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Open Document

Use the Open Document dialog box to specify the following in your new translation:

  • Source and target language
  • Translation memories
  • Automated translation server

To display this dialog box, select File > Open > Translate Single Document and select a file to open in the Open Document dialog box that is displayed. Starting a translation using this method bypasses the selections you make when using the New Project wizard. For example, you do not specify settings for pre-translation. Using the Translate Single Document command, you can create and save an *.sdlxliff file which contains source language segments only and then, from this, create further *.sdlxliff files which have a target language assigned to them.

Once you have created the *.sdlxliff file, you can modify translation memory settings using the Project Settings dialog box.

BoxDescription
Source Language

The original language of the document.

Target Language

The language in to which you want to translate. This box is optional and can be specified later in the Active Document Settings dialog box.

Translation Memory and Automated Translation

The translation memories are ordered by priority (highest priority being the first translation memory in the list). This translation memory priority is used to determine the order in which translation memory suggestions are made.

AddClick this and select the translation memories and automated translation servers you want to add to the project:
  • File-based Translation Memory - Select this to add a translation memory that is stored locally in a file. The Open Translation Memory dialog box is displayed. Browse to the location of the file, select it and click Open.
  • Server-based Translation Memory - Select this to add a translation memory stored on a server. The Select Server-based Translation Memory dialog box is displayed where you can connect to a server and select the translation memories.
  • SDL BeGlobal Enterprise - Select this to connect to SDL BeGlobal Online or to the SDL LW Enterprise Translation Server. These options allow you to access a more specialized automated translation service where the software is trained by leveraging existing translation assets. Use the SW Enterprise Translation Server option if your company has purchased an installation of Language Weaver Enterprise Translation Server and installed it on a server. Use the BeGlobal Online option if you or your company has purchased the SDL BeGlobal hosted services (Software as a Service). This requires a user and API key for authentication.
  • SDL Language Cloud - Select this to connect to the machine translation engines that you subscribed to from your SDL Language Cloud account. The Language Cloud MT engines are trained using domain-specific content to generate translation results that typically require less post-editing.
  • Google Translate - Select this to connect to the Google Translate automated translation server. This is now a paid for service that requires an API key. The API key you enter here will update all other projects that use Google Translate. See About Google Translate for more information.
  • SDL WorldServer Translation Memory - Click Add and select SDL WorldServer from the drop-down list. Select a translation memory or translation memory group.
  • SDL Automated Translation - Select this to connect to the free SDL community automated translation server or a automated translation server of your own.
CreateClick this and select what type of translation memory you want to create to add to the project:
  • New File-based Translation Memory - Select this to create a translation memory that is stored locally in a file. The New Translation Memory wizard is displayed. Complete the pages of the New Translation Memory wizard and click Close.
  • New Server-based Translation Memory - Select this to create a translation memory stored on a server. The New Server-based Translation Memory wizard is displayed. Complete the pages of the New Server-based Translation Memory wizard and click Close.
Settings

Click this to edit the selected automated translation server or translation memory.

Move Up

Select a translation memory or automated translation server and click this to move the translation memory or automated translation server up in the list to change the selected translation memory priority.

Move Down

Select a translation memory or automated translation server and click this to move the translation memory or automated translation server down in the list to change the selected translation memory priority.

Remove

Click this to remove the selected translation memory or automated translation server from the list.

Import

Click this to import translation units from a file to the selected translation memory. The Import wizard is displayed.

Export

Click this to export translation units from the selected translation memory to a file. The Export wizard is displayed.

Name

The name of the translation memory or automated translation server.

Enabled

When this option is selected, the Lookup, Penalty Concordance, and Update options become available. Only the Lookup option is available for automated translation servers.

Lookup

When this option is selected, the translation memory or automated translation server is included in translation memory searches.

Penalty

Select a penalty value. Any filters that have the penalty value specified here are applied to the translation memory.

Concordance

When this option is selected, the translation memory is included in concordance searches.

Update

When this option is selected, the translation memory will be updated with the translated content from the document.

Do not show this dialog again if the language pair settings for the document are known

When this option is selected, this dialog box is not displayed when you open this document again.

AdvancedClick this button to display the Project Template Settings dialog box where you can specify additional settings for translation.

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