Overview: Translating Documents

Documents are translated in the Editor window in the Editor view. You can have several documents open at the same time but only the active document can be edited or saved. To edit a target language segment, simply click inside the segment and start typing.

When a document is opened for translation, the Translation configuration is used. This means that the layout of the windows is designed to facilitate tasks you need to perform while translating. The Translation Results window is automatically displayed at the top of the application with the first match found in the document. The options available on the Translation and Review toolbar and Translation menu change so that you can select Confirm (Translated) to indicate that the translation is complete.

Option

Description

Open File for Translation

Use this command to open a file for translation from the active project in SDL Trados Studio. This automatically opens any translation memories, termbases and settings associated with the project.

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Open Document

Use the Open Document command to quickly open a document and start a new translation or continue a translation.

NOTE

When you create a translation using this method, a project is automatically created for you and the SDLXLIFF file is added to it. The project is given the same name as the document you opened. Settings for your active document can then be specified in the Project Settings dialog box where you can select translation memories, termbases and batch processing settings.
The options that you define in this dialog box when you first open a document for that language pair, become the default options for this language pair and are displayed in the Options dialog box and are used if you create a project.

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When all segments in the document are confirmed and their status is Translated, the status of the document changes to Translated.

Overview: Translating Documents

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