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.
If you add files for translation to an existing project, you have to prepare the files for translation. For more details about preparing files, see Batch Task Sequence Descriptions. (Preparation is performed automatically for files that are added by the New Project wizard).
You can add files to a project individually or you can add a folder hierarchy. When you add a folder, all of the files in the selected folder structure are added to the project and the folder structure is replicated in each of the project target language folders. When the project SDLXLIFF files are created, they are placed in the appropriate target language folder.
If the project files are not currently in a folder structure, you can create a folder structure manually and add the files to it.
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Files cannot be moved once they have been added to a folder. If you add a file to the wrong folder, delete it and then add it to the correct folder. |
File usage indicates why a file has been added to a project. You can add files for translation, files for reference and files that contain instructions.
You have different options available for files with different usages. 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.
By default, if SDL Trados Studio supports a file type, it opens files of that file type with the usage for translation. If you have added files for other purposes, change the usage of those files.
File type settings control the way that SDL Trados Studio prepares files of each file type for translation.
Click here for more information about file types.