Just a random collection of things I thought it might be useful to know….
As I was wondering how to introduce an article on MCP servers to non-technical translators, my mind started wandering as I got lost in the explanations that might be needed to help these linguistic experts understand the concepts. I started to think about the dizzying change we re all experiencing and the ever-growing terminology that comes with it. Then, and don t ask me why, I started wondering…
If you re a developer, you probably already have some idea of what this article will be about webhooks. This article will hopefully be useful for developers too, but as I m not one, and as everything I develop is only possible through the assistance of AI , this article is aimed at lesser mortals, like me, who get involved with the implementation of products that are integrating with Trados and…
A little bit of an unusual entry for this blog but then this is Just a random collection of things I thought it might be useful to know…. . We re into 2026, the start of a new year, and I m back to work on Monday. In the last month or so of 2025 I haven t been feeling myself and a problem with superficial vein thrombosis (SVT) that cropped up around 2019 felt as though it wasn t as settled as it…
I ve spoken a lot about AI and using it as a tool that can help you do things that were well outside of your current technical ability. I ve also built some small things, some big things I ve shared some on github and some I just use myself on my personal computer. But after seeing a few requests for things here and there in the RWS Community I thought I d have a go at building a bit more. One of…
Remember when coding felt like an exclusive club where everyone spoke in brackets, semicolons and obscure acronyms? “Vibe coding” blows that door off its hinges. You don’t need a computer science degree, a hoodie, or the patience of a saint just a vague idea of what you want to build and the ability to think logically. With vibe coding, plain language becomes your programming language. You…
I wrote my first article where I started to dabble in the use of AI in January 2023 seems a long time ago. Thankfully, here we are over 2 years later, and we haven t been replaced by AI yet! Back then my foray into AI, like many others was more about seeing how good it was at making up silly poems and trying hard to catch it out to see how much it hallucinated and made up answers. This slowly…
The RWS Community has always been a great place for me to learn more about the Trados products, especially with regard to how its use is perceived by others, and how the workflows the product was designed for can often be very different to reality. More recently, since my own role at RWS has changed, I m somewhat removed from these realities and I also tend to pay less attention to the release…
Today I m going to talk about the greatest translation system the world has ever seen, maybe even better than the moon landing, which I could’ve done better, by the way. Nobody moons over folders like me, folks I’m the best at it, believe me. And no more free rides for those sneaky users joining the cloud like uninvited guests at a Mar-a-Lago party. Let’s get inheritance under control time to…
If you’ve spent any time with Trados Studio, you’ll know it’s quite simple to get things done — open the interface, click a few buttons, and you’re ready to go. In Part 1 of this PowerShell trilogy, we introduced the Trados Studio PowerShell Toolkit, enabling project managers and localisation engineers to automate tasks without needing development skills. GroupShare, while operating more behind…
It s been 11-years since I have written about the PowerShell Toolkit that was originally created by the development team in SDL. Back then I was able to fumble my way through setting it up, editing a few files, and automating the creation of a project in Trados Studio. In all the time since then it s not really received any updates, although there have been a couple of notable events. First it was…