SDL Trados Studio 2015: New features for beginners

Posted on 3 July 2015 by Emma Goldsmith

sdl trados 2015SDL Trados Studio 2015 has just been released. As a beta tester, I’ve been trying out the new version for a couple of months, reporting bugs, discussing improvements with the developers and other beta testers, and enjoying seeing new features in action in real-life projects. Here’s my account of the new features in Studio 2015. Read more…

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Translating dates in SDL Trados Studio

Posted on 25 June 2015 by Emma Goldsmith

Studio usually does a good job localising source language dates in the correct target format. But sometimes the source text uses an incorrect date format or language variants cause problems. Here’s a quick look at how date auto-substitution should work out of the box, and how to tweak it if it doesn’t. Read more…

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Strategies for translating complex texts

Posted on 12 June 2015 by Emma Goldsmith

What’s the best way to get up to speed in a field outside your comfort zone? Learn from the experts, confer with colleagues and build a good corpus. Last month I had the chance to do all three, thanks to an ITI MedNet workshop on diabetes. This is an account of what I learnt that day and, more importantly, how I learnt it. Read more…

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memoQfest and memoQ 2015: a dual review

Posted on 27 May 2015 by Emma Goldsmith

memoQfest_cWhen Kilgray’s Peter Reynolds asked me a couple of months ago if I’d take part in a panel at memoQfest, I was in two minds. Would I feel like a fish out of water among so many memoQ geeks? Peter assured me that they were a friendly crowd, so I decided to give it a go. Read more…

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CPD for medical translators: cardiovascular medicine

Posted on 4 May 2015 by Emma Goldsmith

The long and the short of CPD

Nowadays, there’s a huge choice of continuing professional development (CPD) for translators. We have one-hour webinars at one end of the scale, and courses with long hours of study, at the other. One-hour sessions inevitably skim the surface of a subject, but they’re useful for introductory purposes or as a refresher. Longer courses are much richer in content, but keeping up with so many hours of study is challenging. Read more…

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Guidelines for translating medical reports

Posted on 7 April 2015 by Emma Goldsmith

Medical reportWhen a medical report lands in my inbox I know it’s going to be a challenge. The format might be a scanned PDF or even a photo. It’ll be written in technical jargon, from one doctor to another, teeming with abbreviations, none of which will be glossed. In addition, the potential client may be hiring a translator for the first time ever and will need to be guided through the translation, invoicing and payment workflow. Read more…

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How to use a SDL Trados Studio analysis to create a quote in TO3000

Posted on 13 March 2015 by Emma Goldsmith

CATcountLast week I looked at fuzzy matches, Trados grids and how to run an analysis in SDL Trados Studio. This week I’m going to explain how to export the Studio analysis and then create a detailed quote for your project or simply work out a total final price. Read more…

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Fuzzy match grids in SDL Trados Studio

Posted on 6 March 2015 by Emma Goldsmith

Has an agency ever asked you for your rates and Trados grid? Or your rates for fuzzy matches? If you don’t use a CAT tool, this post isn’t for you. You can’t give a discount for fuzzy matches in Word. If you do use a CAT tool and need to come up with a fuzzy match rate, read on. Read more…

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WHO glossary of assisted reproductive technology

Posted on 11 February 2015 by Emma Goldsmith

word cloud_transferI’d like to share a World Health Organization (WHO) glossary I stumbled across a while back when I was translating an article on infertility. The International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technology (ICMART) and the WHO compiled this Revised Glossary on Assisted Reproductive Technology in 2009, and since then it has been translated into Dutch, Russian and Spanish. Read more…

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SDL Trados Studio and Déjà Vu: side by side

Posted on 26 January 2015 by Emma Goldsmith

DVX3_studio iconsAfter reading my Studio 2014 and memoQ side-by-side comparison last year, David Turner (the developer behind CodeZapper and a keen Déjà Vu user) kindly offered to add a column for DVX3. Read more…

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