TRADOS There are two components in using the TRADOS tool for translation. a. Translator’s Workbench – the TM b. TagEditor – the program for opening the file for translation c. TTX File – the file for translation

The TMs can be imported and exported. The TM files can be in txt or tmx format. TRADOS can also be used for Word files aside from the usual TagEditor tool TRADOS

Using the TagEditor Before starting any TRADOS job, a TM or the Translator’s Workbench must be opened first. If the file for translation looks like (.ttx file) then it should just be double-clicked If the source file is in RTF or doc format, open the file and arrange setting by going to Tools>Templates and Add-Ins>Templates tab. Click on the checkbox beside TRADOS.dot (or other version eg. TRADOS8.dot) and make sure that other checkboxes are cleared. Select OK TRADOS

See illustration below: TRADOS

To begin translation, press Alt Home, the blue space is the source text and the space below it (yellow or blue) is where the target should be placed. Yellow space indicates a fuzzy match or a completely new word, while the Green space indicates 100% match in the TM. To transfer to the next translatable segment press Alt +, this would only work if you are using a desktop pc, for laptops, you may click on the appropriate icon on the TRADOS toolbar on the upper part of the screen TRADOS

If you want to change a particular segment or word you can perform the ‘Find’ option by pressing Ctrl+F To save as a bilingual file, just click on the disk icon on the upper left of the screen. If the client will ask for the clean version, for Tag Editor, go to File>Save Target As, make sure that the RTF, XML or DOC source file is beside the ttx file. For Word files, you have to save it as it is first and proceed with cleaning the file using Translator’s Workbench TRADOS

On Translator’s Workbench, go to Tools>Clean Up TRADOS CLEANING FOR WORD FILES

TRADOS CLEANING FOR WORD FILES Add the file for clean up, Choose the location for the clean up log, by clicking the Log File button and choosing Browse… on the drop down menu Hit the Clean Up button

TRADOS IMPORTANT NOTE Exit any open segment by pressing Alt+End, BEFORE SAVING the file Use Alt+Insert to copy the source on the target to maintain the format of the tag and its spacing Place the original file (doc, rtf or xml) in the same folder as the translated file when performing file clean up