Yaniv Moshkovitz

This was removed from the product in 2021.  The solution would be to use one of the apps that provide MT via the Google API.  However, as you may have noted from the messages at the top of the page we are still experiencing difficulties with our servers for the AppStore so yo cannot use this for the time being.

You could use Language Weaver as part of the Cloud Resources available to you.  Possibly not as good for your language pair with the generic engines, but perhaps useful for the time being?

Hello Paul,

It's been a few months since I asked about MT. Studio has been updated since then and I would be happy to know if the option of using my Google API via an app is available. I would also like to know how I can use the Language Weaver app after installing it.

Thanks.

Hi Paul,

I've installed ModernMT, which you've mentioned in one of your answers.

In order to add Google (or MT Enhanced), which of the following options should I click?

Yaniv Moshkovitz 

None of them, you haven't installed it.  It's called "MT Enhanced", so look for that in the appstore and install it first.

I would also say you don't need Language Weaver Edge at all,and you also seem to have some duplication there so remove all the plugins you installed related to Language Weaver Edge.  That is an on-premise solution and probably financially unviable for most freelance translators.

In fact if I was you I'd remove every single plugin I have installed from these locations and then only reinstall the ones I wanted using the integrated appstore:

c:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Trados\Trados Studio\17\Plugins
c:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Trados\Trados Studio\17\Plugins
c:\ProgramData\Trados\Trados Studio\17\Plugins

So go to those locations, delete everything inside the Plugins folders.  In Studio, for example, I can filter by typing the name of the plugin and find it like this:

Then I can install it from here too and it will appear like this after restarting Studio:

Then configure in here:

1. select Google as the provider
2. select the version of the API you wish to work with (probably V2 in your case)
3. enter your API key
4. set up any of the options you wish to work with

That's it.

Hi Paul,

This is exactly what I wanted. I have rearranged my MT plugins and I'm good to go.

Thank you very much for these helpful answers!

Regards,

Yaniv

Hi, and thanks for your answers. I too have been trying to link up with Google translate in Studio 2022, as I did in earlier versions.

I tried to follow your instructions to download and install the MT Enhanced plug-in, but when I clicked on Download I only get 404 The page no longer exists or might have been moved.

Any suggestions?

Keneva Kunz 

Keneva Kunz said:

when I clicked on Download I only get 404 The page no longer exists or might have been moved.

Yes... use the links in this thread :  RE: App download is not working! 404 - Oops...something broke :-( - The page no longer exists or might have been moved. 

Thanks, I found that thread already and tried the linke for 2022, but the plug-in I got did not offer a connection with Google.

Keneva Kunz 

Perhaps you just don't know how to use it?

I’ll try to explain better. The plug-in I got when I clicked on the link you suggested is called Sdl.COmmunity. MtEnhancedProvider, according to my Downloads folder. I tried to install it, and when I then opened the Use Window in Project Settings it has the addition Machine Translation (Enterprise). When I click on that, I don’t get the window you show here, but rather a window offering met to Choose Existing Account Type, between Machine Translation Cloud BeGlobal or Machine Translation On-Premise Enterprise Translation Server.

No choice of Google, unfortunately. 

Keneva Kunz 

Keneva Kunz said:

The plug-in I got when I clicked on the link you suggested is called Sdl.COmmunity. MtEnhancedProvider

This is correct.

Keneva Kunz said:

when I then opened the Use Window in Project Settings it has the addition Machine Translation (Enterprise)

That's an out of the box feature in Trados Studio 2021.  Nothing to do with the plugin.  If you have correctly installed the plugin you should see this:

OK, thanks for trying to help. It seems the plugin doesn’t want to install. Sorry to sound so helpless, but do I have to do anything but click on it?

OK, thanks for trying to help. It seems the plugin doesn’t want to install. Sorry to sound so helpless, but do I have to do anything but click on it?

Keneva Kunz 

If you close Studio, and if you have the right version of the plugin for your version of Studio, then just double click the plugin and you should see this.. for example:

The versions of Studio you have installed will show up, and only the one that matches the plugin you double clicked will be selected.  Click next and then finish and you're done.  Restart Studio and you should see it available in your list.

I do have Studio 2022. I did download the app from the link you set in for Studio 2022, and double clicked on it with Studio closed. However, nothing happened. Could it be because I don't have admin rights for this computer?

Keneva Kunz 

Keneva Kunz said:

Could it be because I don't have admin rights for this computer?

Possibly.

Are you able to copy the sdlplugin directly to this location?

c:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Trados\Trados Studio\17\Plugins\Packages\

If you can then just restart Studio and you'll also be sorted.  If you can't then this is indeed what your problem is.

That was interesting. I did copy the plugin to the location you specified. However, now Studio refuses to launch, the screen flashes but it stays closed.

Keneva Kunz 

It sounds to me as though this is probably because you have another window open in the background, possibly with an unsigned plugin warning which could be due to whatever you have been trying so far.  Please check if there is a window first... use an Alt+Tab keybard combination to scroll through the open windows and see if this is what's happening.

If this is the case please remove all files/folders from these locations, after closing Studio:

c:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Trados\Trados Studio\17\Plugins
c:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Trados\Trados Studio\17\Plugins
c:\ProgramData\Trados\Trados Studio\17\Plugins

Once you have done this copy the sdlplugin into this folder and restart Studio:

c:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Trados\Trados Studio\17\Plugins\Packages

There were no other windows open. Nothing at all. I'm going to forward this conversation to the IT lad who installed the program on this computer and see what he makes of it.

Thanks for trying to help, I really appreciate it.

No luck. Now Studio does not even open, even after I deleted the plugin from the folder. I suppose I will have to uninstall and reinstall it?

Keneva Kunz 

I think this thread has already gone far away from the original theme, if you are having these problems please create a post in this forum and then if needed we can arrange a support engineer to assist you:  2. Licensing and Installation