usage. If you added the files to a GroupShare project, you must also upload them to the GroupShare Project Server by checking them in.

About Managing Projects

View Project Details

The Project Details window in the Projects view is used to view details about your project, for example how many translatable files the project contains.

How to Select Tasks to Run to Prepare your Project

When you create a project, you select the preparation steps (batch tasks) and the order (task sequence) in which they are to be performed on the files of the newly created project. These tasks are automatically performed when the project is created. The default task sequence that is automatically selected is the Prepare without Project TM, This prepares your files for translation.

How to Reuse Previously Translated Files for PerfectMatch

If you create a project where the project files are closely related files that have been translated previously, for example previous versions of the same file, and you have the bilingual files that were produced at that time, PerfectMatch can extract translations from the bilingual files and apply them to the new project files. You can select these files by basing the project on a previous project on the Project Type page, or by explicitly selecting the files on the SDL PerfectMatch page of the New Project wizard.

How to Add Translation Resources to a Project

When you create a project, you can add or remove translation resources from the project on the Translation Memory and Automated Translation page and the Termbases page of the New Project wizard.

How to Add Files to a Project

When you create a project, you add files to a project on the Project Files page of the New Project wizard. You can then specify their usage and file settings. You can also merge multiple files together.

How to Create a Project

Projects can be created from any view in SDL Trados Studio. New translations projects are created using the New Project wizard.

About Customers

You can specify the customer for which you are translating files in your project. You can store their name and email address. The customer information is stored in a list separate from the project so you can select the existing customer each time your create a project for that customer.

About File Usage

File usage indicates why a file has been added to a project. Only files with the usage for translation can be translated. Most files are added to the project to be translated, but you can also add files that are not going to be translated in SDL Trados Studio. For example, you may want to add files so that you can manage them together with translatable files.

About Project Files

Any file that is part of a project is known as a project file. You add files to a project when you create the project. You can also add files to an existing project.

About Packages

Packages are used to send work to other team members when you are working in an offline workflow. A package is a file structure which contains all the files that need to be sent to a project team member in order for them to commence work on the project. It can also contain work that has been completed.

About Project Templates

Project templates reduce the amount of time and effort involved in creating new projects by reusing settings and selections used to create previous projects.

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.

About Project Management Tools

Project Manager Tools

The tools available in SDL Trados Studio enable project managers to:

Creating and Managing Projects

SDL Trados Studio is a project based translation management system. All files are translated and managed as part of a project. A project may contain a single file or many files for translation into one language or several languages. It may also contain reference material, translation memories, termbases, AutoSuggest dictionaries and instructions for translators.