File and project size limit

File and project size limit are important during project creation.

When creating projects take the following limitations into consideration:

Trados Enterprise

  • Maximum size limit per file = 20MB, except the following file types:
    • Microsoft PowerPoint 2007-2019 (PresentationML v1) - 400MB max.
    • Microsoft Excel 2007-2019 (SpreadsheetMLv1) - 50MB max.
    • Adobe InDesign CS4-CC IDML (IDML v1.0.0.0) - 50MB max.
    • Adobe Photoshop - 500MB max.
    • Microsoft Word 2007-2019 (WordprocessingML v2) - 60MB max.
    • PDF (PDF v3.0.0.0.0) - 60MB max.
    • SDLXLIFF - 100MB max
  • Maximum number of segments per file = 100,000 segments
  • Maximum number of characters per segment = 2,000 characters
  • Maximum size limit per project = 2GB
  • Maximum size for file path+file name uploaded via an archive (*.zip) which contains files in folder = 255 characters

Trados Customer Portal

  • Maximum size limit per file = 20MB, except the following file types:
    • Microsoft PowerPoint 2007-2019 (PresentationML v1) - 400MB max.
    • Microsoft Excel 2007-2019 (SpreadsheetMLv1) - 50MB max.
    • Adobe InDesign CS4-CC IDML (IDML v1.0.0.0) - 50MB max.
    • Adobe Photoshop - 500MB max.
    • Microsoft Word 2007-2019 (WordprocessingML v2) - 60MB max.
    • PDF (PDF v3.0.0.0.0) - 60MB max.
    • SDLXLIFF - 100MB max
  • Maximum number of segments per file = 100,000 segments
  • Maximum number of characters per segment = 2,000 characters
  • Maximum size limit per project = 2GB

The maximum number of source files and target files (combined) is 4,000 per project batch.

There is a 15-minute upload timeout, so low bandwidth can result in files failing to upload, despite the fact that they are within the recommended size limits.