Add terms to specific termbases (with keyboard shortcuts) in Trados Studio

I would love it is it was made possible to add terms to specific termbases (with keyboard shortcuts), on the fly.

Many other CAT tools currently support this, and I would love to see this functionality added to the latest version of Trados Studio, which is currently my favourite CAT tool.

I am currently using Nora Díaz's great little AutoHotkey script (see: http://noradiaz.blogspot.com/2016/11/adding-terms-to-secondary-termbase.html) to add terms to a secondary termbase, but since it's based on AHK, it isn't perfect.

Using the Trados/MultiTerm API is beyond my capabilities, but the developers at RWS ought to be able to handle this.

In any case, being able to quickly send terms to a project termbase & background termbase (with keyboard shortcuts) is a very useful feature in a CAT tool, and is sorely needed IYAM.

I just created an Idea, so if you would like to see this implemented, PLEASE UPVOTE!!!

https://community.rws.com/ideas/trados-portfolio-ideas/i/multiterm-ideas/add-terms-to-specific-termbases-with-keyboard-shortcuts-in-trados-studio 

Michael

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  • It is each persons charateristics or each ones situations.

    You could manage your environment, so you just wait and see.
    Fine, that is your job.

    In my case, If I need something I will go to the end of it. And finish it.

    Regards

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  • I am the only one who suggests a real solution here. Right ?

    In fact we have no idea!

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  • hmm, I am sorry to hear that.

    So, what's your option now ? 
    "Fingers crossed" ? (from above commet of  )
    That is not much bad.

    Good Luck To You.

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  • I am the only one who suggests a real solution here.

    You show us what you have achieved with an app/plug-in/etc that you have created but you don't make it physically available.

    It just shows us that you can do it, which is no help at all if you don't make it accessible.

    It isn't a 'real solution' if other users can't access it.

    Why do you do that? To show how clever you are? To show you can do it? To challenge RWS or other users to try to do the same?

    When I answer a question or try to solve a problem for another user on the Community, I give a solution that people can access, either by providing a series of steps they can follow or by giving a link to a solution on the Community or the Knowledgebase. That is logical.

    What you are doing with your mystical solutions is not logical.

    Ali

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  • To be fair, Kelly's plugins are available, at least some of them, at: https://deeptranslation.blogspot.com/

    But I agree that their rather cryptic style of communicating can be rather odd.  

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  • To be fair, Kelly's plugins are available, at least some of them, at: https://deeptranslation.blogspot.com/

    Ah, OK, I didn't know that, even though I have read many of  's posts.

    I've been working with Trados since years before Studio 2009, I know the software very well. So, I'm not a new user but I have been finding Kelly's posts confusing.

    This must be because I don't read all of his contributions, I don't have time because I work long hours. There was no information in the posts that I remember giving where to find or purchase the solutions he presented.

    Therefore, Kelly, can I respectfully request that you give details of your plugins site with a link or the name of the plugin you are suggesting for use and paste that into your posts when you present a solution? It would be SO useful to users who are unsure how to proceed and don't understand that you would like them to ask for it. Some users don't know how to access online help information even on the Community, so they would not realise that you have a site they can go to.

    I have a series of texts containing my troubleshooting solutions saved on my OneDrive ready to copy and paste into a thread when I think I can identify the problem and help, with links to the online information I think will help them. Better still, many other users, including   and   have an excellent, helpful blog where they have recorded their advice and solutions so that they can post a link to the solution that is needed on the thread created by the who needs help. Probably boring for other users to read but for a user in trouble it is a quick and easy solution for those of us who enjoy helping people on the Community.

    I am sorry if I have been misunderstanding you, Kelly. I would very much like you to make your clever solutions more available to the users you communicate with on the Community, in a way that our more hesitant or less able/experienced users can respond to. 

    All the best,

    Ali Smiley

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  • Yes please, I'd like to test it! How can I contact you?

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  • https://deeptranslation.blogspot.com/2022/07/add-terms-to-specific-termbases-with.html

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  • Hello Michael,

    Thank you for your suggestion and for being an active member of the RWS community. Your idea of adding terms to specific termbases with keyboard shortcuts in Trados Studio is indeed a valuable one.

    While the current version of Trados Studio does not support this feature directly, you can use the AutoHotkey script as a workaround. However, I understand that this solution may not be perfect and may not suit everyone's needs.

    Your idea has been noted and it's great that you've created an Idea on the RWS Community. Encouraging others to upvote your idea is a good way to bring it to the attention of the RWS developers. They regularly review these ideas and consider them for future updates.

    In the meantime, you might want to explore other features of Trados Studio and MultiTerm that can help improve your productivity. For example, you can use the Quick Add New Term feature in Trados Studio to quickly add new terms to your termbase.

    Step 1: Select the term in the source text.

    Step 2: Right-click and select Quick Add New Term.

    Step 3: The Add New Term dialog box opens. Fill in the details and click OK.

    Remember, the more you explore Trados Studio and MultiTerm, the more you'll discover ways to make your translation work easier and more efficient.

    Thank you for your valuable input and for being a part of the RWS community.

    Best regards,

    RWS Community AI

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