Studio Steps: where to find help on SDL Trados Studio

Guest post by Jayne Fox

I’m an avid reader of the Translation Tribulations blog and have enjoyed collaborating with Kevin on projects in the past, so I was delighted when Kevin asked me to help kick off a new series of blog posts on SDL Trados Studio. The series is called Studio Steps and will be published alternately on Translation Tribulations and Between Translations with references to the site with the current post. The aim of the series is to provide translators who use Trados Studio with tips for some of the most common scenarios and trouble spots that they might encounter. To start us off, I’ve put together an overview of where to find help on Trados Studio. This list is by no means exhaustive, so please feel free to add other useful sources of help in the comments below.

SDL resources

SDL Language Technologies Support	Provides support for licensing and installation issues, plus full support for other issues if you have a support contract	http://www.sdl.com/support/language-technology-products/
SDL Trados Studio 2011 Documentation	Release notes, Trados Studio help, and help on upgrading from Trados 2007 and SDLX to SDL Trados Studio 2011	Start / All Programs / SDL / SDL Trados Studio 2011 / Documentation / Release Notes SDL Trados Studio 2011 Help SDL Trados Studio 2011 Migration Guide
SDL Trados Studio Quick Start Guides	Introductory guides to: Project management TM management Translating and reviewing documents	Start / All Programs / SDL / SDL Trados Studio 2011 / Documentation / Quick Start Guides / English: Project Management TM Management Translating and Reviewing (also available here)
SDL MultiTerm Documentation	Help on using MultiTerm and converting dictionaries and other termbases into MultiTerm format	Start / All Programs / SDL / SDL MultiTerm 2011 / Documentation / SDL MultiTerm 2011 Help SDL MultiTerm 2011 Termbase Creation Guide
SDL Online Help	Online help for SDL Trados Studio and MultiTerm	SDL Trados Studio 2011 Online Help SDL MultiTerm 2011 Online Help
SDL Knowledge Base	New articles added regularly. Includes tips on licensing and installation and common issues. Subscribe by RSS or follow #sdlkb on Twitter.	http://kb.sdl.com/ Browse the knowledge base for other resources such as FAQs and a glossary
SDL Translation Zone	Links to help on: Installation and licensing Logging a support case SDL Knowledge Base Online product help Tips and tricks Video tutorials FAQs	http://www.translationzone.com/en/support/ You can browse the Translation Zone for other useful resources and downloads, useful links and the OpenExchange.
Non-technical support: contact SDL	Contact form and live chat for support with purchases, certification and training	http://www.translationzone.com/en/Contact/default.asp
SDL Trados YouTube channel	A wide range of help videos	http://www.youtube.com/sdltrados
SDL’s Paul Filkin on Twitter	Paul is the Director of Client Communities for SDL Language Technologies.	https://twitter.com/paulfilkin http://multifarious.filkin.com/sdl-sustenance/
SDL OpenExchange	Offers useful applications to get more from Studio as well as a number of resources for manuals, guides, AutoSuggest dictionaries, termbases, etc.	http://www.sdl.com/openexchange/
SDL QuickStart	SDL new starters forum	http://www.translationzone.com/en/landing/quickstart/default.asp

Third-party resources & user groups

SDL Trados Studio Manual	You can buy this comprehensive manual for Trados Studio 2009 or 2011, written by Mats Linder	http://tradosstudiomanual.com/ or http://www.translationzone.com/en/openexchange/AppDetails.aspx?appid=210
SDL Trados Studio 2009 Handbook (in Polish)	By Jerzy Czopik, available by mail order	http://proverba.pl/podrecznik-sdl-trados-studio
CATguruEN videos	Dominique Pivard’s YouTube videos on Trados Studio	http://www.youtube.com/user/CATguruEN/videos?query=Trados+Studio
Yahoo Unofficial SDL Trados Usergroup	Yahoo user group	http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/TW_users/

Blogs

multifarious by Paul Filkin	Paul Filkin is the Director of Client Communities for SDL Language Technologies	http://multifarious.filkin.com/
Translation Tribulations	Blog by Kevin Lossner	http://www.translationtribulations.com/search/label/Trados
Between Translations	Blog by Jayne Fox	http://foxdocs.biz/BetweenTranslations/tag/trados-studio/
Signs & Symptoms of Translation	Blog by Emma Goldsmith	http://signsandsymptomsoftranslation.com/category/sdl-trados-studio/
My Migration to Trados Studio 2009	Blog by Tuomas Kostiainen about Trados Studio 2009 and 2011	http://tradoshelp.wordpress.com/
Nora Díaz on Translation, Teaching, and Other Stuff	Blog by Nora Díaz	http://noradiaz.blogspot.co.uk/

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About the author: Jayne Fox is a German to English translator for business, technology and health care. Jayne has a background in science, training, technical writing and management and has been translating professionally since 1996. You can contact her through her website and you can follow her on Facebook or Twitter.