There are various operations that you can typically perform on translation memories (TMs) and which can be automated through the Language Platform API. These operations are as follows:

• creating TMs
• adding and modifying TM fields
• adding and modifying language resources (segmentation rules, variables, etc.)
• exporting and importing TM content
• adding translation units (TUs) to a TM
• performing TM lookup operations
• maintaining TM databases

In the following exercises you will find code snippets and highly simplified sample applications that are implemented in distinct classes.

Create a new C# project in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 called Sdl.SDK.LanguagePlatform.Samples.TmAutomation. It is sufficient to create a simple console application.

Add the following assemblies as references, which you will find in the installation folder of SDL Trados Studio 2017, usually C:\Program Files\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\Studio5:

• Sdl.LanguagePlatform.Core
• Sdl.LanguagePlatform.TranslationMemory
• Sdl.LanguagePlatform.TranslationMemoryApi

Additionally, make sure to add the reference WindowsBase.

Each class that you add needs to use the following namespaces: This class needs to use the following namespaces:

• Sdl.LanguagePlatform.TranslationMemoryApi
• Sdl.LanguagePlatform.TranslationMemory
• Sdl.LanguagePlatform.Core.Tokenization
• Sdl.LanguagePlatform.Core