User profiles, views and windows on SDL Trados Studio

Posted on Monday September 7th, 2020Tuesday September 8th, 2020 by Claudia Alvis

This post is about User profiles in SDL Trados Studio and how to manage your Studio windows.

User Profiles are particularly useful if you have multiple monitors, if you switch between working on your laptop and your monitor, or if you use a voice-to-text software like Dragon Naturallyspeaking to dictate your translations.

Basically, they save you time by storing certain preferences like the views/layouts, your shortcuts, the options and the position of the windows.

I have a bunch of profiles for the different setups that I use: […]

How does remote interpretation work?

Posted on Wednesday September 2nd, 2020Monday September 7th, 2020 by Claudia Alvis

Both translators and interpreters work with words. Translators with written words. Interpreters with spoken words. That is the main difference.
The other main difference is how and where we work. […]

Using Machine Translation in SDL Trados Studio and displaying results from the Concordance search (Video)

Posted on Thursday August 27th, 2020Wednesday September 2nd, 2020 by Claudia Alvis

To use SDL Machine Translation, watch the video or follow the next steps in SDL Trados Studio:

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Translation software: Get Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 for free or $20 (Premium) with rebates

Posted on Monday August 27th, 2012 by Claudia Alvis

Sorry, this entry is only available in Spanish. One of the pieces of software I find most useful when I translate is Dragon NaturallySpeaking. I’ve been using it for years since version 9 or 10. It allows me to dictate with a high accuracy and flexibility, avoiding potential typos and misspellings. It also helps me[…]

La coma criminal

Posted on Monday July 30th, 2012 by Claudia Alvis

Sorry, this entry is only available in Spanish. Encontré un interesante artículo sobre el uso correcto e incorrecto de la coma. Les dejo el enlace: Nos sabe engatusar y engañar; por eso, actúa con total libertad. Se escabulle en nuestros textos y confunde la comprensión de los lectores… Nos referimos a la coma criminal. La[…]

July discount: SDL Trados Studio online training starting at $53.00 each

Posted on Monday July 9th, 2012 by Claudia Alvis

Sorry, this entry is only available in Spanish. I’m happy to announce that beginning in July, I’m going to start with the online training courses of SDL Studio 2009/2011 for translators. Each session lasts 3 hours and was designed by SDL for users of each level: Getting Started, Intermediate and Advanced. Only in July, I[…]