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  • [Live Blog] The latest from ITI Conference 2017 in Cardiff

    Daniel Lifton
     
    We’re live at ITI Conference 2017, bringing you the latest updates from every session across the 2 days of this fantastic event. If you were unable to join the event […] The post [Live Blog] The latest from ITI Conference 2017 in Cardiff appeared first... Read the full text.

  • An upLIFTing tale: tackling the challenges of translation memory technolo…

    Daniel Lifton
     
    Do you remember 2005? That’s when I started working as a freelance translator and got to know how CAT tools and translation memories (TM) work. But if you don’t remember […] The post An upLIFTing tale: tackling the challenges of translation memory technology... Read the full text.

  • Automating the SDL Trados Studio 2017 network licensing process for several…

    Richard Puschmann
     

    Before changing or adding something in the Windows Registration Editor I recommend that you make a backup. If you are not aware on how to do that maybe the blog post of mine can help you:

    Create a new registration key
    1. Click Start > Run to open the…

  • Automating the SDL Trados Studio 2017 network licensing process for several…

    Richard Puschmann
     

    Before changing or adding something in the Windows Registration Editor I recommend that you make a backup. If you are not aware on how to do that maybe the blog post of mine can help you:

    Create a new registration key
    1. Click Start > Run to open the Registry Editor on your computer.
      Note: You can open the Run ; dialog with the keyboard shortcut [Windows key…

  • Cutie Cat?

    Paul
     
    A nice picture of a cutie cat… although I’m really looking for a cutie linguist and didn’t think it would be appropriate to share my vision for that!  More seriously the truth isn’t as risqué… I’m really after Qt Linguist.  Now maybe you come across this more often than I do so the solutions for dealing with files from the Qt product, often shared as *.TS files, may simply role off your tongue.  I think the first time…

  • SDL Analyse…

    Paul
     
    There’s been a few ups and downs getting SDL Analyse off the ground, but it’s finally there and it’s worth it!  If you have no idea what I’m referring to then perhaps review this article first for a little history.  This app was actually released as the 200th app on the SDL AppStore in February this year, but in addition to the applause it received for its functionality there has been less positive aspects for some users…

  • Introducing SDL Trados Studio 2017’s new virtual assistant…

    Daniel Lifton
     
    More and more virtual assistants are appearing in technology we use every day. From managing money to tracking time to managing home appliances, it seems a virtual assistant can help […] The post Introducing SDL Trados Studio 2017’s new virtual assistant... Read the full text.

  • Out with the old…

    Paul
     
    … in with the new! Although I’m not part of the core support team anymore the knowledgebase has always been something that held a particular interest for me.  When I joined SDL in 2006 we had two knowledgebase systems, each integrated into the support systems that were being used at the time.  These were Salesforce and RightNow Technologies.  The first big change I was involved in with regard to systems was moving the…

  • What to expect at an SDL Trados Roadshow

    Daniel Lifton
     
    Last autumn we held our most popular SDL Trados Roadshows ever! During this series of Roadshows, we welcomed over 1700 attendees across 22 locations providing an exclusive first look at […] The post What to expect at an SDL Trados Roadshow appeared... Read the full text.

  • Social media for LSPs: how can it enhance your business?

    Daniel Lifton
     
    It’s likely that you have a social media profile on at least one of these platforms: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, Google+, Xing, Sina Weibo. The list goes on […] The post Social media for LSPs: how can it enhance your business... Read the full text.

  • Lurkers…

    Paul
     
    What a horrible name… lurkers !  It carries all kinds of negative connotations from science fiction monsters to the stuff of nightmares where we think of spying and being followed by something or someone we don’t like.  Of course I’m not using this term in these contexts so I better explain.  I’m talking about communities and user participation, or more specifically about users who read and observe but rarely contribute…

  • The beauty of simplicity…

    Paul
     
    In 2013 I wrote an article called “ Solving the Post-Edit Puzzle ” which was all about finding a way to measure, and pay for post-editing translations in a consistent way.  Then in 2015 I wrote another called “ Qualitivity… measuring quality and productivity ” that was all about everything Post-Edit Compare could do but then added many layers of detail and complexity through Qualitivity to support Quality Measurement…

  • Our top 5 translation resources of 2016

    Daniel Lifton
     
    2016 was a big year for the translation industry, with new technology and trends coming to the forefront of the industry. To help you keep up to date with these […] The post Our top 5 translation resources of 2016 appeared first on Trados Blog . Read the full text.

  • Translation and localization events to attend in 2017

    Daniel Lifton
     
    I can’t quite believe we are over halfway through the first month of 2017 already. It also means that translation event season is beginning to get underway once again. With […] The post Translation and localization events to attend in 2017 appeared... Read the full text.

  • The fantastic four…

    Paul
     
    Not Marvel Comics, but rather the number four which does have some pretty interesting properties.  It’s the only cardinal number in the English language to have the same number of letters as its value; in Buddhism there are four noble truths; in Harry Potter there are four Houses of Hogwarts; humans have four canines and four wisdom teeth; in chemistry there are four basic states of matter… but more importantly, for translators…

  • SDL AppStore’s top 10 apps of 2016 that you should try today

    Clementine Tissier
     
    It’s been yet another fantastic and interesting year for SDL AppStore – SDL’s unique translation app store and development platform; that allows users to customise and extend the capabilities of […] The post SDL AppStore’s top 10 apps of 2016 that you... Read the full text.

  • Revisiting the toolkit…

    Paul
     
    It’s been a while since I wrote anything about the SDLXLIFF Toolkit .. in fact I haven’t done since it was first released with the 2014 version of Studio.  Now that we have added a few new things such as SDLPLUGINS so that apps are better integrated and can be more easily distributed with Studio we have launched a new version of the toolkit for Studio 2017.  What’s new?  To be honest not a lot, but there are a couple…

  • 10 business, career and lifestyle tips for translators in 2017

    Daniel Lifton
     
    The turn of the year is often a point of reflection for many people. “What are my goals this year? What do I want to achieve?” These questions and deliberations […] The post 10 business, career and lifestyle tips for translators in 2017 appeared first... Read the full text.

  • All that glitters is not gold…

    Paul
     
    Years ago, when I was still in the Army, there was a saying that we used to live by for routine inspections.  “If it looks right, it is right”… or perhaps more fittingly “bullshit baffles brains”.  These were really all about making sure that you knew what had to be addressed in order to satisfy an often trivial inspection, and to a large extent this approach worked as long as nobody dug a little deeper to get at the…

  • COTI… chuckling on the inside

    Paul
     
    Probably you’re all far more educated than me and when you read COTI you probably didn’t think “chuckling on the inside” did you?  I googled it and looked at four acronym websites, none of which found the correct definition… but two of them returned the title of this article so it must be right!!  Oh how I wish it was… just to bring a little levity to the ever so serious tasks of interoperability.  But no, it stands for…

  • Getting a filetype preview…

    Paul
     
    One of my favourite features in Studio 2017 is the filetype preview.  The time it can save when you are creating custom filetypes comes from the fun in using it.  I can fill out all the rules and switch between the preview and the rules editor without having to continually close the options, open the file, see if it worked and then close the file and go back to your options again… then repeat from the start… again… and…

  • upLIFT Fuzzy Repair in SDL Trados Studio 2017: your resources repair fuzzy…

    Emilie Shannon
     
    We’ve all had that moment in conversation where you just can’t think of the right word mid-sentence. Internally at SDL we joke that this is a verbal ‘fuzzy match’, when […] The post upLIFT Fuzzy Repair in SDL Trados Studio 2017: your resources repair... Read the full text.

  • upLIFT Fuzzy Repair in SDL Trados Studio 2017: Transformational TM techno…

    Emilie Shannon
     
    We’ve all had that moment in conversation where you just can’t think of the right word mid-sentence. Internally at SDL we joke that this is a verbal ‘fuzzy match’, when […] The post upLIFT Fuzzy Repair in SDL Trados Studio 2017: Transformational TM... Read the full text.

  • upLIFT Fragment Recall in SDL Trados Studio 2017: automatically get fragment…

    Emilie Shannon
     
    At our first SDL Trados Roadshow in Oslo I was reminded of the quote “you don’t know what you don’t know, until you know it”. Our Translation Technology Insights (TTI) […] The post upLIFT Fragment Recall in SDL Trados Studio 2017: automatically get... Read the full text.