Can I use SDL online or not?

Question

Studio newbie using trial 2017 
 After finding that I could use online machine translation with Studio, when I sent to set up a translation memory it appears the SDL Online machine translation is one of the choices: 
 
 After I set up a trial account with SDL online, I then tried to attach it to a test document and was told I could NOT use it: 
 
 Which is it? 
 Can I use it? 
 Or can't I use it? 
 If I can use it, how to I attach it to Studio?

Paul · Answer

Hello Dave Gayman 
 
You are seeing this because it's the trial version. You need to have a proper licence to be able to use the Machine Translation option from SDL Language Cloud.

Ana-Loredana Gabur · Answer

Dear Dave Gayman 
 
The Language cloud would need a licensed version, and with the trial is not possible to use the LC. However with the freelance version, once purchased, you also get a free plan of 400000 characters /month. 
If you would like to MT and test , I would recommend to use in this period also the free 10 days trial of the online editor- www.sdltrados.com/.../ . It is a separate tool from SDL trados but should help you if you are also looking in this period to have the help of an MT.

Best regards, 
 
Loredana

Paul · Answer

Hello Dave Gayman 
 
Yes it does. You can translate interactively as you describe, or you can run whats called a batch task and translate all the files in your project using Machine Translation, or a combination of Machine Translation and conventional Translation Memories, in the background so they are fully translated when you open them again. You can also decide what fuzzy value you would consider preferential to a Machine Translation match. So for example, you could say if the conventional Translation Memory only has a 80% match or less then use Machine Translation... which value you'd use would be down to experience.

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Can I use SDL online or not?