SDL Trados Studio 2015 for Project Managers Part 1: Managing Projects

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Topics: Trados Training & Certification
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Start time:Apr 20, 2016 15:00 GMT     Add to calendar

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Important: SDL Trados Studio 2015 delivers the same workflow as SDL Trados Studio 2014. This training course is designed for those who use, or would like to start using, SDL Trados Studio 2014 and/or SDL Trados Studio 2015.



This course is delivered live and web based, over 3 hours.

Purchase of SDL Trados software is not necessary to take this training. The software features will be presented via the trainer’s machine.

Exams, as well as training manual and materials for each level, are included when you purchase this training session. Note: three hour online sessions on SDL Trados are not recorded.

Important: Certification exams will be available in your SDL My account approximately 10 working days after making a payment. Note that you must be registered and have an account at SDL to receive the certification exams. If you do not have an account with SDL, you can create one here https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/. If you cannot locate training materials at sdl.com, submit a support request and report an email address associated with your sdl.com account, http://www.proz.com/support/

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SDL Trados Studio 2015 for Project Managers Part 1: Managing Projects
Learning Objectives:

This course is designed to familiarize project managers with the most important functionality of SDL Trados 2015 Studio, and provide them with the knowledge required for handling daily tasks such as:

- translation of MS Office files: overview of how translators work with SDL Trados Studio
- creating projects
- scoping projects, generating word counts, analysis reports, etc.
- creating project packages and assigning tasks to translators and reviewers
- signing off on project files
- finalizing projects

Target Audience:

This course is for Project Managers who have not yet worked with SDL Trados Studio, and want to get familiar with the application as quickly as possible to start working productively from day one.

Prerequisites:

Basic understanding of PCs, the Windows operating system and MS Word

SDL TRADOS Certification:

This course provides some of the topics attendees need to pass their SDL Trados Studio 2015 for Project Managers exam.

The SDL Trados™ Certification program enables individual translators and project managers to validate their knowledge and expertise in the use of SDL Trados products. Achieving SDL Trados Certification demonstrates that you are fully prepared to work with the world’s leading translation technology.

Certification in SDL Trados Studio 2015 product can be achieved by taking the following web based exam:

- SDL Trados Studio 2015 for Project Managers

The exam questions are based on the topics covered in both the SDL Trados Studio 2015 for Project Managers Part 1 and Part 2 courses. Attendance on both courses, followed by practical experience of the topics covered, will prepare attendees to take the exam.

Each exam consists of 40 questions and lasts 40 minutes. Attendees take their exams by logging into their SDL Account and selecting the Education area, where their exams and corresponding training manuals can be found.
Attendees will be advised on completion of their exam whether they have passed or need to retake

Further Development:

At the end of this course attendees will have covered all of the topics necessary to significantly increase translation speeds and productivity.
Attendees should also consider attending the following courses:

- SDL Trados Studio 2015 for Project Managers Part 2 – Extension to the Part 1 course for project managers; includes update project handling through PerfectMatch, filling translation memories through alignment of legacy material, etc.
- SDL Trados Studio 2015 – Advanced, which will teach you to leverage advanced functionality to get the most out of your product
- SDL MultiTerm™ 2015 course, which will teach you the key functionality of SDL MultiTerm 2015

See upcoming courses here.

Further Information:

For further information on any of our courses, training delivery options and course dates, the SDL Certification programme or course fees please contact us at contact us

TOPICS COVERED DURING THE COURSE

Introduction to CAT Technologies, i.e. what are:

• Translation memories (TMs)
• Termbases
• AutoSuggest dictionaries

Introduction to SDL Trados Studio

• Starting the application for the first time
• Setting up the environment
- Adding users
- Adding customers

Opening and processing project packages (an overview of how translators work)

• What are project packages?
• Opening a project package
• Translating the package files
- Introduction to the translation editing environment
- Navigating in the editor: going up and down to the previous/next sentence
- Translating a sentence from scratch
- Quickly inserting words and expressions suggested by the AutoSuggest dictionary and termbase
- Confirming translations and saving them to the TM database
- Effective handling of repeated sentences (Auto-propagation)
- Re-using an existing translation from the TM (exact match)
- Modifying a translation suggestion (fuzzy match)
- Looking up words and expressions in the TM (concordance search)
- Spell check
- Applying formatting
- Inserting tags (QuickInsert)
- Previewing files in their original layout
- Previewing the translation in MS Word
- Previewing the document in real-time while translating
- Auto-localization of dates
- Editing the source text
- Merging segments
- Previewing PowerPoint slides in their original layout, e.g. to check whether the target content fits into text boxes

• Creating the return package for delivery

Creating a project

• Adding general project information, e.g. project name, description, due date, …
• Selecting project source and target languages
• Adding the files to translate
• Adding language resources for more effective translation: translation memories (TMs), AutoSuggest dictionaries, termbases
• Automatic project preparation:
- Analyzing files
- Pre-translating files
• Saving the project as template for future projects

Viewing project info and statistics

• Analyze and pre-translate reports
• Files overview

Project packages

• Creating a project package for the translator
• Importing the return package delivered by the translator
• Creating a project package for the reviewer
• Importing the return package with the reviewed content
• Reviews outside of SDL Trados Studio
- Scenario 1: Generating bilingual MS Word files for review purposes
- Scenario 2: Performing the review directly in the native format (e.g. MS Word or MS PowerPoint)
- Integrating the changes made during review into the Studio project

Signing off on the project

• Viewing comments added by the reviewer
• Filtering for commented and changed segments
• Viewing changes made by the reviewer
• Accepting and rejecting changes
• Signing off on reviewed content
- Running an automated quality assurance check on the project, e.g. checking for punctuation mistakes
• Correcting mistakes reported by the automated quality assurance
• Finalizing the project
- Updating the TM based on the reviewed and signed-off content

Target audience
This course is for Project Managers who have not yet worked with SDL Trados Studio, and want to get familiar with the application as quickly as possible to start working productively from day one.
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Participation fee includes:

• Access to training session with SDL Trados Certified Trainer.
• SDL Trados Approved Training Manual & sample files for practice.
• SDL Trados Certification Exams.

Steps to take your training and certification:

1 - Register & Pay

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There needs to be a minimum of 6 students to conduct this training session. If the minimum of paid students is not reached 72 hours before the session is to take place, you will be notified and asked to book your seat in an upcoming session without extra cost or transaction from your part.

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After your payment is received, your status will be changed to “registered and paid” and your spot for the session will be secured. An invoice and receipt of payment will be sent to you for your records.

2 - Get your course manual and sample files

Certification exams will be available in your SDL My account approximately 10 working days after making a payment. Note that you must be registered and have an account at SDL to receive the certification exams. If you do not have an account with SDL, you can create one here https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/. If you cannot locate training materials at sdl.com, submit a support request and report an email address associated with your sdl.com account, http://www.proz.com/support/

You don't need to have gone through the manual and files before the training, and ideally should not have them open during the session. Your instructors will be sharing their screen and using the sample files. The manual and files are so that you may practice after the training and prepare to pass the certification exam. Some of the sample files will be proprietary SDL Trados files and can only be opened with an installed activated license of SDL Trados.

3 - Attend the training session

72 hours before the training session takes place, you will receive an invitation to join the session. Please, click the registration link or button provided in the invitation email to join the session at the announced time.

Note: three hour online SDL Trados sessions are not recorded.

4 - Take your SDL Trados Certification exam

SDL TRADOS Certification exams are delivered by SDL TRADOS. Certification exams will be available in your SDL My account approximately 10 working days after making a payment. Note that you must be registered and have an account at SDL to receive the certification exams. If you do not have an account with SDL, you can create one here: https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/ Make sure you use the same email address associated with your ProZ.com account when creating your SDL account. If you have an account with a different email address, or if after 10 days you have not received the certification exams please contact SDL Product training at [email protected] indicating which training session you have taken along with the proper email address for your SDL account so that the certification exams can be updated.

Please, read the SDL Certification Training Sessions FAQs for more information

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For PC-based Users:

• Required: Windows Vista – Windows 10
• Required: Google Chrome v39 or later; Mozilla Firefox v34 or later; Internet Explorer v8 or later (JavaScript™ and Java™ enabled)
• Required software: GoToWebinar desktop app; JavaScript enabled
• NOT required: Microphone - attendees can communicate with the trainer through incorporated chat.

• Internet Connection Required: 1 Mbps or better (broadband recommended)
• Recommended: 2GB or more of RAM (recommended)


For Mac®-based Users:

• Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) – 10.11 (El Capitan)
• Required: Microsoft Edge; Apple Safari v6 or later
• Required software: GoToWebinar desktop app; JavaScript enabled
• NOT required: Microphone - attendees can communicate with the trainer through incorporated chat.

• Internet Connection Required: 1 Mbps or better (broadband recommended)
• Recommended: 2GB or more of RAM (recommended)

Join from Android

• Operating system: Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or later
• Internet connection: 3G connection or better (WiFi recommended for VoIP audio)
• Software: Free GoToWebinar App from the Google Play Store



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