SDL Trados Studio 2014 Getting Started Part 2: Working with the Supply Chain and Pre-production
Learning Objectives:
This course is designed as a follow up to the SDL Trados Studio 2014 Getting Started Part 1 course and covers the following functionality.
- working within the translation supply chain - using SDL Trados Studio to process project packages (SDL Trados Studio and SDL WorldServer packages and SDL GroupShare)
- delivering translation jobs to the supply chain
- creating TMs and termbases using legacy content (e.g. converting Excel glossaries, aligning already translated documents, and generating your own AutoSuggest dictionaries)
Target Audience:
This course is designed for:
- translators who have already covered the SDL Trados Studio 2014 Getting Started Part I course.
Prerequisites:
Attendance on the SDL Trados Studio Getting Started 2014 Part 1 course or equivalent knowledge.
SDL TRADOS Certification:
The SDL Certification program enables individual translators and project managers to validate their knowledge and expertise in the use of SDL Trados products. Achieving SDL Certification demonstrates that you are fully prepared to work with the world’s leading translation technology.
The exam questions for Getting Started are based on the topics covered in the corresponding SDL Trados Studio 2014 – Getting Started Part I and 2 courses. Attendance on both courses, followed by practical experience of the topics covered, will prepare attendees to take the exam.
Attendees will be advised on completion of their exam whether they have passed or need to retake.
Full SDL Certification for Translators in the SDL Trados Studio 2014 product can be achieved by taking the following web based exam:
- SDL Trados Studio 2014 – Getting Started
- SDL Trados Studio 2014 – Intermediate
- SDL Trados Studio 2014 – Advanced
Further Development:
At the end of this course attendees will have covered all of the topics necessary to significantly increase translation speeds and productivity.
Attendees should also consider attending the following courses:
- SDL Trados Studio 2014 – Intermediate, which will teach you to go beyond the basics for more effective handling of translation projects
- SDL Trados Studio 2014 – Advanced, which will teach you to leverage advanced functionality to get the most out of the product
- SDL MultiTerm™ 2014 course, which will teach you the key functionality of SDL MultiTerm 2014
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TOPICS COVERED DURING THE COURSE
SDL Trados Studio in the Supply Chain
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SDL Trados Studio Project packages
• What are project packages?
• Opening a project package that was sent by the customer/project manager
• Reading the analyze results
• Opening the package files
• Translating the package files
• What are context matches?
• Choosing from several TM suggestions
• Searching for and inserting the correct terminology during translation
• Adding new terms on the fly
• Handling tags correctly
• Interactive tag verification
• Adding comments to your translation
• Filtering for segments, e.g. to show only segments that contain comments
•Creating the return package for delivery and marking the translation job as complete
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SDL World Server (WS) packages
• What are SDL WorldServer packages?
• Opening a WS package
• Processing the files in the WS package
• What are PerfectMatches (PM)?
• Handling locked segments
• Delivering the translated files to WS and marking the translation job as complete
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SDL GroupShare Assignments
• What is SDL GroupShare?
• How to accept SDL GroupShare assignments?
• How to deliver jobs through SDL GroupShare
Pre-production
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Re-using legacy documents to create translation memory content (Alignment)
• Running an alignment on an existing source and target document
• Creating a new (empty) TM
• Importing the alignment result into the new TM
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Creating AutoSuggest dictionaries
• Creating your own AutoSuggest dictionary
• Fine-tuning the AutoSuggest Settings
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Creating termbases
• Converting terms from an MS Excel document into SDL MultiTerm format
• Setting up a new termbase with SDL MultiTerm
• Importing the converted MS Excel glossary into the new termbase
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Processing new documents based on legacy resources
• How to process a new document based on the alignment result, the newly-created termbase and AutoSuggest dictionary
• Opening the new document
• Analyzing the document against the newly-created TM
• Viewing the analysis report
• Translating the document using TM, termbase, and AutoSuggest dictionary
• Fine-tuning the AutoSuggest settings, e.g. prioritizing the AutoSuggest sources and changing the way the AutoSuggest hits are displayed.
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