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Package and return package workflows

A package is a file structure which contains all the files that need to be sent to a project team member in order for them to work on the project. When translators or reviewers finish their work, they send their work back to the person who assigned it to them, in return packages.

Packages are used to send work to other team members when you are working in an offline workflow.

Once the package is created, you can send it by email, post on an FTP site or use any other method that you prefer to send it to the team member who will be working on the project files. This eliminates the need to send multiple files or multiple emails and enables all project information (files, translation memories (TMs), termbases (TBs) and AutoSuggest dictionaries) to be sent with project files in a coherent structure.
There are two types of packages:
Package TypeDescription
Project Package

A project package contains files on which a project team member has to perform a manual task such as translation or review.

You can create and open native Trados Studio project packages (*.sdlppx) or project packages from other translation management applications (WorldServer, for example).

The contents of a project package vary. They can include:
  • Project files: Bilingual *.sdlxliff files and reference files
  • Local and remote project TMs
  • Local main TMs and remote main TM references
  • Local TBs and remote TB references
  • AutoSuggest dictionaries
  • Automated translation provider connection details
  • The Analyze Files and Word Count reports (generated during package creation)
  • Project settings
Project package saved to cloud

A Project packages saved to cloud are created when you use the Save to Cloud feature on a project package.

They behave similar to local project packages, with the added benefits of our cloud platform. This means that you can save a project package to cloud, work on it using the Online Editor with your peers, and then create return packages from Trados Studio.
Return Package

A return package contains project files for which a specific manual task has been completed (for example, project files that have been translated or reviewed). It can also contain files for which further work needs to be completed. For example, a reviewer may want to return a translated file because of an incorrect translation which the translator needs to fix.

You can create and open native Trados Studio return packages (*.sdlrpx). If you have opened a project package from another application, when you create a return package it will automatically create it in a format that you can upload back to the other application.

WorldServer and TMS packages

  • To work with WorldServer TMs in Trados Studio 2021 and later, first install the WorldServer Compatibility Pack for Studio app.
  • To work with TMS packages Trados Studio 2021 and later, first install the Trados Compatibility and Migration Power Pack app.

The apps install as add-on and enable Trados Studio 2021 and later to work with TMS ITD-based packages and WorldServer bilingual files and packages, including Live TM connections created in WorldServer 11.x and 10.4.5. For information on installing apps, seeInstall and manage AppStore plug-ins.