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  • Include Locked Segments in the Progress count

    • Under Community Review
    • 9 Comments
    Problem: When translating files with locked segments you currently need to check manually if some segments to be translated have been forgotten as you will never reach a 100%-level in the Progress display, either in the file view nor in the status bar...
  • Quotation marks | Missing choice option for the quotation marks to be used

    • Under Community Review
    • 0 Comments
    The function “Replace ‘straight quotes’ with smart quotes” has been a major improvement in the last few years. This functionality could and should however be improved because some languages use two different types of quotation marks (German, Italian...
  • Import/Export button for Word List (under Verification/QA Checker 3.0) and allow multiple selection and sorting (for deletion purposes, for example)

    • Idea Delivered Partially
    • 3 Comments
    It would be able to have an Import/Export button within the Word List option in Verification/QA Checker.Supposedly, this is a list to tell Trados to consider a list of wrongly spelled or forbidden words. That list can, depending on the project, be huge...
  • Create Package, Group by Sub-Folder

    • Under Community Review
    • 0 Comments
    A Trados project has sub-folders, like so: When you want to create a package, it currently presents itself has individual files, which is a problem when you have say 15 sub-folders with a total of 75 files. It would be ideal if there was the possibility...
  • Compressing of TM after batch delete exercises

    • Under Community Review
    • 0 Comments
    Currently if you batch delete a lot of segments from your TM the physical size won't change at all. This is because we don't run the " vacuum " feature when carrying our maintenance tasks on an SDLTM. I think it would be a good idea if we added this to...
  • Import/export global settings

    • Under Community Review
    • 1 Comment
    Studio allows to export the profile and import it on other computers, allowing us to copy the settings to other computers in the office. However, the profile does not include the QA settings nor the Language Pairs settings, which have to be set on each...
  • Regex for Alphanumeric Strings and Variables

    • Under Community Review
    • 1 Comment
    Now, a code like RB_45/R1 is not recognized like 1 placeable because the character '/' splits the recognition. I'd like a way to setup using a regex rule supporting this kind of recognition. This could be done or using the 'Variable' or an extra option...
  • Project to retain "Set as Active" parameter

    • Under Community Review
    • 0 Comments
    I don't know whether it's expected Studio behavior or not... but after closing the files for a project in the Editor view, the active project changes to the previous one, not the current. Can that be fixed so that active project only changes when "Set...
  • "# segments selected" in Editor View

    • Under Community Review
    • 1 Comment
    Just a short field in the bottom right section of the screen showing how may segments you have picked. It could be really helpful. I was just doing some searches in a tricky client and this feature would have been great, if available Cheers, ...
  • Quick Batch Tasks - No prompts, no wizard

    • Under Community Review
    • 0 Comments
    Morning, Would it be possible any automation to create a button in upper ribbon that can be customised to trigger a batch task WITHOUT any disruption other than eventually saving the current opened files? I mean triggering an "Analyze" batch task...