SDL Trados Studio 2019 Getting Started Part 1: Translating

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Start time:Jan 9, 2019 20:00 GMT     Add to calendar

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This course is approved for three (3) American Translators Association Continuing Education points.



This course is delivered live and web based, over 3 hours. Purchase of SDL Trados software is not necessary to take this training. The software features will be presented via the trainer’s machine. Exams, as well as training manual and materials for each level, are included when you purchase this training session. Note: three hour online sessions on SDL Trados are not recorded.

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Duration:180 minutes
SDL Trados Studio 2019 Getting Started Part 1: Translating
Learning Objectives:

This course is designed for users who want to get familiar with SDL Trados Studio to start working productively as soon as possible.

- Introduction to CAT technologies: what is a translation memory (TM), termbase, AutoSuggest dictionary?
- Overview of the application
- Configuring the application to your personal preferences
- Translating MS Office files in SDL Trados Studio making use of the most common features
- Delivering the finished translation

Target Audience:

translators who have never used SDL Trados Studio before and want to get started with the application to be productive from day one

Prerequisites:

Basic understanding of PCs, the Windows operating system and MS Word

SDL Trados Certification:

This course provides some of the topics attendees need to pass their SDL Trados Studio Level 1 Getting Started exam.

The SDL Trados™ Certification program enables individual translators and project managers to validate their knowledge and expertise in the use of SDL Trados products. Achieving SDL Trados Certification demonstrates that you are fully prepared to work with the world’s leading translation technology.

SDL Trados Studio Level 1 Getting Started

The exam questions are based on the topics covered in the SDL Trados Studio – Getting Started Part 1 and 2 courses, i.e. attendance on the courses, followed by practical experience of the topics covered, will prepare attendees to take the exam.

The exam consists of 40 questions and lasts 40 minutes. Attendees take their exams by logging into their SDL Account and selecting the Education area, where their exams and corresponding training manuals can be found.

Attendees will be advised on completion of their exam whether they have passed or need to retake.

Further Development:

At the end of this course attendees will have covered all of the topics necessary to significantly increase translation speeds and productivity.

Attendees should also consider attending the following courses:

  • SDL Trados Studio – Intermediate, which will teach you to go beyond the basics for more effective handling of translation projects
  • SDL Trados Studio – Advanced, which will teach you to leverage advanced functionality to get the most out of the product
  • SDL MultiTerm course, which will teach you the key functionality of SDL MultiTerm


  • See upcoming courses here.

    Further Information:

    For further information on any of our courses, training delivery options and course dates, the SDL Trados Certification programme or course fees please contact us

    Target audience
    translators who have never used SDL Trados Studio before and want to get started with the application to be productive from day one
    Prerequisites
    Basic understanding of PCs, the Windows operating system and MS Word
    Topics covered during the course: (click to expand)
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    Introduction to CAT Technologies, i.e. what are
    • Translation memories (TMs)
    • Termbases
    • AutoSuggest dictionaries

    Personal settings: preparing the environment to your personal preferences
    • Selecting your preferred language pair
    • Adapting the display font size for better reading

    Translating a single file (MS Word)
    • Opening a file for translation
    • Selecting a translation memory
    • Selecting a termbase
    • Selecting an AutoSuggest dictionary
    • Introduction to the translation editing environment
    • Navigating in the editor: going up and down to the previous/next sentence
    • Translating a sentence from scratch
    • Quickly inserting words and expressions suggested by the AutoSuggest dictionary and termbase
    • Confirming translations and saving them to the TM database
    • Effective handling of repeated sentences (Auto-propagation)
    • Re-using an existing translation from the TM (exact match)
    • Modifying a translation suggestion (fuzzy match)
    • Looking up words and expressions in the TM (concordance search)
    • Spell check
    • Applying formatting
    • Inserting tags (QuickInsert)
    • Previewing files in their original layout
    • Saving your translation

    Translating a single file (MS PowerPoint)
    • Opening a file for translation through drag & drop into Studio
    • Auto-localization of dates o Editing the source text
    • Merging segments
    • Previewing PowerPoint slides in their original layout, e.g. to check whether the target content fits into text boxes
    • Saving the translation in MS PowerPoint format for delivery

    Translating a single file (MS Excel)
    • Opening a file for translation through drag & drop into Studio
    • Looking up and inserting terminology from the termbase during translation
    • Previewing and generating the target file

    Translating a single file (PDF)
    • What to watch out for when translating PDF files
    • Running a file analysis and reading the analysis result
    • Translating the file content
    • Previewing and generating the target file

    Using segment fragments during translation
    • Retrieving segment fragments from whole translation units
    • Preparing your translation memory for segment fragment matching from partial translation units

    Registration and payment information (click to expand)
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    Click on the buy button on the right to purchase your seat

    Participation fee includes:

    • Access to training session with SDL Trados Certified Trainer.
    • SDL Trados Approved Training Manual & sample files for practice.
    • SDL Trados Certification Exams.

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    Note: three hour online SDL Trados sessions are not recorded.

    4 - Take your SDL Trados Certification exam

    SDL TRADOS Certification exams are delivered by SDL TRADOS. Certification exams will be available in your SDL My account approximately 10 working days after making a payment. Note that you must be registered and have an account at SDL to receive the certification exams. If you do not have an account with SDL, you can create one here: https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/ Make sure you use the same email address associated with your ProZ.com account when creating your SDL account. If you have an account with a different email address, or if after 10 days you have not received the certification exams please contact SDL Product training at producttraining@sdl.com indicating which training session you have taken along with the proper email address for your SDL account so that the certification exams can be updated.

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    Software and system requirements (click to expand)
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    Software

  • No purchase needed. You do not need to have SDL Trados software installed on your machine, the software features will be presented via the trainer’s machine.

  • SDL TRADOS offers a 30-day trial version. It is strongly recommended that you DO NOT have SDL Trados software running during the online training session, as the program and the virtual platform are two resource-intensive applications that may be taxing processor ability. SDL Trados software features will be presented via the trainer’s machine.

  • If you are interested in purchasing a SDL Trados license, visit ProZ.com TGB to buy at the lowest price in the market.


    For PC-based Users:

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    • Required: OS X 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks and 10.10 Yosemite
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    For Mac®-based Users

    • Required: Mac OS® X 10.6 or later
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    • Internet Connection Required: Cable modem, DSL or better recommended
    • Required: 2.4 GHz Intel processor (Core 2 Duo), 1 GB of RAM or better


    For iPad®-based Users

    • Required: iPad® 1 or newer; iPhone® 3GS or newer; iPod® Touch (3rd generation) or newer
    • iOS 4.2 or newer
    • WiFi recommended for VoIP
    • Free GoToMeeting App from the App Store


    For Android-based Users

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    SDL Trados Studio 2019 Getting Started Part 1: Translating
    Maria Rita Lana
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    payment and certification fee (if any)Jan 4, 2019

    Hello!
    question 1 - just clicked on "register and pay later", how do I proceed for payment?
    question 2 - purchased SDL Trados Studio 2019 Freelance last November with TGB, SDL Certification - SDL Trados Studio 2019 Getting Started included in the purchase: do I have any discount on my purchase for the training?
    Thank you
    Maria Rita


     
    Claunesaa
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    DoubtJan 8, 2019

    Hi!

    It would be very helpful for me to participate in this course tomorrow so I was wondering: if some of the registered people do not pay on time for the training, his/her place is open for somebody else to pay immediately?

    Please, let me know. I can pay right away.

    Thank you.


     
    Another course on January 30th, 2019Jan 8, 2019

    Claunesaa wrote:

    Hi!

    It would be very helpful for me to participate in this course tomorrow so I was wondering: if some of the registered people do not pay on time for the training, his/her place is open for somebody else to pay immediately?

    Please, let me know. I can pay right away.

    Thank you.


    Hi Claunesaa,

    This session is full but there is another course announced for Wednesday, 8pm GMT, at:

    https://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/16745

    Hope this helps.

    My bests,
    Helen


     

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