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How can I use reference files?

Emma Goldsmith

Hi all,

I've never used the "reference files" feature in Studio, and I wonder how it works. I can't find any information about it in Help, except how to add reference files, or switch usage type to reference.

I've got a PDF reference file (monolingual, target language) and after adding it to my project, I can't access it, except simply by opening it in a PDF reader. Surely the idea is to use it in Studio somehow? Maybe through concordance?  

Can anyone enlighten me?

Thanks,

Emma
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    Hi Emma,

    I frequently receive reference files as part of a project. They are invaluable to me when I need to see the context of the translated texts I'm reading. Sometimes I only receive a source reference file, a PDF of what the original source document looked like. If it's possible for the PM to generate a draft target reference file that I can't produce by saving to target myself then I also receive that, which means I can check how it's going to look. Then of course, they might include other documents such as Excel word lists or standards documents, or a previous translation as a guideline that I have to make sure the new/additional document remains in line with.

    You double-click them in the files list and they open in their appropriate format (even though they may be in the files list with file type identifier 'Unknown'). Various types of file can be added as reference, the 'reference' property being set during project creation to prevent them being set up for translation. It's a tidy way of keeping everything together, particularly if the project is being set up by one person for translation by another then reviewing by a third party.

    Reference files are added automatically to both source and target folders. I've mentioned before that I find that illogical and that it would be good if it were possible to choose where they go. They could be placed in a separate 'reference' folder but that creates complications as to how they'd be listed in the project.

    At my request, some of the PMs who send me work amend the folder contents on my reviewing jobs so that I have source reference files in the source folder and target reference in the target folder before they create a package for me that contains them. I can choose between them by changing between source and target language in the files list.

    The possibilities are many and I find reference files very useful.

    All the best,
    Ali :)
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    Hi Emma,

    I frequently receive reference files as part of a project. They are invaluable to me when I need to see the context of the translated texts I'm reading. Sometimes I only receive a source reference file, a PDF of what the original source document looked like. If it's possible for the PM to generate a draft target reference file that I can't produce by saving to target myself then I also receive that, which means I can check how it's going to look. Then of course, they might include other documents such as Excel word lists or standards documents, or a previous translation as a guideline that I have to make sure the new/additional document remains in line with.

    You double-click them in the files list and they open in their appropriate format (even though they may be in the files list with file type identifier 'Unknown'). Various types of file can be added as reference, the 'reference' property being set during project creation to prevent them being set up for translation. It's a tidy way of keeping everything together, particularly if the project is being set up by one person for translation by another then reviewing by a third party.

    Reference files are added automatically to both source and target folders. I've mentioned before that I find that illogical and that it would be good if it were possible to choose where they go. They could be placed in a separate 'reference' folder but that creates complications as to how they'd be listed in the project.

    At my request, some of the PMs who send me work amend the folder contents on my reviewing jobs so that I have source reference files in the source folder and target reference in the target folder before they create a package for me that contains them. I can choose between them by changing between source and target language in the files list.

    The possibilities are many and I find reference files very useful.

    All the best,
    Ali :)
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