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  • Use Natural Sort order when sorting files in the file view

    • Under Community Review
    • 2 Comments
    Here is an example: Trados orders numbers alphabetically and not in the more intuitive natural sort order, i.e. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
  • Change the naming convention of the Reports

    Former Member
    Former Member
    • Under Community Review
    • 1 Comment
    By default all reports have the same names, and the most recent one is added on top, but it requires a click to display them. In many cases it can be misleading and confusing with several reports sharing the same name. My idea is simple - add a timestamp...
  • Bilingual Excel Files with more than one column

    • Under Community Review
    • 2 Comments
    Currently, SDL Trados has the great feature of translating bilingual excel files. So, you can only translate one-column excel file. But when there are more than one column you need to translate, there is no option to specify those columns. As you can...
  • Automated saving after "Verify" (F8) action

    • Under Community Review
    • 2 Comments
    Since Verify task is performed at later stage of a translation project, it would be really helpful if this Verify (F8) would also trigger an ordinary Save operation (apart from Autosave, I mean) in the background. It would make sense to keep your translated...
  • Save as TMX option in the Alignment

    • Under Community Review
    • 5 Comments
    Please add "save as TMX" option for Studio alignment to use the aligned document result in both TM directions or make Studio import sdlalign files like TMX respecting the TM's language direction. Use case is simple: The aligned document can be useful...
  • Determine SDLXLIFF files on which version of Studio was used to save the file as latest

    • Under Community Review
    • 0 Comments
    Currently, there is no way to determine the SDLXLIFF files on which version of Studio was used to save the files as latest. It's hard to investigate when has problem with translation files, whether the SDLXLIFF had been translated on the right Studio...
  • Perform MT look-up on demand only (for the active segment)

    • Under Community Review
    • 1 Comment
    At the moment, MT can be implemented in three ways: pretranslate a whole file; display in the Translation Results window; automatically apply in the active segment after look-up. However, a fourth option is needed: perform MT look-up on demand for the...
  • Include Analysis results in all GroupShare projects

    • Planned For Future Release
    • 0 Comments
    Currently, only projects created directly in GroupShare show an analysis report. It should be possible to include a report when publishing a Studio-created project, similar to the report included in Studio packages. This could help when planning resources...
  • A fully customizable empty ribbon to get all necessary commands one needs every day - instead of changing ribbons

    • Under Community Review
    • 6 Comments
    Ribbons in Studio are quite good. But as advanced user I would like to have just one ribbon for me - where I could put these parts together which I need every day. For example I would need "change segment status" and "display filter" together in one...
  • Search for Duplicates

    • Under Community Review
    • 1 Comment
    Context: Serverbased TM At the moment it is not possible to find any information on how many duplicates in your TM exist as only one duplicate at a time can be displayed in the TM Editor View. Furthermore, the only search mechanism available to find...