TRADOS and SDLX started to merge product lines

In a press release, SDL International, a leader for "global information management (GIM)" and computer assisted translation (CAT) solutions, announced today the first interoperability versions of its leading Translation Memory products, SDL TRADOS 7.1 and SDLX 2005.1.

Only five months after the acquisition of former arch-rival TRADOS, Inc. SDL thus is en-route to merge the two technologies as previously announced in a roadmap published by SDL.

As the press release informs, the list of extensive interoperability features includes the support for SDLX's native ITD Translation Format in SDL TRADOS 7.1. This allows integration with SDL Translation Management System. SDLX 2005.1 also features improved support for TRADOS TTX files and both products have been enhanced to improve translation memory (TM) exchange using the industry-standard TMX format.

The interoperability releases also include new customer-driven innovations for creating, cleansing and maintaining high-quality translation memories and termbases, SDL writes. With the integration of SDL MultiTerm into SDLX 2005.1, all users can work from the same centralized termbase, and, for the first time, SDLX 2005.1 users can search terms via fuzzy-matching. SDL TRADOS 7.1 users now benefit from automated terminology checks, which ensure correct terminology usage in source and translated material, and the ability to add comments against a TM segment, which dramatically improves collaboration in the translation review process.

The new version also feature new file support, including InDesign CS2, Quark Express for Mac, Java Properties and Generic Delimited Text files. Also added to SDLX 2005.1 are new file filters that include SDL TRADOS Word filter, InDesign CS2 and support for .NET formats.

SDL offers free upgrades for licensed users who wish to switch to the new interoperability versions: Both SDL TRADOS 7.1 and SDLX 2005.1 are available free, for a limited time period, to any customer who purchased a license of SDL TRADOS 7 or SDLX 2005.

Learn more about the new features in:

SDL Trados 7.1

SDLX 2005 SP1