You can import translation kits into the Project or Tasks List or directly into WorldServer Explorer, depending on the requirements of your environment. When you have finished translating assets offline with a desktop translation tool such as SDL Trados Studio 2019, you must import the completed translation kit back into WorldServer.
Procedure
- Go to the Projects page. To access the Projects page, you can either go to and then click the number of projects on the top right of the screen, or you can go to on the slide-out navigation pane.
- Expand the desired Project Group and then select one or more Project(s). To automatically see all the Tasks within the Project Group or Project, click the Project Group/Locale name.
The Tasks page is displayed.
- On the ribbon, click Import.
The Import Offline Work dialog box is displayed.
- Select the files to import. The file you choose must be a valid completed translation kit originally exported from WorldServer and translated offline.
- Click Browse, or
- Use drag-and-drop.
- If you have the appropriate permissions, choose whether to update the translation memory based on the contents of the translation kit. To insert matches, select the Update the translation memory using imported assets checkbox. You may not want to insert the matches into the translation memory if updating the translation memory is the responsibility of the reviewer, who can update the Translation Memory after reviewing the translation.
- If you have the appropriate permissions, you can choose to run the import in the background. If so, you can freely disconnect from WorldServer while waiting for the job to run, and you will be notified when the job completes. If you choose not to run the job in the background, you must stay connected to WorldServer until the job finishes.
- Click Import.
If the exported Tasks are no longer claimed by you, or if there are any errors, the import will fail and you will be notified in the Import Offline Work dialog box.
If an error message appears regarding duplicate or missing placeholders, either open the task in the WorldServer Browser Workbench and re-translate the offending target segments, or fix the placeholders in the offline tool and re-import the Task(s). The Task(s) status changes to the imported icon when the import is complete.