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Active document settings

You can determine what target language is associated to your active document.

Use the Active Document Settings dialog to specify:
  • The target language of the active file
  • The encoding used for the active document when the file is converted back to its original format

To display this dialog, select Advanced tab > Active Document Settings in the Editor view.

Box/ButtonDescription

Languages:

Source Language

The source language of the currently open document.

Target Language

The target language of the currently open document.

Encodings

Character encoding specifies how the applications in an operating system represent the text data in files internally and on the screen. Different languages may require different character encoding in order to processed and rendered correctly on the screen.

Name

The name of the document for which the encoding settings can be specified.

Source Encoding

The encoding used in the source document.

Target Encoding

By default, SDL Trados Studio automatically identifies the appropriate encoding for the language you are translating a document into and therefore, (auto-select) is displayed in this box. If your selected filter for the file specifies the type of encoding, it will be displayed in this box instead. If you want to change the selected encoding, select an alternative selection from the drop-down list.

The encoding specified here is used to generate the translated document when you select the Save As Target option.