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  • Alternative handling of <g> elements in XLIFF 1.2 and XLIFF 2.0 File Type

    • Not Considering
    • 0 Comments
    Dear Community, We handle a lot of e-learning content from Articulate suite of products. Unfortunately, embedded HTML tags are represented as <g> tags, all of which become inline tags in SDLXLIFF. I understand the parser behavior is based on the specification...
  • Prevent hidden text from being imported as internal tags in Word 2007-2016 filter

    • Accepted, Not Yet Planned
    • 4 Comments
    Marking text as "Hidden" in Microsoft Word prior to adding a file into a Trados Studio project used to be a convenient way to mark specific sections of the text as "not for translation" in a manner that was easy to revert later. Using the Word 2007-2013...
  • Enable Trados Studio to Export a Project Terminology List (termbase) Relevant to the Current Translation Project

    • Under Community Review
    • 3 Comments
    Suggestion: Enable Trados Studio (desktop software) to export a project terminology list that is specifically relevant to the current translation project. Translation Requirements: 1 This is a Trados Studio (desktop software) translation project...
  • Make CONTROL + BACKSPACE shortcut delete the word before cursor

    • Under Community Review
    • 0 Comments
    While CTRL + DELETE works fine deleting the word after the caret, CTRL + BACKSPACE fails to delete the word before the caret in the following locations: Advanced Filter Display Filter Display Find and Replace Concordance Search Instead of...
  • Make Insert/Overwrite toggle a disablable option

    • Under Community Review
    • 6 Comments
    I seem to be unable to find an option to disable the "Insert/Overwrite" Toggle (hitting the Insert key switches between Insert mode and Overwrite mode). This feature is absolutely useless for me, I might even describe it as detrimental to my productivity...
  • create new project: better order of dropdowns

    • Under Community Review
    • 0 Comments
    Hi, in the view create new project where you can select "create project based on previous project" it would be good if the projects would be ordered by name and not by last added so that it would be easier to find the one you are looking for. ...
  • Quotation marks

    • Under Community Review
    • 0 Comments
    This idea is directed to the developers of Trados software, who are probably not translators themselves. Make the option to choose the correct type of quotation marks (English, French, Dutch, German etc) available for all file types, without excluding...
  • Separate "Delete Translation Memory" context menu item from "Remove From List" item

    • Planned For Future Release
    • 7 Comments
    As originally reported in https://community.sdl.com/product-groups/translationproductivity/f/90/t/14508 For server-based TMs, the "Delete Translation Memory" context menu item is right underneath the "Remove From List" item, which makes way too easy...
  • More UI options for accessibility

    • Under Community Review
    • 3 Comments
    Maybe it makes sense to create an inverted UI, or perhaps just give some more contrasting themes? I’m quite surprised we don’t see more requests than we do considering the difficulties a UI without options can pose for people. This is for websites but...
  • Tagging or pinning individual projects in Projects view

    • Under Community Review
    • 1 Comment
    I miss the possibility to tag or pin one or more projects in the Projects view. Sometimes I have to pause working on a large project to finish several minor projects and it can be tricky to find the large project again in the Projects window. It could...