Working with Starter and Express editions
Starter and Express are special editions of SDL Trados Studio designed for users who need a lighter version of the translation and review functionalities. What you can do in Starter and Express varies depending on which workflow you are using. The following lists the key tasks that you can perform in each workflow.
In addition to the workflow tasks, in Express you can run SDL Trados Studio as part of a domain-based corporate network and have use of unlimited languages. If you want to use the additional features available in SDL Trados Studio, such as creating projects or performing pre-translation, contact your SDL representative about purchasing a Freelance or Professional version of SDL Trados Studio.
Single-File translation workflow in Starter
Starter can work as a single-user tool where you can open a single file for translation, the translation memories (TMs) are located on your computer and there is no interaction with TMs or projects over an intranet or the Internet.
This enables you to participate in a project workflow where other team members are using full editions of SDL Trados Studio or an SDL enterprise product. You can perform the following actions when you are in a single-file translation workflow. A single-file translation workflow occurs when you open a single file for translation using the Translate Single Document command.
- Open a single file for translation
- Create file-based TMs
- Add a single file-based TM to use during translation (The size of the TM is limited depending on what your license specifies.)
- Add and remove termbases for translation
- Edit translation units (TUs) in a TM during translation
- Edit TM settings
- You can import and export TM data to or from a TM on the Translation Memory and Automated Translation page and in the Translate Single Document dialog
- Update the TM during translation
- Generate a translated file
Project Package Translation: offline workflow in Starter and Express
You can perform the following actions when you are in a project using packages in an offline workflow:
- Open project packages
- In Express, you can only open packages created in an SDL enterprise product. Enterprise products include WorldServer and TMS.
- In Starter, you can open packages created in other editions of SDL Trados Studio or an SDL enterprise product.
- Open files for translation or review from a project package
- Disable or enable termbases in the package for translation
- Disable or enable TMs in the package for translation
- Remove AutoSuggest dictionaries in the project for translation
- Edit TUs in a TM during translation
- Update the TM during translation
- Return completed work in return packages
Starter Languages
Starter allows you to select 5 languages. Once this selection has been made, it cannot be changed at a later date. To use a different selection of languages, you would need to uninstall and re-install Starter.
| NOTE | All regional variants of the same base language will be enabled. Therefore, if English is selected, there is no need to then specify any further regional variants of English (for example, English - United States) as these will already be enabled. |