Dirty Little Secrets for Translators

24
May
24
May

How Trados/Studio handles TMs

For those of you who have recently joined the SDL Studio 2014 pool, here’s a tip that will help you understand how to handle a TM conversion.

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Strange that the old program handles both formats while the new one should do that 🙁

21
May

How to create a webpage in 10′

About.me is an online service that lets you create within just few minutes a simple, clean and minimal (personal or professional) homepage for free. Having an about.me page will make it easier for people to find you. All you need is a nice picture of you. Take a look at my favourites:

http://about.me/igcutillas
http://about.me/sara_colombo
http://about.me/tpagakis
http://about.me/ricardsierra
http://about.me/johnbattelle
http://about.me/anna.ratynska
http://about.me/speechmarkstranslation

Don’t miss this one here 🙂 http://about.me/evdoxia.renta 

15
May

Copyright via registered mail

If you are the author of a book, the developer of a software program or the owner of any other intellectual work, you can protect you intellectual property rights by simply mailing your work to yourself via registered mail.

You should never open the envelope unless there is a dispute over the ownership of the work. In that case, the date on the envelope will prove that you are the legal owner!

At least this is recommended by several Greek attorneys and the National Library of Greece.

14
May

How to hide text from Trados

If you want to hide text from Trados 2007 while working in Word, follow these steps:

1) Open you .doc in Word.
2) Go to the Styles section in the Ribbon or Toolbar.
3) Click on the tiny arrow on the lower right corner of the Styles section.
4) Click on the New Style icon.
5) Now create a new style with the following properties (click on the image to zoom)

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