SDL Trados Studio 2011 – New Features

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Topics: Trados Training & Certification
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Start time:Jan 11, 2012 15:00 GMT     Add to calendar

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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.



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Summary:Jan 11, 2012
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This course is designed to familiarize attendees that are currently using of SDL Trados Studio 2009 with all the new features of SDL Trados Studio 2011.
SDL Trados Studio 2011 – New Features
Learning Objectives:

This course is designed to familiarize attendees that are currently using of SDL Trados Studio 2009 with all the new features of SDL Trados Studio 2011.

- Track changes
- Enhanced review processes
- Handling update projects and mid-project updates more effectively through PerfectMatch
- Enhanced automatic quality assurance and spell check
- Leveraging SDL Trados Studio even further through OpenExchange extensions
- Identifying common localization problems with automated pseudo-translation

Target Audience:

- translators who have already attended either the SDL Trados Studio 2009 Getting Started or Intermediate course
- project managers who have already attended the SDL Trados Studio 2009 for Project Managers course
- All SDL Trados Studio 2009-certified users who want to make sure that their certification is up-to-date

Prerequisites:

An understanding of the following functionality, which may have been gained through training or by experience working with SDL Trados Studio 2009
- 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
- translating multiple files (MS Word and MS PowerPoint)
- quality assurance (QA checker)
- AutoSuggest™

SDL TRADOS Certification:

This course provides all of the knowledge attendees need to pass their SDL Trados Studio 2011 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 2011 product can be achieved by taking the following web based exam:
- SDL Trados Studio 2011 New Features

The exam questions are based on the topics covered in the corresponding SDL Trados Studio 2011 New Features course, 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 My Account and selecting the My Certification 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 SDL MultiTerm™ 2011 course, which will teach them the key functionality of SDL MultiTerm 2011.

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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 already attended either the SDL Trados Studio 2011 Part I (Getting Started) or Part II (Intermediate) course
- project managers who have already attended the SDL Trados Studio 2011 for Project Managers course
Learning objectives
This course is designed to familiarize attendees that are currently using of SDL Trados Studio 2009 with all the new features of SDL Trados Studio 2011.

- Track changes
- Enhanced review processes
- Handling update projects and mid-project updates more effectively through PerfectMatch
- Enhanced automatic quality assurance and spell check
- Leveraging SDL Trados Studio even further through OpenExchange extensions
- Identifying common localization problems with automated pseudo-translation
Prerequisites
An understanding of the following functionality, which may have been gained through training or by experience working with SDL Trados Studio 2009

- 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
- translating multiple files (MS Word and MS PowerPoint)
- quality assurance (QA checker)
- AutoSuggest™
TOPICS COVERED DURING THE COURSE
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Enhanced review processes in SDL Trados Studio
  • Tracking changes in translated documents
  • Filtering for changed segments
  • Accepting and rejecting translations
  • Accepting and rejecting changes
  • Signing off on translations
  • Keeping the TM up-to-date with fully reviewed and approved content

MS Word-based review processes
  • How to make SDLXLIFF files available to reviewers in MS Word
  • Converting an SDLXLIFF document to MS Word format
  • Reviewing translations in MS Word
  • Tracking changes in MS Word
  • Adding comments in MS Word
  • Re-importing the changes from Word into SDLXLIFF

PerfectMatch: never review the same sentence twice!
  • Effective handling of update projects and mid-project updates
  • Update projects: creating a project based on a previous project
  • Using bilingual reference files for in-context pre-translation of new project files

Enhanced Spell check
  • Leveraging your MS Word spell checker from SDL Trados Studio

Enhanced Quality Assurance (QA Check)
  • How to use the enhanced QA to find and correct mistakes in a translated document
  • More efficient correction of mistakes (e.g. redundant spaces, punctuation)
  • How to ignore specific error categories

Enhanced Display Filter
  • Efficient review through filtering segments by review status, locking status, etc.

Pseudo-translation
  • What is pseudo-translation?
  • How pseudo-translation helps check documents for common localization problems (e.g. length issues) before the actual translation takes place

Enhanced interoperability / backward compatibility
  • Processing bilingual MS Word files in SDL Trados Studio

Enhanced AutoSuggest
  • Adding AutoText entries on the fly

Further leverage SDL Trados Studio through OpenExchange Utilities
  • Conversion of SDLXLIFF files to MS Word for flexible review processes
  • Translating any document format with T-Window of Clipboard
  • Running find/replace operations on multiple SDLXLIFF files
  • Batch conversion of files to TTX for plugging SDL Trados Studio into SDL Trados 2007-based supply chains

Registration and payment information
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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.

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.

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.

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

After payment you will be given access to a restricted area of the site to download the courseware and sample files.

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.

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

There needs to be a minimum of 6 students to conduct this training session. If the minimum 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.
Software and system requirements
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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.


    Virtual platform system requirements

    For PC-based Users:

    • Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP, 2003 Server or 2000 (Linux is not supported)
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    • Internet Connection Required: Cable modem, DSL, or better recommended
    • Recommended: Minimum of Pentium® class 1GHz CPU with 512 MB of RAM (2 GB of RAM for Windows Vista)

    For Mac®-based Users:

    • Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®), OS X 10.5 (Leopard®), OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard®)
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    • Internet Connection Required: Cable modem, DSL or better recommended
    • Required: PowerPC G4/G5 or Intel processor, 512 MB of RAM or better

    To Use VoIP (microphone and speakers or headset):

    • Required: Fast Internet connection (384 kbps or more recommended)
    • Required: speakers or headset (USB headset recommended)
    • NOT required: Microphone - attendees can communicate with the trainer through incorporated chat.

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