What’s new in Trados – Q1 2024 round-up
25 Apr 2024
6 mins read
Looking back at the past months, we're excited to share a host of advancements in Trados. Notably, we've continued to significantly refine our workflow capabilities, enhance our customer portal and improve the overall usability of our cloud platform. To learn more about these features and see them in action, watch our quarterly round-up webinar.
Additionally, we are pleased to announce the upcoming release of Trados Studio 2024, the latest version of our leading computer-assisted translation tool. Studio 2024 is packed full of exciting new features that improve accessibility, democratize access to generative AI, and increase management capabilities:
- Enhance accessibility with features that ensure your business is as sustainable, inclusive, and compliant as possible.
- Accelerate innovation with intelligent AI-enabled features that boost productivity and democratize generative translation for the entire supply chain.
- Advance the user experience with cloud and usability enhancements that streamline and modernize the way you work.
But we haven’t stopped there. With our customers benefiting from a continuous stream of innovations and features, Trados empowers everyone to translate everything efficiently. To ensure you stay informed about the numerous developments, which are automatically available upon release, our blog offers a quarterly roundup of key updates. For more in-depth details on all the enhancements we've made to Trados, please visit the RWS Community.
Improved automation and flexibility with new translation management functionality
Visual improvements in the workflow editor: Introduced in 2020, the workflow editor saves significant time by enabling you to customize and automate your workflows easily. We have continued to develop and enhance the workflow editor in recent months, introducing several new functions and making visual refinements for our users.
Most notably, we have now introduced the option to edit outcomes in human workflow tasks. This functionality simplifies the user experience for administrators making it easier for them to manage workflows, particularly when handling task transitions (which help users decide which ‘route’ they want their workflows to follow).
You can now edit task outcomes as follows:
- Default outcomes: Target tasks generated from a transition can now be edited, further improving the user experience.
- Custom outcomes: Users can edit the name of a transition, change the target task, delete an outcome, and more quickly identify routes through improved visibility, all of which increase usability and customization in the workflow editor.
Screenshot showing new visual improvements in the workflow editor
UX improvements in the resources view: We're continuously looking for new ways to make our cloud platform more user-friendly and intuitive. With this release, we've made some significant enhancements to the resources view, making it easier to navigate and find what you need;
As the Trados platform has evolved, the number of resources that need to be supported has grown. We have helped facilitate this growth by combining the key resources into a new unified linguistic resources sub-menu.
Users can now access Translation Engines, Translation Memories, Termbases and NMT models via this menu, streamlining and decluttering the interface.
Additionally, we have introduced location trees, accessible via the filter tab, allowing users to arrange their resources in the order of what's most important to them.
Screenshot showing the new linguistic resources sub-menu
Streamline project creation and keep them running smoothly with better translation collaboration
Project collaboration is at the heart of Trados, and in recent months, we have continued to build upon our collaboration capabilities to ensure seamless communication within our platform.
Customer portal enhancements: Our customer portal is designed to streamline the translation project management process, providing a simple and efficient interface for requestors to create, track and retrieve their projects. To improve this experience further, we have introduced several new customization updates;
User avatar and profile pictures are now fully integrated into the customer portal, enabling users to have a more personalized experience with a visual interface. Plus, we have continued to develop our holiday-themed avatars, allowing users to express their creativity and customize their Trados environment. Our latest avatars include St Patrick’s Day, Easter, and April Fool’s.
Screenshot showing the new avatars available in Trados
Continuing this increased customization in the customer portal, we have introduced several new updates to the dashboard:
- Add, delete, resize, or move tiles with ease, making the dashboard easier to navigate.
- Save custom layouts automatically, preserving user preferences across sessions.
- Access to an alternative streamlined interface, providing a less cluttered environment.