SDL Trados Studio 2015 Intermediate

Learning Objectives:

This course is designed for users who want to go beyond the basics of SDL Trados 2015 and take their translation environment to the next level.

- Effectively processing multiple files through projects
- Batch tasks, e.g. document pre-translation
- Project statistics and reports
- Advanced editor features
- Automated quality assurance
- Review processes

Target Audience:

This course is for:
- translators who have already attended the SDL Trados Studio 2015 –Getting Started Part 1 and 2

Prerequisites:

An understanding of the following functionality which may have been gained through training or by experience working with SDL Trados Studio 2015

- views and user profiles
- how to create a new translation memory
- how to increase translation speeds when translating MS Word documents using the extensive range of new features
- AutoSuggest™

SDL TRADOS Certification:

This course provides all of the knowledge attendees need to pass their SDL Trados Studio 2015 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.

Certification in the SDL Trados Studio 2015 product can be achieved by taking the following web based exams:

- SDL Trados Studio 2015 – Intermediate

The exam questions are based on the topics covered in the corresponding SDL Trados Studio 2015 – Intermediate, i.e. attendance on the course, 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 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 2015 – Advanced, which will teach you to leverage advanced functionality to get the most out of your product
- SDL MultiTerm™ 2015 course, which will teach you the key functionality of SDL MultiTerm 2015


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


TOPICS COVERED DURING THE COURSE

Effectively processing multiple documents with projects
• When to create a create project, when to open a single file for translation?
• Creating a new project
- Defining the project information, e.g. name, due date, …
- Picking source and target languages
- Adding files to the project
- Adding TMs, AutoSuggest dictionaries, termbase
- Using multiple TMs in parallel
- Batch tasks: analyzing and pre-translating files

• Reading the project statistics
- General project overview
- Reading the analyze/pre-translate reports
- Project files overview

• Translating pre-translated files
- What are context matches?
- Global find and replace
- Quickly inserting special characters, e.g. smart quotes, em dash, etc.
- Selecting matches from multiple TUs (coming from different TMs)
- Troubleshooting tag/formatting issues
- Changing the segmentation on the fly: splitting and merging segments
- Quickly going to a particular segment, e.g. to a particular segment number, going to the next untranslated segment, etc.
- Display filtering: only showing segments of a particular type, e.g.:
- Focusing on newly-translated segments during proofreading
- Focusing on 100% pre-translated segments
- Focusing only on segments that contain a particular string
- Creating an AutoText entry on the fly

• Finalizing the project
- Updating the TM with all reviewed document content
- Creating the target files to deliver

• Merging several files into one

• Use case for merging documents, i.e. QA check and find/replace operations in a single document rather than in many files
• Effective repetition handling: AutoPropagate settings

• Automated quality assurance (QA) on the merged file after translation
• What is QA Check?
• Configuring QA settings
• Finding untranslated/forgotten segments
• Number check
• Punctuation check
• Multiple spaces check
• Duplicated words check
• Inconsistencies check
• QA Check on the fly
• Batch QA Check on the whole document

• Ensuring terminological consistency through term verification

• What is term verification?
• Configuring the verification options
• Check for failure to use target terms from the termbase
• Check for ‘forbidden’ or outdated terms

• Reviewing files

• Effectively handling reviews in SDL Trados Studio
• Opening a translation in review mode
• Applying and tracking changes
• Adding comments

• Signing off on translations

• Open the file in sign-off mode
• Filter for all segments with comments and/or changes
• Accepting changes
• Rejecting changes

• Adapting the application to your personal style of working

• Defining your own keyboard shortcuts

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.

Steps to take your training and certification:

1 - Register & Pay

To register in this session please click on the "register and pay later" button on the right. Your status will be marked as "registered" and it will indicate only your interest in the training session. Status changes to registered and paid when payment is processed and informed to ProZ.com.

To purchase your seat at this session please click on the "buy" button. Available slots are limited and will be assigned to registered and paid participants as soon as payment is reported. Early payment is advised in order to secure participation. Allow some time for payment processing if you are paying by wire transfer.

There needs to be a minimum of 6 students to conduct this training session. If the minimum of paid students is not reached 72 hours before the session is to take place, you will be notified and asked to book your seat in an upcoming session without extra cost or transaction from your part.

Participants should not delay in making payments to ensure classes are not canceled due to low enrollment. We suggest then you purchase your spot as soon as possible.

If you have purchased training with SDL Trados or as part of a software + training offer you should redeem your credit by clicking on the "use credit" button on the right. More information about training credits is available here.

After your payment is received, your status will be changed to “registered and paid” and your spot for the session will be secured. An invoice and receipt of payment will be sent to you for your records.

2 - Get your course manual and sample files

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/. If you cannot locate training materials at sdl.com, submit a support request and report an email address associated with your sdl.com account, http://www.proz.com/support/

You don't need to have gone through the manual and files before the training, and ideally should not have them open during the session. Your instructors will be sharing their screen and using the sample files. The manual and files are so that you may practice after the training and prepare to pass the certification exam. Some of the sample files will be proprietary SDL Trados files and can only be opened with an installed activated license of SDL Trados.

3 - Attend the training session

72 hours before the training session takes place, you will receive an invitation to join the session. Please, click the registration link or button provided in the invitation email to join the session at the announced time.

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 [email protected] 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.

Please, read the SDL Certification Training Sessions FAQs for more information

For PC-based Users:

• Required: Windows Vista – Windows 10
• Required: Google Chrome v39 or later; Mozilla Firefox v34 or later; Internet Explorer v8 or later (JavaScript™ and Java™ enabled)
• Required software: GoToWebinar desktop app; JavaScript enabled
• NOT required: Microphone - attendees can communicate with the trainer through incorporated chat.

• Internet Connection Required: 1 Mbps or better (broadband recommended)
• Recommended: 2GB or more of RAM (recommended)


For Mac®-based Users:

• Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) – 10.11 (El Capitan)
• Required: Microsoft Edge; Apple Safari v6 or later
• Required software: GoToWebinar desktop app; JavaScript enabled
• NOT required: Microphone - attendees can communicate with the trainer through incorporated chat.

• Internet Connection Required: 1 Mbps or better (broadband recommended)
• Recommended: 2GB or more of RAM (recommended)

Join from Android

• Operating system: Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or later
• Internet connection: 3G connection or better (WiFi recommended for VoIP audio)
• Software: Free GoToWebinar App from the Google Play Store



Recommendations

• For the visual section of the training course, we recommend that you have a 64kbps link. This means using an ISDN line or Broadband. Wireless connection is NOT recommended.
• For the audio section of the training course, we recommend that you have a headset or speakers.
• We recommend that you log in 30 minutes in advance of the start time to prepare for the training course.

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