#Custom spell checker in wordfast update#

All versions of Trados and MultiTerm should be able to coexist on the same production chain, but again in reality it may limit the ability of all to use the features exclusive to the newest version. As should be expected, the features new to Studio 2014 will not however work in older versions.

#Custom spell checker in wordfast update#

It will be interesting to see how effective this is in a production environment.ДЄn important topic with any software update is backward compatibility: Studio 2014 is to maintain full compatibility of Translation Memories, Termbases and Projects from previous Trados Studio versions. They will then be treated as one file, thus enabling batch Verification, Auto-PropagationВ etc. Instead translators have the ability to open a Studio project, multiselect files, right-click and choose a Translate as one option. This is different from merging which is a pre-processing task rather than a translatorвЂ™s productivity tool. The demo build also allowed users to open several files at once in the translatorвЂ™s interface as if they were a single document. simpler creation of auto-suggest dictionaries.automatic Concordance search when no TM match exists.updated file format support (including some bilingual files as source).Trados will apparently become smarter with: more seamless connection to networked resources such as TMвЂ™s, Glossaries and Projects.starting a project by dropping a file into Studio.It wasnвЂ™t specified whether these results were obtained with a build using the old or the new UI, so it is too early to tell how much performance improvements will be passed on to the final build, and how much will be consumed by the UIвЂ™s resource requirements.ДЄmong the expected improvements are faster project preperation including: Users feedback from the beta community confirms marked improvements compared to the previous version of Trados Studio according to SDL. SDL have reportedly invested a lot of efforts in improving performance with speed and stability both the target. According to the description given during the preview, TradosвЂ™s ribbons can be minimised and have an auto-hide feature, but it is not possible to add/remove custom buttons or links to the ribbons. It is not uncommon in the Localisation industry either, with GlobalLink Project Director for example having used ribbons for some time already.

A few screen shots displayed during a recent presentation did provide hints regarding the direction taken with the design of the Trados User Interface (UI).В They showed a somewhat familiar interface with ribbons and tabs which were reminiscent of the current Microsoft Office. However the marketing isВ focusing partly on an updated design, so the beta build shown must be the translation industryвЂ™s equivalent to showing the camouflaged prototype of a new car.

So what can we expect on the Trados front? On first impression there is little or no look-and-feel difference. But in order to make a difference to the sales of technology licenses there will have to be significant and meaningful improvements rather than refreshes and remarketing of existing features. This renewed focus on SDLвЂ™s core translation technologies coincides with difficult financial results for SDL TechnologiesВ this year. Other SDL applications will get a refresh shortly afterwards including Groupshare and WorldServer in the shape of a Service Pack for WorldServer 2011 (10.3). The release is announced for late September-early October 2013 and will include both SDL Trados Studio 2014 and SDL MultiTerm 2014. The first details about the next version of Trados have started trickling over the usual networks.