Translating SDL Edit (ITD) files in a project allows you to use the project preparation options, such as converting the files to *.sdlxliff format and analyzing the files prior to translation.
About this task
Note:
- Make sure that your SDL Edit
*.idt document does not have any empty target segments.
- Fix all format painting issues in SDLX before opening the document in SDL Trados Studio.
Procedure
- Click , then to display the default file type settings for SDL Edit files. Change the settings as required.
- Click to create a project. Follow the prompts to set project options.
- Use the Project Settings dialog box to change the following settings as required:
- Source and target languages
- AutoSuggest dictionaries
- Translation memories
- Usage, or not, of automated translation
- Termbases
- Click to create a project package.
- Add the files to be translated.
- Specify additional package options.
- Send the package for translation. Translators and reviewers receive the documents within a project environment, which includes the necessary supporting data such as file type settings, translation memories and so on.
- Send the package for review. The reviewers receive the documents within the project environment. Repeat the translation-review cycle until the translations pass review.
- For each file, click to save the document in the desired format, usually ITD or the document's original format.