Pavel Tsvetkov

Once the plugin is installed the setup is exactly the same.  The problem in this thread is that Suzanne specifically wanted to know how to configure the V3 Google API in Trados Live and this is very different to the less functional one that used to be in Studio... the old V2 API.  This is Googles versioning, not ours.

Google was removed deliberately because we have several dozen translation providers and even when Google was part of the product it was not the most heavily used.  So having it separate and available as part of a download from the appstore is the most logical step and ensures a consistent approach across them all.  DeepL, MyMemory etc are used far more than Google and people don't have any problems finding these.

Hi Pavel,

I installed this Plugin, but it is not working if it is a cloud project on DSL Trados Live Essential, even when I use my desktop program.

I suppose the reason is that the project settings are actually on the website, not on my desktop. 

Suzanne Chabot

It does work... but I don't know how you are trying to use it.  You refer to a cloud project.  Can you tell me how you are trying to use it since you should be doing this in Studio in exactly the same way as you would do this for any project.

Tomorrow I'll create a short video to explain how these different plugins work, in the cloud and in Studio.  I think you have really confused this thread because you don't know the difference between the Google services that are being supported here, and I also don't think we can be sure about what you mean when you tell us something doesn't work in a cloud project.  You need to explain what you're trying to do and where you are trying to use it.  Screenshots would be a real help too.

I created a cloud project and I open it with SDL Trados Studio Freelance 2021.

While I was translating one of the files of this cloud project, I opened the <Project setting> inside SDL Trados Studio Freelance 2020 and I download the plugin for Google Translate and I added my key. I went back to my editor to continue to translate the file and I was having error messages. This is not working. Is this more clear? I really do not understand what you are talking about concerning the different version of Google Translate.

I use the SDL Live Essential Freelance to store my memory translation and my Termbase, but I am translating with SDL Trados Studio Freelance on my computer. If I am not at home, I use my laptop and I also have the SDL Trados Studio Freelance 2020 there. I also have some older versions. All my projects are actually on my 2019 version, except the clouds projets. Hope it is more clear. 

Suzanne Chabot

I have created a video and tried to cover off all the issues currently experienced by threads I've read elsewhere and also in this one.  I hope it clarifies a few things:

This is wonderful, I understand very well now and I solved my problem. Thank you very much and sorry again for being rude. This plugin inside SDL Trados Live was misleading me. I thought we have to set everything up inside the website, but I was wrong. We can do it in Studio itself. In fact, this is the only way. Google translate V2 is only working inside Studio.

Suzanne Chabot

really happy to hear this. Although your original approach is actually not wrong. As I was recording this I discussed it with the developers and the web version should actually work in Studio too. So the team are testing this and will need to fix it at some point.

however, it is still version 3, so you and most translators will probably be better off with version 2 in Studio even when it does work.

I have not been successful yet at connecting Trados Live (not Studio) with Google MT. Although this page has many helpful tips, it just does not seem to be coming together for me. I feel like I have been on an odyssey and my head is swimming.

I activated the Google MT Provide Add-on (a day ago), but when I look in the Resources>NMT Models I still only see the SDL MT options.

But most important for me is to know if I will be able to use the glossary for specific translations. I have not seen anywhere in the add-ons settings in Trados Live for the Google MT Provider to designate the glossary, or the bucket it is stored in at Google.

Rex Turnbull

Where are you seeing Resources -> NMT Models?  You need to create a Translation Engine and then when you complete the fields from the top down you should get Google and SDL as possible options when you come to add a machine translation engine.  For example:

Rex Turnbull said:

But most important for me is to know if I will be able to use the glossary for specific translations. I have not seen anywhere in the add-ons settings in Trados Live for the Google MT Provider to designate the glossary, or the bucket it is stored in at Google.

As far as I am aware the Trados Live plugin is dumb to these options.  So it only allows you to get generic NMT based on the V3 configuration.  If yo want to do more we only have this available so far via the Studio plugin as I showed in the video.