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Scenario: organization with Multitrans. Translators have Trados Studio and receive their tasks via the SDL Multitrans Plugin. For projects where the translators work alone, no problem. However, very often several translators have to share a large or urgent project. Each translator receives a different Multitrans task with their assigned portion of the text to translate. Translators want to work simultaneously with the same TM so that they can leverage each other work and ensure consistency. As of now, the only solution offered to translators is to use the Multitrans Web editor translating agent with the same Team Server translation memory. This is far from ideal since translators are used to and want to use the much more advanced and powerful Studio, which also allows them to use their own personal local translation memories. Is there any way for these translators to connect from Studio to a Team Server translation memory via the Multitrans Plugin? The documentation available on the plugin says: "Your providers must have at least read access to your MultiTransTextBases, Team Server TMs and TermBases to connect successfully to them from Trados Studio.... For any necessary Team Server TMs, the minimum access right is Can retrieve TM matches". If that is the minimum, is there a higher or maximum access right that would allow a translator to add/update the TM instantaneously? If so, I assume that would solve the problem, wouldn´t it? If not, is this a functionality SDL is going to add in the near future? If not, is there any other way for the translators in this situation to translate shared projects using Studio where they can update the same translation memory in real time to take full advantage of Studio functionalities? Would Groupshare be an option in this case? If so, how would it work? Can you combine SDL Studio licences with Groupshare with Multitrans without technical on compatibility problems? What about the new SDL Trados Live or any other function in Studio 2021?
In the same vein, with regards to Termbases. In this same scenario, apparently translators are not able to add terms on the go from within Studio to the Multitrans server termbase associated to their project (received via Multitrans). They need to use Multitrans Termbase Web Collaborator. The Multitrans Plugin documentation says "For any necessary TermBases, the minimum access right is Read." So again, what other access are there? Is it technically possible for a translator in this situation to add (or update) terms on the Multitrans termbase directly from within Studio if given the appropriate access rights? If not, is that a functionality that SDL is exploring in the near future?
Any help on this matter would be much appreciated.
