How to Create a Project: Project Files

This topic describes how to complete the Project Files page of the New Project wizard. On this page, you add the project files and specify their usage and file settings. You can also merge files.

 

To complete the Project Files page:

  1. You can change the way SDL Trados Studio processes files. For example, you can add a specific type of XML file, or specify which text in a file is presented to the translator as translatable text. To do this, click File Types, and edit the file type settings. Click here for more information about file types.

  2. Add the project files:

If

Then

you want to add files individually

  1. In the navigation pane, select the folder to which the files should be added. If there are no sub-folders they will be added to the top level project folder.

  2. Click Add Files. The Add Files dialog box is displayed.

  3. Navigate to the file, select it and click Open. The selected file is added to the files list in the right hand pane. To select more than one file at the same time, press the Ctrl key while you make your selections.

you want to add a folder or folder hierarchy containing files

  1. In the navigation pane, specify where in the project folder structure you want to add the new folder. By default the folder is added to the top level project folder but you can select any folder.

  2. Click Add Folder. The Browse For Folder dialog box is displayed.

  3. Navigate to the folder where the files are stored, select the folder and click OK. The folder is added to the navigation pane. If the selected folder is at the top of a folder structure, all sub folders are selected automatically.

To view the files in a folder, select the folder from the navigation pane or select the top level folder from the navigation pane and click Include Subfolders to display all files in a single list.

you want to create a folder structure and add files to the folders

  1. In the navigation pane, specify where in the project folder structure you want to add the new folder. You can select the top-level project folder or a sub-folder.

  2. Click New Folder. The New Folder dialog box is displayed. Enter a name for the new folder and click OK. The new folder is created.

  3. Continue adding folders until the folder structure is complete.

  4. You can now add files to the folders. You can add files individually or you can add a folder hierarchy. Select a folder and click either Add Folder or Add File.

NOTE

You cannot move files in the folder structure. If you add a file to the wrong folder you must remove it and then add it to the correct folder.

  1. Continue selecting files until all project files have been added.

  2. Ensure that all project files have the correct usage. By default all project files are assumed to be Translatable. However, file types which are not supported by SDL Trados Studio are given a usage of Reference.

If

Then

you want to change a file's usage from Translatable to Reference

select the file from the right-hand pane, right-click and select Change File Usage from the shortcut menu. The Change File Usage dialog box is displayed.

Select Reference and click OK.

a file requires translation but cannot be translated in SDL Trados Studio (It might be included in the project so that it can be managed with other project files.)

select the file from the right-hand pane, right-click and select Change File Usage from the shortcut menu. The Change File Usage dialog box is displayed.

Select Localizable and click OK.

  1. If you want to merge several smaller files into a single file for translation, select the files and merge them. You can merge any translatable files. The files do not have to be the same file type.

If

Then

you want to merge files from a single folder

  1. In the navigation pane, select the folder containing the files to be merged. The files stored in the folder are displayed in the right-hand pane.

  2. Select the files to be merged (you can use Shift and Ctrl to multiple select files) and click Merge Files. The Merge Files dialog box is displayed.

  3. Enter a name for the merged file, select the folder where you want it to be created and click OK.

  4. The name of the new merged file is displayed in the list of project files. Click the plus sign next to the merged file to see which files it contains.

you want to merge files from different folders

  1. In the navigation pane, select the top folder in the structure containing the files and click alldescendentsicon.gif Include Subfolders. All files from all folders in the structure are displayed in the right-hand pane.

  2. Select the files to be merged (you can use Shift  and Ctrl to multiple select files) and click Merge Files. The Merge Files dialog box is displayed.

  3. Enter a name for the merged file, select the folder where you want it to be created and click OK.

  4. The name of the new merged file is displayed in the list of project files. Click the plus sign next to the merged file to see which files it contains.

 

NOTE

If you decide that you do not want files to be merged, select the merged file, right-click and select Remove from the shortcut menu. The merged file is removed from the file list and the original files remain in the list for translation.

  1. When you have finished working on this page, click Next to go to the Translation Memory and Automated Translation page.