How Translators Work

This chapter provides an overview of how translators work in SDL Trados Studio 2017 and thus shows the SDL File Type Support Framework in action. The following pages provide basic information on a number of typical use cases, which will help you understand what custom file type plug-in and verification plug-ins should be able to do and what kinds of scenarios they handle.

Common End User Tasks

Below you will find a list of common tasks that translators, editors and proofreaders perform when processing documents in SDL Trados Studio 2017. Note that this SDK contains concrete examples of how to implement the functionalities listed below in simple example projects.

Opening single documents for translation
Creating projects and processing multiple files
Merging files
Moving files between machines
Configuring file type settings
Using context information
Tag display modes
Using QuickInserts
Verifying documents and reporting problems
Previewing documents in an external application and within SDL Trados Studio 2017
Saving to a different file type (e.g. saving a TTX to native format)