Welcome :-) to your exclusive access to this Community area granted by your lecturer to help support your learning as part of your linguistics studies. Your university is an Academic Partner of Trados (part of the RWS Group) which gives you unique access to the very latest translation software technology and localization industry learning resources.
Why Trados?
Your lecturer has chosen to include our software as part of your curriculum because Trados Studio is the world’s preferred computer-assisted translation (CAT) tool used by over 270,000 localisation professionals worldwide.
As the translation industry’s leader, Studio is the ‘de facto’ translation software in every part of the translation eco-system from corporations, governments and trade bodies to translation agencies and freelancers in all types of localisation role. If you think you might want to work in translation, knowing how to use our software will be your passport to career success and happiness. Scroll to the bottom of this page to read what some of our students have to say.
Why learn this now?
As you progress through your linguistics course you will have many opportunities to translate texts that you have taken much time and care over. Imagine being able to store those translations, use them again and even improve on them if the need arises. Trados Studio allows you to do just that. You will be able to build a translation memory (TM ) that enables you to recall past translations and re-use them, meaning you never lose any of your valuable work and you will remain consistent with previous translations, particularly important when you are working on a commercial translation project with a client’s brand.
What is Trados Studio?
Trados Studio is a computer-assisted translation (CAT) software application that helps you to improve your translation efficiency. It offers a number of core components to help you increase your productivity, maintain consistency and improve your quality – these components include translation memories, neural machine translation and termbases to manage terminology. The core component within Studio that stores your translations is called the translation memory (TM). During your studies you will learn that a TM is a valuable asset for a translator that ensures that you never have to translate the same content twice. Trados Studio gives you the flexibility to create as many TMs as you wish, for instance, to use with specific languages, industries or future clients. You may even be able to work on building your first translation memory which you can take with you from student to translation professional.
Academic guides
In the Academic Guides we take you through getting started with your software. Here you will find step-by-step guidance with short explanations and videos on setting up Trados Studio to use in your course and studies.
Student and graduate discounts
You may wish to purchase your own version of our Trados Studio software. We are happy to extend specially discounted student pricing to all students and graduates up to one year after your graduation date. Please visit our student purchase web page.
Our Campus
If you are interested in a career in localisation with us connect to the Campus. Our internship program provides a tailored approach to training to help you develop the linguistic and commercial skills you need to create a successful career in the localization industry. Find out more about opportunities for internships and becoming a freelance translator.
Need help?
You may need to know something that is not covered in the Academic Guides section or you may have a related query. This is your community, it is a network of academic and professional people from all over the world who use our translation software. If you have a question please ask. You can start by searching for an answer with some key words. There may be others with the same request that has already been answered for you. If not, start your own conversation by asking us in the forum below.
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