Introduction

This API provides access to all translation memory functionality, both for file- and server-based translation memories. In addition it also provides the capability to create custom translation providers, which allow applications like SDL Trados Studio to interact with automated translation engines, third-party translation memory implementations or other translation engines in a unified way.

Translation Memories

The majority of the functionality in this API centers around working with translation memories such as:

• Creating server and file-based TMs
• Configuring a TM
• Maintaining and tuning a TM
• Performing TM lookup operations
• Adding and editing translation units
• Retrieving information on translation units
• Creating language resources
• Performing TM imports and exports
• Connecting to a TM server
• Retrieving and creating container databases on a TM server

Translation Provider Plug-ins

Apart from translation memories, SDL Trados Studio can also leverage other translation providers such as Web-based translation services (e.g. Google Translate), and any other kind of resource that provides translation solutions. This SDK contains an example of how to develop a simple translation provider plug-in that performs lookup operations in delimited text files.