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XTM Connect – Trados Studio 1.2

Installing the XTM Connect - Trados Studio plugin in Trados Studio

Before you can use XTM Connect – Trados Studio in your Trados Studio system, to work on XTM Cloud translation jobs, you must install it in Trados Studio. XTM Connect – Trados Studio is supplied as a plugin (integrated software module).

Note

Unlike many other plugins, XTM Connect – Trados Studio is not available from the RWS AppStore. Your customer's Project Manager or system administrator will supply you with the plugin.

To install the XTM Connect – Trados Studio plugin in your copy of Trados Studio:

  1. Request the plugin from your customer's Project Manager or system administrator. They will provide it to you. Its file extension will be .sdlplugin.

  2. When you receive the plugin, save it to a suitable location in your network.

  3. Close Trados Studio.

  4. Go to the plugin, in your network.

  5. Double-click on the plugin. The Trados Plugin Installer is displayed.

    Note

    You can only install the XTM Connect – Trados Studio plugin in Trados Studio 2022 Professional.

    If the wizard is not displayed, because you do not have the necessary rights to run the plugin, right-click on the plugin file and select Run as administrator. If the plugin does not run then, contact your customer's Project Manager or system administrator and ask for advice.

  6. In the wizard, follow all the steps to install the plugin.

    • Select if it should be installed for the whole domain, for all computer users or for a single user.

    • At the end of each step, select Next to continue making your settings in the wizard. The wizard runs and installs the plugin in your system.

  7. When the wizard finishes, select Finish. The plugin is installed in your system, but not activated.

  8. Open Trados Studio. A popup is displayed, in which you are prompted to load the XTM Connect – Trados Studio plugin.

  9. Select Yes. The plugin is ready to use. You can open it from the side panel and from the View tab in the ribbon.

  10. In Trados Studio, now configure your copy of the XTM Connect – Trados Studio plugin.

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