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  • Inform proofreader about added TM after translation

    • Idea Delivered Partially
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    Hi, there is a feature that would be very helpful for all users and is currently missing from SDL Trados Studio. Namely, when a TM was added after translation is done in a project in SDL Trados Studio, the proofreader is not informed about this...
  • Add tone detector, suggester and corrector to SDL Trados

    • Idea Delivered Partially
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    I would like Trados to detect, suggest and change the tone of whole file being translated during translation phase. A tone reviewer in the review mode or as one of the QA step could also be useful feature as it would check if all target segments follow...
  • Support Extended Markdown as a filetype

    • Idea Delivered Partially
    • 2 Comments
    It would be great to have a file type that supports extended markdown as it is more and more widely supported for documentation files (using MkDocs, Hugo, Jekyll). The default Markdown filetype doesn't parse extended content very well thus increasing...
  • Allow a Split TM option in SDL studio (out of the box)

    • Idea Delivered Partially
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    With my TMs expanding (5 million segments per TM, or sometimes more), we need to be able to easily split TMs! https://gateway.rws.com/csm?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0032215 Solutions such as the above do not work! I have a workaround,...
  • Introduce the ability to clone resources in Language Cloud

    • Idea Delivered Partially
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    If you need to create additional resources such as language processing rules or filetype settings for example you currently have to create them from scratch each time. It would be very helpful if you could clone an existing template for the resource and...
  • Analysis without active TM

    • Idea Delivered Partially
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    Hi, there is a feature that would be quite handy in SDL Trados Studio for some users who use the analsysis task more often and with complex projects. If an analysis has to be done without activated TM's, Trados Studio should give information on...
  • Add grammar check to Passolo

    • Idea Delivered Partially
    • 1 Comment
    Hi, beside spelling check, we would appreciate having grammar check, in Passolo. Thanks.
  • Allow the option of specifying which TB should be updated

    • Duplicate
    • 2 Comments
    Currently the Default TB (namely, that which is updated) is always the first TB in the (Project Settings list). When a TB is supplied by the client it should not be updated, but rather my (default) TB - the client's TB should, however, be the first...
  • Overhaul the software upgrade process

    • Duplicate
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    Completely overhaul the upgrade process to make it, well, user friendly. It's 2019 and Studio still can't - inherit spellcheckers which have been added to a previous version, forcing me to manually modify the XML again - inherit settings such as tweaks...
  • Allow Studio to start when an sdlproj file has been corrupted; give a warning, but let user work on other projects

    • Duplicate
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    Dear RWS community, When an .sdlproj file becomes corrupted, it is no longer possible to open Studio. It's a known issue and covered by RWS in this Knowledge Base article . Suggested improvement : When Studio starts, warn the user that a particular...