Draft translation has lost

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I'm working on a large project and always click Save and Save as to make sure the translation has been saved correctly. This morning after I restart the PC and reopen my project on Trados Studio 2022, I found the draft translation has been all lost. Checked in the log file and cannot find any clue for why this happens. 
 How can I do with my project?

RWS Community AI · Accepted Answer

"Probability score": 0.7 
 "Question improvement suggestion": Please provide more details such as the exact steps you took before the issue occurred, any error messages you encountered, and the operating system you are using. Also, let us know if you made any recent changes to your system or Trados Studio software. 
 In the meantime, based on the information you have provided, here is a suggested answer to your question: 
 Hello, 
 I'm sorry to hear about the issue you're experiencing. It's quite unusual for Trados Studio to lose a draft translation, especially if you've been saving your work regularly. Here are a few steps you can take to try and recover your work: 
 Step 1: Check your Autosave files. Trados Studio automatically saves your work every 10 minutes by default. You can find these files in the Autosave folder, which is typically located in the 'Documents' folder on your computer. 
 Step 2: Check your backup files. If you have the backup option enabled in Trados Studio, it creates a backup of your project every time you save. You can find these files in the 'Backup' folder, which is typically located in the 'Documents' folder on your computer. 
 Step 3: Check your project files. If you can't find your work in the Autosave or Backup folders, try looking in the project folder itself. The project folder is usually located in the 'Projects' folder, which is also typically in the 'Documents' folder on your computer. 
 Step 4: If you still can't find your work, you may need to try and recover the file from your computer's system restore point, if one was created before the issue occurred. This is a more advanced step and may require assistance from a technical expert. 
 Remember, it's always a good practice to regularly save your work and create backups to prevent data loss. 
 I hope this answer addressed your question. If not, please reject the answer, add the question improvement suggestion information, and click the RWS Community AI checkbox on the right to try again. 
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Paul · Answer

Jay Fan 
 More information here would help. For example, you said: 
 Jay Fan said: This morning after I restart the PC and reopen my project on Trados Studio 2022 
 How did you do this? What file are you opening? If you were sent a package, and you keep opening the package file this is the behaviour you will always see. 
 Are you using Translation Memory? If you use a Project Translation Memory there is no need to leave segments draft, you can confirm them all and later on if you like to review use the review status to separate what you have done as "draft" with the ones you have reviewed and checked. Eventually only updating your Main TM when you're happy with the work.

Paul · Answer

Jay Fan

Jay Fan said: 
 it quite a sensitve file I'm translating

Irrelevant.

Jay Fan said: 
 And I'm using a translation memory.

Where is it stored?

Jay Fan said: 
 But this morning, a message appeared to let me restart the system on the VM. After I saved the project and restart VM, all my draft translation lost, but Save as target contents has been saved into the Word file.

Still unclear. If the target contents are now populated do you mean with the source texts, or with the translated content? If the latter it makes no sense at all that you cannot see the translations. 
 Can you please confirm the following: 
 
 How are you opening the Project? Please describe the steps and the files used. 
 What language pairs are in your project? Please provide a screenshot like this from your project settings: 
 
 Jay Fan said: 
 
 I'm using Trados Studio on my Virtual Machine

Not supported and this could also be the source of your problem... but please answer the questions above first.

Trados Studio > 1. Trados Studio

Draft translation has lost

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