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64-bit version of Studio

Please create a 64-bit version of Studio. At present only a 32-bit version is available, and therefore it can theoretically only access 2-3GB of system memory, meaning that upgrading your machine with more memory then this does not have any beneficial impact on Studio performance.

When handling large files & projects, allowing Studio access to all of your system's memory would make a huge difference in time and performance, and for this the app needs to be 64-bit.

Are there any plans to release a 64-bit version in future?

Jay Young
  • Former Member
    Former Member in reply to Amit Aryan

    Ouch! At least you can take comfort in the fact that your computer will run everything else fine for a few years.

    SDL Trados Studio has been obsolete for a long time now. They keep rebranding it but the same issues remain in the latest versions: same limitations, same instability, same ancient interface, same unfinished features, same bugs and lack of basic CAT features.

    And as you can see, SDL has not deemed necessary to answer their users on this matter, unless you take into account the initial answer advising us to get a fast SSD… which ignores altogether the actual issues.

    Yet this thread is #1 in “Translation Productivity Ideas” and dates back to 2017… A true lesson of customer care from SDL!

    Whatever the reason of their silence, they have been well aware of those issues for a long time and simply chose to ignore them. That is just sad.

    Currently, splitting “big” files is the “best way” to work in Studio, unless you want to tear your hair out because of its sluggishness and instability.

    I suggest you also remove all media from the file beforehand. It will result in a smaller file easier to handle for Studio. To do so, simply open the source file as an archive and delete the media folder.

    Or as  suggests, simply use another CAT tool, which obviously is a better option.

  • in reply to Amit Aryan

    at this point you're better off using memoQ, it has had a 64-bit version for ages now.

  • Currently I am working on A bible commentary. 1 million words, two files. So I really thought SDL will be a great tool along with powerful RAM and Processor. (I spent a huge amount on i9 and 32 RAM Del XPS 2019) Bu it looks like I will have to split the files and rework each time through the entire project. 

    Iike I word in InDesign 64 bit very stable and reliable (I am comparing volume in ragards to pages we can work at a time.) SDL must come up to rescue people who work on huge projects. This will be good for translation community and increase in their product as well. 

  • It would be very useful to have a SDL MultiTerm Desktop 64 bit version and a SDL Trados Studio 64 bit version. The 32 bit version of both software has been not suitable to run on Windows 10 Pro 64 bit for example. The  SDL Trados Studio 32 bit version (SDLTrados Studio 2019 SR2 -15.2.4.1693) has been unstable on Windows 10 Pro 64 bit, i.e. the software closes itself several times, particularly when the Document to be translated is very extensive, for example Chemical Patents of 100 to 500 pages containing a lot of subscripts, superscripts, Tables with a lot of linear organic compound formulas, 1H-NMR spectroscopy number data etc.

  • Creating a new project in 2019 Trados Studio Professional using a mixed-language source file

    IDEA: When the source file has more than one language (e.g. FR-CA and EN-CA), the Source Language field should have a "Mixed Language Source File" option that will make Studio ignore any language-related settings defined in the source file. Example: A HTML 5 source file with a language defined for the body. To avoid having to delete this language definition (which you can do in Notepad), Studio should just ignore it when the "Mixed Language Source File" option is used.

    For more information, speak to Adrian Serediuc (SDL Support) - Case No. 00466987