SDL Trados Studio 2015 Getting Started Part 2: Working with the Supply Chain and Pre-production

Learning Objectives:

This course is designed as a follow up to the SDL Trados Studio 2015 Getting Started Part 1 course and covers the following functionality.

- Working within the translation supply chain - using SDL Trados Studio to process project packages (SDL Trados Studio and SDL WorldServer packages and SDL GroupShare)
- Delivering translation jobs to the supply chain
- Creating TMs and termbases using legacy content (e.g. converting Excel glossaries, aligning already translated documents, and generating your own AutoSuggest dictionaries)


Target Audience:

This course is designed for:

- translators who have already covered the SDL Trados Studio 2015 Getting Started Part 1 course

Prerequisites:

Attendance on the SDL Trados Studio Getting Started Part 1 course or equivalent knowledge.

SDL TRADOS Certification:

Together with SDL Trados Studio 2015 Getting Started Part 1 course, this course provides all of the knowledge attendees need to pass their SDL Trados Studio 2015 Getting Started exam.
The SDL Trados™ Certification program enables individual translators and project managers to validate their knowledge and expertise in the use of SDL Trados products. Achieving SDL Trados Certification demonstrates that you are fully prepared to work with the world’s leading translation technology.
The exam questions are based on the topics covered in the SDL Trados Studio 2015 – Getting Started Part 1 and 2 courses. Attendance on both courses, followed by practical experience of the topics covered, will prepare attendees to take the exam.
The exam consists of 40 questions and lasts 40 minutes. Attendees take their exams by logging into their SDL Account and selecting the Education area, where their exams and corresponding training manuals can be found.
Attendees will be advised on completion of their exam whether they have passed or need to retake

Further Development:

At the end of this course attendees will have covered all of the topics necessary to significantly increase translation speeds and productivity.

Attendees should also consider attending the following courses:

- SDL Trados Studio 2015 – Intermediate, which will teach you to go beyond the basics for more effective handling of translation projects
- SDL Trados Studio 2015 – Advanced, which will teach you to leverage advanced functionality to get the most out of the product
- SDL MultiTerm 2015 course, which will teach you the key functionality of SDL MultiTerm 2015

See upcoming courses here.

Further Information:

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TOPICS COVERED DURING THE COURSE

* Customizing the user interface
- Changing the editor font size
- Selecting your favorite source/target language pair
- Changing the Translation Results window display

SDL Trados Studio in the Supply Chain

• SDL Trados Studio Project packages
• What are project packages?
• Opening a project package that was sent by the customer/project manager
• Reading the analyze results
• Opening the package files
• Translating the package files
- What are context matches?
- Choosing from several TM suggestions
- Searching for and inserting the correct terminology during translation
- Adding new terms on the fly
- Handling tags correctly
- Interactive tag verification
- Adding comments to your translation
- Filtering for segments, e.g. to show only segments that contain comments
• Creating the return package for delivery and marking the translation job as complete

• SDL World Server (WS) packages
• What are SDL WorldServer packages?
• Opening a WS package
• Processing the files in the WS package
• What are PerfectMatches (PM)?
• Handling locked segments
• Delivering the translated files to WS and marking the translation job as complete

• SDL GroupShare
• What is SDL GroupShare?
• How to accept SDL GroupShare assignments?
• How to deliver jobs through SDL GroupShare
 
Pre-Production

• Re-using legacy documents to create translation memory content (Alignment)
• Running an alignment on an existing source and target document
- Creating a new (empty) TM
- Performing the alignment on single and multiple file pairs
- Reviewing the alignment result
- Correcting misalignments
- Importing the alignment result into the new TM (quick and advanced import)

• Creating AutoSuggest dictionaries
• Creating your own AutoSuggest dictionary

• Creating termbases
• Converting terms from an MS Excel document into SDL MultiTerm format
• Setting up a new termbase with SDL MultiTerm
• Importing the converted MS Excel glossary into the new termbase

• Processing new documents based on legacy resources
• How to process a new document based on the alignment result, the newly-created termbase and AutoSuggest dictionary
- Opening the new document
- Analyzing the document against the newly-created TM
- Viewing the analysis report
- Translating the document using TM, termbase, and AutoSuggest dictionary
- Fine-tuning the AutoSuggest settings, e.g. prioritizing the AutoSuggest sources and changing the way the AutoSuggest hits are displayed

Translators who have never used SDL Trados Studio 2015 before and want to get started with the application to be productive from day one

Click on the buy button on the right to purchase your seat

Participation fee includes:

• Access to training session with SDL Trados Certified Trainer.
• SDL Trados Approved Training Manual & sample files for practice.
• SDL Trados Certification Exams.

Steps to take your training and certification:

1 - Register & Pay

To register in this session please click on the "register and pay later" button on the right. Your status will be marked as "registered" and it will indicate only your interest in the training session. Status changes to registered and paid when payment is processed and informed to ProZ.com.

To purchase your seat at this session please click on the "buy" button. Available slots are limited and will be assigned to registered and paid participants as soon as payment is reported. Early payment is advised in order to secure participation. Allow some time for payment processing if you are paying by wire transfer.

There needs to be a minimum of 6 students to conduct this training session. If the minimum of paid students is not reached 72 hours before the session is to take place, you will be notified and asked to book your seat in an upcoming session without extra cost or transaction from your part.

Participants should not delay in making payments to ensure classes are not canceled due to low enrollment. We suggest then you purchase your spot as soon as possible.

If you have purchased training with SDL Trados or as part of a software + training offer you should redeem your credit by clicking on the "use credit" button on the right. More information about training credits is available here.

After your payment is received, your status will be changed to “registered and paid” and your spot for the session will be secured. An invoice and receipt of payment will be sent to you for your records.

2 - Get your course manual and sample files

After payment you will be given access to a restricted area of the site to download the courseware and sample files.

You don't need to have gone through the manual and files before the training, and ideally should not have them open during the session. Your instructors will be sharing their screen and using the sample files. The manual and files are so that you may practice after the training and prepare to pass the certification exam. Some of the sample files will be proprietary SDL Trados files and can only be opened with an installed activated license of SDL Trados.

3 - Attend the training session

72 hours before the training session takes place, you will receive an invitation to join the session. Please, click the registration link or button provided in the invitation email to join the session at the announced time.

Note: three hour online SDL Trados sessions are not recorded.

4 - Take your SDL Trados Certification exam

SDL TRADOS Certification exams are delivered by SDL TRADOS. Certification exams will be available in your SDL My account approximately 10 working days after making a payment. Note that you must be registered and have an account at SDL to receive the certification exams. If you do not have an account with SDL, you can create one here: https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/ Make sure you use the same email address associated with your ProZ.com account when creating your SDL account. If you have an account with a different email address, or if after 10 days you have not received the certification exams please contact SDL Product training at [email protected] indicating which training session you have taken along with the proper email address for your SDL account so that the certification exams can be updated.

Please, read the SDL Certification Training Sessions FAQs for more information

Software

No purchase needed. You do not need to have SDL Trados software installed on your machine, the software features will be presented via the trainer’s machine.

SDL TRADOS offers a 30-day trial version. It is strongly recommended that you DO NOT have SDL Trados software running during the online training session, as the program and the virtual platform are two resource-intensive applications that may be taxing processor ability. SDL Trados software features will be presented via the trainer’s machine.

If you are interested in purchasing a SDL Trados license, visit ProZ.com TGB to buy at the lowest price in the market.


Virtual platform system requirements

For PC-based Users:

• Required: Windows® 8, 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server
• Required: Internet Explorer® 7.0 or newer, Mozilla® Firefox® 3.0 or newer or Google™ Chrome™ 5.0 or newer (JavaScript™ and Java™ enabled)
• Internet Connection Required: Cable modem, DSL, or better Internet connection
• Recommended: Dual-core 2.4GHz CPU or faster with 2GB of RAM (recommended)

For Mac®-based Users:

• Required: OS X 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks and 10.10 Yosemite
• Required: Safari™ 3.0 or newer, Firefox® 3.0 or newer or Google™ Chrome™ 5.0 or newer (JavaScript™ and Java™ enabled)
• Internet Connection Required: Cable modem, DSL, or better Internet connection
• Required: Intel processor (1GB of RAM or better recommended)

To Use VoIP (microphone and speakers or headset):

• Required: Fast Internet connection (384 kbps or more recommended)
• Required: speakers or headset (USB headset recommended)
• NOT required: Microphone - attendees can communicate with the trainer through incorporated chat.

Recommendations

• For the visual section of the training course, we recommend that you have a 64kbps link. This means using an ISDN line or Broadband. Wireless connection is NOT recommended.
• For the audio section of the training course, we recommend that you have a headset or speakers.
• We recommend that you log in 30 minutes in advance of the start time to prepare for the training course.

Courses will be open half an hour before the start time. Please login before the start time to ensure that everything on your system is working correctly.

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