Phoebe Harker-Rivera ,

Phoebe Harker-Rivera said:

I had a project I was working on that was 69% completed. I received additional related translatable files which I added to the project

Did you create yourself the project via the New Project wizard or was it a single document project? If the latter, you can’t add more files to it. Did you save Trados Studio (with CTRL+S or clicking on the Save icon)? If you didn’t, the project might not have been actually saved, so next time you open Studio is not in the project list.

Phoebe Harker-Rivera said:

What happened?

I don’t know but Trados Studio crashes now more than ever, so ensure you save your work every X minutes.

Phoebe Harker-Rivera said:

how can I get my partially completed translation back?

If you saved your work (as mentioned above), the SDLPROJ file should be on your mac. Search for files with this extension, sort by date and you'll find it.

Otherwise, did you add a translation memory to your project? If so, that SDLTM file should be in your mac. Search for files with this extension, sort by date and you will find it. With that TM found, at least you should be able to create a new project with the same file and use the TM to pre-translate that file.

Last, ensure your project folders are not in synced by OneDrive, Dropbox or similar tools, as they cause issues (reasons mentioned here:

Phoebe Harker-Rivera ,

Phoebe Harker-Rivera said:

I had a project I was working on that was 69% completed. I received additional related translatable files which I added to the project

Did you create yourself the project via the New Project wizard or was it a single document project? If the latter, you can’t add more files to it. Did you save Trados Studio (with CTRL+S or clicking on the Save icon)? If you didn’t, the project might not have been actually saved, so next time you open Studio is not in the project list.

Phoebe Harker-Rivera said:

What happened?

I don’t know but Trados Studio crashes now more than ever, so ensure you save your work every X minutes.

Phoebe Harker-Rivera said:

how can I get my partially completed translation back?

If you saved your work (as mentioned above), the SDLPROJ file should be on your mac. Search for files with this extension, sort by date and you'll find it.

Otherwise, did you add a translation memory to your project? If so, that SDLTM file should be in your mac. Search for files with this extension, sort by date and you will find it. With that TM found, at least you should be able to create a new project with the same file and use the TM to pre-translate that file.

Last, ensure your project folders are not in synced by OneDrive, Dropbox or similar tools, as they cause issues (reasons mentioned here: