Storing translations in SDL Cloud

Question

Is it possible to customize and store updated translations on a given engine when working in SDL Cloud? Can anyone access this "personal" engine? Thank you!

David Pooley · Accepted Answer

At present such functionality is not available in SDL Language Cloud. However, we are working on many innovative features for our cloud platform and the ability to "personalize" your machine translation output is just one of them. For now, you can use the dictionaries to personalize your MT output by uploading specific terminology to be used in the MT output. In addition, you can upload translations for entire segments if you have common segments for which you want to retrieve a specific translation. Keep a lookout on the SDL Language Cloud site for more information in future. In addition, if you are a subscriber to SDL Language Cloud, you will receive e-mail notification of any new features.

David Pooley · Answer

Hi Carina, 
 
Firstly you need to have a subscription which allows you to upload "dictionaries". If you're currently on the "Free" package then I'm afraid this isn't included. Basic/Advanced/Expert packages all allow you to create a dictionary as does the Trial. Once you've got a suitable package then you can visit https://cxc-languagecloud.sdl.com/#app=languagecloud&entry=machine-translation (you'll need to log in if you haven't already done so). Here you can create a new dictionary. 
 
The next step is to have a TBX file with your translated segments in there. The easiest way to do this would be to use SDL MultiTerm to create a terminology database and then load the segments in there. Once you've got all the segments then you can export the terminology in TBX format and go back to SDL Language Cloud to import the TBX file. 
 
Hope that helps, 
 
David

David Pooley · Answer

Hi Carina, 
 
Results from the dictionary should always be prioritized when returning translations from SDL Language Cloud. If you have examples of where this is not happening then I would be interested in getting more details so that we can investigate any possible errors in the process - I'll drop you a mail separately for that. 
 
We don't currently offer the capability to set priority order if you have more than one dictionary - I'll add that as a requirement which we can look to implement in the future. 
 
Regards, 
 
David

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Storing translations in SDL Cloud