SDL Trados Studio 2019 for Project Managers Part 1: Managing Projects

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Topics: Trados Training & Certification
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Start time:Jul 17, 2019 15:00 GMT     Add to calendar

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This course is approved for three (3) American Translators Association Continuing Education points.


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.

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Language:English
Duration:180 minutes
SDL Trados Studio 2019 for Project Managers Part 1: Managing Projects
This course is designed to familiarize project managers with the most important functionality of SDL Trados 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 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 product can be achieved by taking the following web based exam:

- SDL Trados Studio for Project Managers

The exam questions are based on the topics covered in both the SDL Trados Studio 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 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 – Advanced, which will teach you to leverage advanced functionality to get the most out of your product
  • SDL MultiTerm™ course, which will teach you the key functionality of SDL MultiTerm


See upcoming courses here.

Further Information:

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

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.
Topics covered during the course: (click to expand)
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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
  • 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
  • Check for ‘forbidden’ or outdated terms
  • Adding language resources for more effective translation: translation memories (TMs), AutoSuggest dictionaries, termbases
  • Automatic project preparation
  • 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

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

Registration and payment information (click to expand)
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Click on the buy button on the right to purchase your seat

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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2 - Get your course manual and sample files

After payment you will be given access to a restricted area of the site to download the courseware and sample files.

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 follow the below instructions to access training materials and exams in your sdl.com account:

Log onto your SDL My Account area on the following link https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/ and go to the Certification and Training page, where you will find the Workbook and sample files for you to download. You will also find 3 attempts at your exam which can be taken at any time online, and will not expire.

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Software and system requirements (click to expand)
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Software

  • No purchase needed. You do not need to have SDL Trados software installed on your machine, the software features will be presented via the trainer’s machine.

  • SDL TRADOS offers a 30-day trial version. It is strongly recommended that you DO NOT have SDL Trados software running during the online training session, as the program and the virtual platform are two resource-intensive applications that may be taxing processor ability. SDL Trados software features will be presented via the trainer’s machine.

  • If you are interested in purchasing a SDL Trados license, visit ProZ.com TGB to buy at the lowest price in the market.


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