Paul 

Dear Paul
Now that you are back to the fray, hopefully not to overlaid ,
do you know if there is anything existing or in the pipeline in this area?
I just got the same question from another customer who would like to integrate Censhare with Studio through an API.
Best
Walter

Priscillia Schlemo Walter Blaser 

We don't have an existing integration as far as I can see.  I also can't find their API documentation to see what they have.  If you have it and are looking for an API for Trados Studio then you can find all the API documentation for our tools here:

https://developers.rws.com/

I would be interested to know what you expect from the integration as this seems like an integration with Language Cloud would be a better fit anyway, but if you're just switching to Trados Studio 2022 which is already quite old perhaps you're not using Language Cloud yet?

I will contact Censhare and see whether there is anything we can do... but this will be a longer process than giving you an answer right now.

Hi Paul 

My request is more recent than Priscillia's, I posted it here because I found this thread with a search and thought the answer might benefit both.
If you prefer, I can create a new separate thread for this.

The request I received is for an API integration with GroupShare. The customer would like to handle translation requests from customers so that they automatically generate a project in GroupShare.  

I found this documentation of Censhare, but it does not say much about API interface:
Set up translation & localization

Walter

 Walter Blaser 

In this case I think it's ok here as nobody responded to the original anyway, so nothing there to get confused with.

Walter Blaser said:

I found this documentation of Censhare, but it does not say much about API interface:

Indeed... I also found this:

https://documentation.censhare.com/online-solutions/rest-api-overview

The Censhare REST API seems offers four main components:

• MiddlewareApi, which is extensible and supports creating custom endpoints for various purposes;
• DataApi, providing basic data handling for the frontend, including image manipulation and configuration endpoints;
• AuthenticationApi, handling login, logout, password reset, and related tasks independently of the broader system;
• Module Configuration API, which manages module-specific configurations and allows authenticated users to upload and download theming images.

There doesn't seem to be any native support for translation-specific tasks like XLIFF or TMX handling which are the basics of their solution in this regard.  They only support TMX 1.4 and not 1.4b which I'm not sure about - might need a conversion - but the XLIFF 1.2 is fine.

I will try the contacts we have for them today as using the partner portal has been a fruitless exercise.  I'm wondering just how upto date and needed this solution really is?  Have you ever had any other requests or come across anyone else using it?  Could be that a simple solution would be to use something like Blackbird or Make to facilitate the exchange of files between Trados and Censhare.

Paul said:

I will try the contacts we have for them today as using the partner portal has been a fruitless exercise. 

Hi Paul 
Have you been able, meanwhile, to find out something useful about this?
What do you suggest I give as answer to my customer?

Walter Blaser 

I've had zero response!  If you happen to know someone we can speak to I'll happily contact them.  Certainly they aren't a company we see any opportunity for so they are not high on my list to be honest, and the lack of response does nothing to change my opinion.  But if you do know someone, let me know.

Hi Paul 

Thanks for looking into this. I've taken over from Priscillia and I have a contact at Censhare, you'll get an email from me soon.

In our case it's still Trados Studio 2022, but the connection might be helpful for Walter Blaser as well.

Piero

Thanks Piero Pasquali , I'll watch out for your email.