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How to create translation memory in SDL Trados 2014?
Thread poster: Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
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Jan 29, 2015

I am relatively new to SDL. As a consequence, I have no translation memory. How can I create translation memory in SDL Trados 2014? I have been told that one can create translation memory both in the beginning of translation and at the end of translation. Can you advise me these two procedures?

[Edited at 2015-01-29 08:56 GMT]

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Micol Barbierato
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Creating a TM in Trados Studio Jan 29, 2015

Hi Masoud, there are different ways to create a TM in SDL Trados. Here you can find some very useful and clear instructions on how to create a TM and also how to work with multiple Tms:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFJzaa-pzAc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unrbND4x4fU... See more
Hi Masoud, there are different ways to create a TM in SDL Trados. Here you can find some very useful and clear instructions on how to create a TM and also how to work with multiple Tms:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFJzaa-pzAc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unrbND4x4fU

Please note that you need to create your TM BEFORE starting your translation… also, working without a TM wouldn't make much sense, and would defeat the purpose of working with a CAT tool, don't you think?

I also advise you to keep all your TMs in one place, this is a very good practice.

Hope this helps!

Cheers,
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Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
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Translation memory after translation Jan 29, 2015

Micol Barbierato wrote:

Hi Masoud, there are different ways to create a TM in SDL Trados. Here you can find some very useful and clear instructions on how to create a TM and also how to work with multiple Tms:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFJzaa-pzAc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unrbND4x4fU

Please note that you need to create your TM BEFORE starting your translation… also, working without a TM wouldn't make much sense, and would defeat the purpose of working with a CAT tool, don't you think?

I also advise you to keep all your TMs in one place, this is a very good practice.

Hope this helps!

Cheers,
Micol


Thanks. I know that it is unfruitful to use SDL without translation memory. It's clear as crystal. But, I can clearly remember that one told me it is possible to create a translation memory after translation. Let's see if anyone knows something about it.

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Erik Freitag
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Creating TMs Jan 29, 2015

You can create a TM at any time and populate it later by updating the TM with the translations from a completed project.

Maybe it's a good idea to consult the Quick Start guides that come with the software. Many basic questions of this kind will be answered there.
 
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How to populate later? Jan 29, 2015

Erik Freitag wrote:

You can create a TM at any time and populate it later by updating the TM with the translations from a completed project.

Maybe it's a good idea to consult the Quick Start guides that come with the software. Many basic questions of this kind will be answered there.


How can I populate it later?
 
Emma Goldsmith
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How to import an SDLXLIFF file into a TM Jan 29, 2015

Masoud Kakoli wrote:

How can I populate it later?


Check out the last paragraph in this blog post:
http://signsandsymptomsoftranslation.com/2013/02/27/update-tm/
 
Anu Mukharji-Gorski
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Translation Memory Jul 14, 2016

I want to have one TM that I'll be adding to with each translation.

Does the translation memory increase vertically- do the numbers of the segments keep increasing. Or does it increase horizontally?

I was expecting the former. However, after importing a couple of bilingual files I can see that the number of tabs is increasing on my main TM (horizontally).

Is this normal?

Thanks!
 
Emma Goldsmith
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Increasing tabs Jul 14, 2016

Swaiyam wrote:

after importing a couple of bilingual files I can see that the number of tabs is increasing on my main TM (horizontally).


Please can you post a screenshot of this?
I'm not sure what you mean.
 


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