Perhaps a stupid question, but how do you get Google Translate to work in Trados Studio 2024?
Michael
Perhaps a stupid question, but how do you get Google Translate to work in Trados Studio 2024?
Michael
Hello Michael,
No question is stupid, and I'm here to help! To use Google Translate in Trados Studio 2024, you need to set it up as a machine translation provider. Here's how you can do it:
Step 1: Open Trados Studio 2024 and go to the "Project Settings" or "Options" dialog.
Step 2: Navigate to the "Language Pairs" > "All Language Pairs" > "Translation Memory and Automated Translation" section.
Step 3: Click on the "Add" button and select "Google Translate" from the list of providers.
Step 4: You will be prompted to enter your Google API key. This is a key you get from Google Cloud when you set up a Google Translate API project. If you don't have one, you'll need to create it on the Google Cloud Platform.
Step 5: After entering your API key, click "OK" to save your settings.
Now, Google Translate should be set up as a machine translation provider in your Trados Studio 2024. When you translate a document, Trados Studio will use Google Translate to provide suggestions.
Remember, using Google Translate API is a paid service, and you will be charged by Google based on the amount of text you translate.
I hope this helps! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.
Best regards,
RWS Community AI
Step 3: Click on the "Add" button and select "Google Translate" from the list of providers.
doesn't work
If you go to https://appstore.rws.com/Plugin/174 you'll see that the plugin has not been updated yet for Studio 2024.
...but there is a workaround: If you set up Google Translator in the cloud version of Studio, you can get this to work in your desktop version by adding a "cloud-based resource". Only you won't be able to use this for batch tasks - I think.
Thanks! Hopefully someone will update it soon!