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Reviewing content with Track Changes

You can track all the changes you make to a text, which is useful especially when reviewing translations.

About this task

The ways users review files depend on how the task they are working on was configured. The task type and configurations control the tabs and features made available for them in Trados Online Editor. The Track Changes mode is one of the available review modes, but not the only available one:

Reviewing content increases the quality of your translated content.

Procedure

  1. Open the appropriate file in Trados Online Editor.
  2. On the Review tab, in the Tracking group, select Track Changes.
  3. Edit the segments. If you add something, the word Inserted is placed after the user who made the change. If you delete something, the word Deleted is placed after the user who made the change.

Results

All the changes you make from this point on are tracked.

You can view all of your changes by selecting the Revisions The Show Revisions Panel button in SDL Online Editor. panel on the right side of the screen. When the file you are working on contains revisions, a small dot is displayed on the Revisions button.

Username for tracked changes

If you are logged into RWS Language Cloud, this username is taken from your cloud account name. The cloud account name is generated from the First Name and the Last Name information available on your cloud user profile.

If you are not logged into RWS Language Cloud, Trados Studio uses your Windows username instead. You first set this ID after installing Trados Studio and you can change it at any time from File > Setup > Users.