If you already have default translation memories (TMs) selected in the Options dialog or TMs selected in your Project Settings, these TMs open automatically when you open a file for translation. However, you can open other TMs, in the Editor, during translation.
Before you begin
Only users with the following Trados GroupShare permissions can view server-based TMs in Trados Studio:
- View TM
- Write TU
- Read TU
- Batch Edit TU
Procedure
- Go to the Projects view and select the project you want to work on.
- Go to the Files view and double-click the file you want to work on.
- In the Editorview, on the Home tab, select Project Settings.
- In the Project Settings dialog, on the Translation Memory and Automated Translation page, select the required TMs. To use a TM stored on a server, select Add and, from the drop-down list, select Server-based Translation Memory. Select a TM from the Select Server-based Translation Memory dialog.
- On the Select Translation Memory page, select a server to display the list of TMs and then double-click a row to select it:
| Option | Description |
|---|
Server | Select the server from which you want to select your server-based TM. If the server you want to connect to is not listed, select Servers to display the Servers dialog where you can specify server connection details. |
Tree | Select an organization or resource library from the tree to display the list of TMs it contains on the right hand-side. |
Include subfolders | If you select this option, you can select a higher level location on the tree to display all TMs within that location and the TMs in all the sub-locations on the right-hand pane. |
Include project TMs | If you select this option, only main TMs will be displayed on the right hand-side. |
Name | The information on this row relates to this TM. |
Description | This is the description of the TM on the server. |
Location | This is the organization or resource library where the TM is located. |
Type | This option indicates if this is a project TM or a main TM. |
- Select Next.
- On the Select Language Pair page, work with the available options:
| Option | Description |
|---|
Select the language pair to open | To select a language pair, select a row to highlight that language pair. |
Source Language | This is the language from which you are translating. |
Target Language | This is the language which you are translation into. |
- Select Finish.
- The TMs you have added appear on the Translation Memory and Automated Translation page, and the Enabled and Lookup options are selected for the TM. When these options are selected, the TM is automatically searched during translation when a segment becomes the active segment (in an active row).
- Select OK to save your changes.