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  • Easy way to add a single translation unit to a TM

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    There seems to be no easy way to easily add a single translation unit to a TM; plenty of forums exist where users have vented their frustration at this and have needed to suggest workarounds which really shouldn't be necessary (a T-Window plug-in or to...
  • Assign a Studio package to a generic user by default

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    Dear development team, when creating a project package, the assignment of said package to a user is mandatory. If for example an agency doesn’t bother with assigning the packages to specific users (or the user is not yet determined when the package is...
  • Making the Assign to field optional, not obligatory during translator package creation

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    Dear SDL Community, I have spotted this feature in Studio, when setting up a multi-languages project where you are prompted to assign every single language to a user in the last window "Review Project Packages". This "Assign to:" field is obligatory...
  • Segment sort by track change user

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    Hi, This is the first of two idea's/suggestions I have around Track changes being imported into Studio from MS Word. It would be great to be able to sort and view segments by the user who implemented the change in the Word doc, much in the same way...
  • Studio behaviour with forbidden terms

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    We have enabled the check in terminology verify Studio for deprecated terms When we translate a segment which doesn't contain the source term and we use the deprecated term an error appears corresponding to the line What we expected was that only in case...
  • Quotation marks | Missing choice option for the quotation marks to be used

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    The function “Replace ‘straight quotes’ with smart quotes” has been a major improvement in the last few years. This functionality could and should however be improved because some languages use two different types of quotation marks (German, Italian...
  • Greater latitude, please, in determining the date format

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    Hullo Paul and the SDL ideas team, Please could the individual user have more control in selecting/programming the date format? One of my current end-clients, while wishing for US spelling, wishes nevertheless to have the European English format....
  • Removing individual languages from a project

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    Hi all, I'm not sure if this has been requested before, but we have always wondered why it is not possible to remove individual languages from a project once it has been created. We often handle projects with 20-30 languages and create a project for...
  • Create "Source Language" Column in Projects View

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    Dear Community, After all this time using SDL Trados Studio, I would like to make a suggestion in order to improve Projects organization. I would like to suggest the creation of a new column named " Source Language " in the Projects View, so we...
  • Batch mode for adding/deleting TMs

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    Description: When creating a new project based on a legacy project, all the TMs associated with the legacy project are displayed. In case they are not needed anymore, they have to be removed one by one, which can be time-consuming when multiple TMs...