Step 1: Choose the project creation method

You can create projects based on the default template, a custom template or a previous project. The new project will take on the settings of the template or of the previous project you choose. You can edit the project settings after the project is created, if needed.

Before you begin

  • Place the project source files in a folder.
  • Place any reference files in a sub-folder to the project source files.
  • Decide which translation memories (TMs) you want to be applied to the file.
  • Decide which tasks you want the project wizard to perform on your files (for example, convert files to translatable format).
  • Decide what target languages the files are to be translated into.
  • Have decided whether this project should be based on settings used in an earlier project or a template.

Procedure

  1. Open SDL Trados Studio .
  2. Choose an option:
    • Go to File > New > New Project.
    • Go to the Projects view, and, on the Home tab, select New Project.
  3. In the New Project wizard, on the Project Type page, specify if you want to base your project on a template or a previous project:
    • Create a project based on a project template: The Default template is provided with Trados Studio and contains the default settings specified in the Options dialog. Select a custom template, if the Default template is not suitable to your needs.
    • Create a project based on a previous project: The settings and resources selected in the previous project are copied to the new project. In addition, if the files in your new project have the same file names and path location within the project as the files in the previous project, translations are extracted from the previous project files and transferred to the new project files when PerfectMatch is applied. Additional PerfectMatch options can be specified on the SDL PerfectMatch page from Step 8.
  4. Select Next.