Possibility to manually add a new translation unit to a TM

It would be very practical in certain cases to be able to manually add a new translation unit to a TM, where you type in (or paste in) your source and target segments. In terms of settings information, the TM could automatically add some default parameters, such as "manually added TU".

Maite Sádaba Champetier de Ribes

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Julia Skowronek over 8 years ago +1

I love this idea! In our company we are often asked to translate only one sentence or expression by e-mail -> not enough volume to copy it into a file and create a project. So these single-line translations…
Maite Sádaba Champetier de Ribes over 7 years ago +1

Hi Joël, thanks for your suggestion. However, for big TMs, exporting and reimporting the entire database can be very time-consuming. Thus, the reason for a simple button to add new segments.
Nicholas Basily over 6 years ago +1

I was looking for this functionality in Trados Studio 2017 and as I found nothing in the TM mainetnance view, I arrived here. My simple workaround took me maybe 3-5 minutes the first time. If I had to…

Rachel Messenger over 7 years ago

Okay I'll start a new thread in the forum--I read that article and am still not seeing any way to add it to the TM.
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Paul over 7 years ago

Probably better to ask in the forum rather than on the end of this "Idea", but try this article - multifarious.filkin.com/.../
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Rachel Messenger over 7 years ago

Thanks Paul! Do you have instructions for how to work with T-Windows for Clipboard somewhere? I'm using Studio 2017 and can't figure out how to add a segment after playing around with it for a bit.
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Paul over 7 years ago

Maybe use T-Windows for Clipboard. You can add the odd TU here and there with this app.
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Rachel Messenger over 7 years ago

Any suggested workarounds? I'm newer to Trados and have some one-off segments that I'd like to add to various client TMs.
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Possibility to manually add a new translation unit to a TM

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