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TGIF (Translators’ Guide to Intelligent Frameworks)

Paul Filkin — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:39:15 GMT

As I was wondering how to introduce an article on MCP servers to non-technical translators, my mind started wandering as I got lost in the explanations that might be needed to help these linguistic experts understand the concepts. I started to think about the dizzying change we’re all experiencing and the ever-growing terminology that comes with it. Then, and don’t ask me why, I started wondering how long it takes for these terms to become standardised in local language. As I researched this a little, it seems to come down to the language itself and the domain maturity. Terms that almost always... Read the full text.

When Trados Calls Back…

Paul Filkin — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 21:29:48 GMT

If you’re a developer, you probably already have some idea of what this article will be about… webhooks. This article will hopefully be useful for developers too, but as I’m not one, and as everything I develop is only possible through the assistance of AI , this article is aimed at lesser mortals, like me, who get involved with the implementation of products that are integrating with Trados and may need a little guidance on what these really are. My interest, in addition to being nosey about many things, is that I’ve been working more with our tech partners in the last 12 months or so, and many... Read the full text.

Time to Move!

Paul Filkin — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 12:24:05 GMT

A little bit of an unusual entry for this blog… but then this is “ Just a random collection of things I thought it might be useful to know…. “. We’re into 2026, the start of a new year, and I’m back to work on Monday. In the last month or so of 2025 I haven’t been feeling myself and a problem with superficial vein thrombosis (SVT) that cropped up around 2019 felt as though it wasn’t as settled as it has been. Back in those days I was doing a ridiculous amount of travelling around the world and I put the problem down to that and tried hard to keep as active as I could, went on a natural path... Read the full text.

Time to Move!

Paul Filkin — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 12:24:05 GMT

Trados AI Monitor

Paul Filkin — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 17:41:56 GMT

I’ve spoken a lot about AI and using it as a tool that can help you do things that were well outside of your current technical ability. I’ve also built some small things, some big things… I’ve shared some on github and some I just use myself on my personal computer. But after seeing a few requests for things here and there in the RWS Community I thought I’d have a go at building a bit more. One of these efforts I’ve had a go at is an application called “Trados AI Monitor” and I was motivated to create it after seeing many requests in the community around token usage when working with the OpenAI... Read the full text.

Vibe Coding…

Paul Filkin — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 19:16:25 GMT

Remember when coding felt like an exclusive club where everyone spoke in brackets, semicolons and obscure acronyms? “ Vibe coding ” blows that door off its hinges. You don’t need a computer science degree, a hoodie, or the patience of a saint – just a vague idea of what you want to build and the ability to think logically. With vibe coding, plain language becomes your programming language. You describe what you want in normal words, the system translates that into code, and suddenly you’re creating apps, automations, and tools you never thought possible. It’s like going from deciphering hieroglyphics... Read the full text.

New Course Release: Trados Studio Level 3: Working with Terminology

Caroline Bernard — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 07:07:49 GMT

Are you ready to take your terminology management skills to the next level? Our latest in-depth courseWorking with Terminology in MultiTerm Desktop and cloud termbases is now live!(read more)

Adding some clarity…

Paul Filkin — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 22:13:42 GMT

I wrote my first article where I started to dabble in the use of AI in January 2023… seems a long time ago and thankfully here we are over 2-years later, and we haven’t been replaced by AI yet! Back then my foray into AI, like many others was more about seeing how good it was at making up silly poems and trying hard to catch it out to see how much it hallucinated and made up answers. This slowly moved into translating documents, playing with images and seeing how it could help with some of the basics we use in our daily lives in the localisation business such as regular expressions, XPath, sql... Read the full text.

RWS AppStore Spring Cleaning – What’s Changing and What It Means for You

Georgiana Iancu — Tue, 13 May 2025 08:23:12 GMT

To help improve your experience and keep the RWS AppStore focused on quality and relevance, we’ll be making two important changes, in line with the upcoming release of Trados Studio 2024 SR1.

End of life Announcement

We will be retiring several older and low-usage apps and plugins. This means they will not be updated for compatibility with Trados Studio 2024 SR1 or future versions.

Trados Studio - Export Analysis Reports
Trados InSource!
Excel4GroupShare
Trados TMBackup
Trados QuickInfo
Trados Jobs
Trados Studio Word Cloud
GroupShare Version Fetch
Variables Manager for Trados Studio
Trados Legit!
Record Source TU
TM Lifting
Trados Business Manager Lite
TermInjector
Trados Freshstart

While these plugins will no longer officially be maintained, their source code is available on our GitHub repository link.
Users and developers are welcome to take over maintenance or customize them independently.

Removing Versions for Unsupported Trados Studio Releases

As part of efforts to streamline the RWS AppStore and prioritize actively supported solutions, we will be unpublishing all Trados AppStore Team-developed apps built for Trados Studio 2021 and earlier.
This applies not only to those marked as end-of-life, but also to others no longer aligned with current platform support. For a full list of discontinued versions, please refer to the RWS support article.

What You Should Do

If you’re still using Trados Studio 2021 or older, please consider upgrading to a supported version.

As we remove older versions from the RWS AppStore, your existing setup will continue to work without interruption.

NOTE: If you ever need to reinstall in the future, you won’t be able to re-download it from the RWS AppStore/Integrated AppStore once it’s been removed.

We strongly recommend downloading and backing up any versions you depend on to ensure continued access if needed later.

For any questions or concerns, please comment on this blog so we can offer guidance and support where possible.

Thanks for bearing with us as we make the AppStore simpler and more future-ready.

Development Experience Team

When close enough… isn’t!

Paul Filkin — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 23:31:14 GMT

The RWS Community has always been a great place for me to learn more about the Trados products, especially with regard to how its use is perceived by others, and how the workflows the product was designed for can often be very different to reality. More recently, since my own role at RWS has changed, I’m somewhat removed from these realities and I also tend to pay less attention to the release notes for the desktop tools than I used to. But now I’m seeing that the community helps here as well and even triggers renewed interest in parts of the product I’d stopped paying a lot of attention to.... Read the full text.

Inheritance Tax: The Hidden Tariffs of Folder Structure

Paul Filkin — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 20:12:43 GMT

Today I’m going to talk about the greatest translation system the world has ever seen, maybe even better than the moon landing, which I could’ve done better, by the way. Nobody moons over folders like me, folks – I’m the best at it, believe me. And no more free rides for those sneaky users… joining the cloud like uninvited guests at a Mar-a-Lago party. Let’s get inheritance under control – time to unleash the power of TRADERS (Trados Research and Development Efficiency Restructuring Squad) to slap some order on those free loaders, making them work for us, not against us. Stick with me, and... Read the full text.

GroupShare – Powershell Trilogy Part 2

Paul Filkin — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 22:05:13 GMT

If you’ve spent any time with Trados Studio, you’ll know it’s quite simple to get things done — open the interface, click a few buttons, and you’re ready to go. In Part 1 of this PowerShell trilogy, we introduced the Trados Studio PowerShell Toolkit , enabling project managers and localisation engineers to automate tasks without needing development skills. GroupShare , while operating more behind the scenes, is no different in principle, except that we’ve never had a PowerShell toolkit for GroupShare before. This meant that automating tasks was often left to professional developers or achieved... Read the full text.

Become a member of the RWS Community Advocate Program and earn exciting rewards!

Georgiana Iancu — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:19:20 GMT

We are delighted to announce the launch of the RWS Community Advocacy Program! This exciting new initiative is designed to recognize and reward our most dedicated members. By participating in a series of engaging challenges, you can earn points and unlock exclusive rewards.

Here’s everything you need to know about becoming an RWS Community Advocate.

What is the Advocacy Program?

The RWS Community Advocate Program consists currently of 10 unique challenges (may be more in the future), each offering a certain number of points. Completing all the challenges will earn you a total of 3100 points.
These challenges are designed to be fun, engaging, and rewarding, encouraging you to actively participate in our community and share your experiences. Currently, this program is available in the Trados Portolio area.

How Does It Work?

As you complete each challenge, you accumulate points. The more points you earn, the higher your tier and the better the rewards!

Here’s a breakdown of the tiers and the points required:

Tier 1: 650 points – Earn a special badge that will be visible on your profile, showcasing your status as an RWS Ambassador.
Tier 2: 1450 points – In addition to the Tier 1 badge, you’ll receive a free license to one of our premium tools.
Tier 3: 3100 points – Achieve the ultimate recognition with a gold badge, a free license, and an exclusive consulting session with one of our Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).

RWS Community Advocacy Program Challenges

Here are the specific challenges you can complete to earn points in the Advocacy Program:

Write a Blog Article: Share your insights and experiences by writing a blog post for the RWS Community. Earn 250 points for each article.
Present at an Online Webinar: Showcase your expertise by presenting at one of our online webinars. This challenge is worth 500 points.
Participate in a Customer Success Story: Share your success story with the community and earn 750 points.
Tell Us How RWS Community Has Helped You: Provide feedback on how the community has benefited you and earn 100 points.
Tell Us How We Can Improve: Suggest improvements for the RWS Community and earn 200 points.
Tell Us What RWS Product You Use: Share with us the product you like to work with and earn 50 points.
Share Your Favorite Language to Work With: Let us know what’s your favorite language to work with and earn 25 points.
Share Your RWS Community Success Story in a Video: Create a video sharing your success story and earn a whopping 1000 points.
Suggest a Training Topic: Propose a training topic in one of the Community Solutions Hub groups and earn 200 points.
Share the News of Becoming an Official RWS Community Advocate: Announce your new status as an advocate on social media and earn 25 points.

Why Join the Advocacy Program?

Becoming an RWS Community Advocate comes with numerous benefits:

Recognition: Stand out in the community with special badges and a place on our leaderboard. The top 3 advocates will even get a special appearance on the main homepage banner!
Rewards: Enjoy tiered rewards that include free licenses and consulting sessions with experts.
Engagement & Community: Participate in fun and meaningful challenges and connect with like-minded individuals.

How to Get Started

Joining the Advocacy Program is easy! Simply log in to your RWS Community account, navigate to the Advocacy Program group, become a member and start completing challenges.

Track your progress, earn points, and watch as you climb the leaderboard!

Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to be recognized for your contributions and earn fantastic rewards.

Become an RWS Community Advocate today and take your involvement to the next level!

Trados Studio – Powershell Trilogy Part 1

Paul Filkin — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 21:42:13 GMT

It’s been 11-years since I have written about the PowerShell Toolkit that was originally created by the development team in SDL. Back then I was able to fumble my way through setting it up, editing a few files, and automating the creation of a project in Trados Studio. In all the time since then it’s not really received any updates, although there have been a couple of notable events. First it was open-sourced in 2014 and then… well OK, only one notable event! The PowerShell Toolkit has actually not been touched in all of this time to any great extent much to the consternation of some localization... Read the full text.

You can take a CAT to water!

Paul Filkin — Tue, 07 May 2024 15:55:07 GMT

The phrase “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink” emphasises the idea that you can offer opportunities or advantages to someone, but you can’t force them to take action if they’re unwilling. This proverb has deep historical roots, with its first recorded use in Old English around 1175, and it has been in continuous use ever since. It’s often used to illustrate the limits of influence and the importance of individual choice, making it applicable in various contexts, from personal relationships to business settings. The expression underscores a universal human truth about... Read the full text.