Machine Translation Trados Studio

Set up translation project

Set up translation project

Info

An access key is needed to connect the Trados Studio with Tilde MT. You can reuse access keys for multiple projects or share the same one. Please see: Access keys

To create a translation project and configure the plugin:

1. Create your project in Trados Studio.
2. On the Translation Resources step:
   • Under All language Pairs, click Translation Memory and Automated translation
   • Click Use....
   • From the menu select Tilde MT translator.
3. On the plugin's authentication window:
   • Enter your Access key or click Get access key.
   • Click OK.
4. Click Next. Go through the rest of the steps.

Set up project with multiple target languages

If your project has several target languages:

1. Create your project in Trados Studio.
2. On the Translation Resources step:
   • On the left panel, select a specific language pair (instead of All language pairs).
   • Click Translation Memory and Automated translation.
   • Enable Use different translation providers for this language pair.
   • Click Yes or No in the prompt.
   • Click Use....
   • From the menu select Tilde MT translator.
3. On the plugin's authentication window:
   • Enter your Access key or click Get access key.
   • Click OK.
4. Click Next. Go through the rest of the steps.

Set up project with pre-translation

To enable pre-translation while creating a project:

1. On the Batch tasks step:
   • Find Pre-translate.
   • Under When no match found, select Apply automatic translation.
   • Click Finish.

Empty segments

If everything is set up correctly files should get automatically pre-translated and filled with translation when opened. Some segments might be empty if translation took too much time.