For more information on all hotfixes and enhancements included in the cumulative updates for
Trados Studio 2017, see the following list.
New features in WorldServer Components
Trados Studio now handles WorldServer packages in a similar way as it handles Trados Studio project packages. You can update local WorldServer packages with more recent versions of the same package, without having to create a separate project in Trados Studio. Before CU 5, the locale wasn’t displayed in front of the project attribute. With the previous feature, it was necessary to distinguish which attribute belonged to which locale/project from the project group; otherwise, they were overwritten and only the latest imported values were displayed.
Moreover, subsequent downloads from the same WorldServer project group with new or updated task files are merged or added to the existing Studio project. Translation memories, terminology databases, and project and task attributes are also updated or added to the same Studio project, while attribute names are prefixed with their corresponding target locale for clarity.
New features and enhancements (File Types)
New Microsoft Excel 2007-2016 file type
This new file type is not enabled by default. To enable it, go to the list of file types in File > Options > File Types and move the new filter (Microsoft Excel 2007-2016) above the legacy one (Microsoft Excel 2007-2013) and make sure that the box next to it is checked.
- Real-time preview added to new Microsoft Excel file type. Find it under the Target tab in the real-time preview view part in Trados Studio 2017. This real-time preview has been designed in such a way that it opens a separate Microsoft Excel application and will update the target spreadsheet there.
- Added translatable alternative text and specific context information for Excel form controls.
XLIFF 1.2 File Type
- Added better support for annotates and state-qualifier attributes.
- Added support for embedded content processing.
XLIFF 2.0 File Type
- Added basic support for track changes and Translation Quality Assessment (TQA).
XML
- Enhancements and fixes to whitespace normalisation.
- Support for previewing DITA 1.3 files.
FrameMaker
- Added support for FrameMaker 2017 files.
Fixes in the core Trados Studio application
- Fixed a problem where the Analyze batch task was not working after merging segments in certain cases.
- Fixed an issue where an unexpected error occurred when running the Verify Files batch task throws for projects with bilingual XLF files.
- Enhanced upLIFT Fragment Recall functionality such that fragment matches that begin with a number is now also returned in the AutoSuggest suggestion window.
- Fixed AutoSuggest dictionaries not working on a network share (UNC path).
- Fixed a problem with project Package creation where the option Create new file-based project translation memory for every package did not include any project TMs in the package under certain circumstances.
- Enhanced the Trados Studio QA check such that it no longer reports too many false positives with space characters and placeholder tags.
- Enhanced the Find and Replace feature to no longer find too incorrect occurrences of double spaces by incorrectly including placeholder tags in the search for space characters.
- Enhanced the Find and Replace functionality in such a way that the entirety of a segment is now always scrolled into view when finding a string in the segment.
- Fixed an issue where inserting fragment matches for the first segment could cause content to be inserted outside visible segments, leading to duplicate or otherwise incorrect text in the target file.
- Fixed several issues with penalties being applied incorrectly to 100% and context matches.
- Fixed a problem where the multiple translation penalty was incorrectly applied when alleged duplicate TUs had different formatting.
- Multiple 100% and context match penalties are now more consistent between Studio and WorldServer.
- The SDLXLIFF Converter no longer excludes 99% matches incorrectly when the Exclude Context Matches and Exact matches options are checked.
- Enhanced the performance for the Analyze Files batch task when working with baseline engines in RWS Language Cloud Machine Translation.
- Fixed a rare issue where the Edit source command could lead to the error Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
- Fixed a problem where the error Object reference not set to an instance of an object occurred when opening virtually merged SDXLIFF files.
- Fixed a problem in the QA Checker and other verification tools where certain checks were no longer highlighting the misspelled word in the segment.
- Fixed a problem where several instances of the Align Translation Units dialog box could be opened incorrectly.
- Fixed a problem on localized operating systems where Studio did not always launch with the previously set application window size.
- Fixed a problem in the Editor behavior where translations with track changes rejected were not applied correctly in all cases.
- Fixed a problem in the Upgrade Translation Memory Wizard where it was not adding the *.SDLTM files correctly from the current folder.
- The new drag & drop box on the Welcome page in Studio 2017 is now resizable.
- Fixed a problem where the source text on the Fragment Matches view part was not highlighting the fragment matched text correctly in certain cases.
- Fixed a problem where the Windows User Name and Password fields were not grayed out when switching to RWS Authentication.
- Enhanced Fuzzy Match Repair such that the expected repaired punctuation is now displayed in the target even if the punctuation occurs immediately before another repaired text.
- Enhanced project templates such that changes to the Dates and Times auto-substitution settings are now reflected correctly in the projects created based on this template.
- Resolved issues when trying to activate a license that does not match the currently installed version of Trados Studio.
- Fixed a problem where batch tasks caused incorrect confirmation statistics when running on projects with merged sdlxliff files, which could also cause errors during check in into Trados GroupShare projects.
- When using server-based TMs from Trados GroupShare, it is now possible to select multiple translation memories at once when adding them to projects.
- When using Windows authentication for server-based TMs hosted in Trados GroupShare, it is now possible to specify the Windows login.
- Fixed a problem in GroupShare where the server TM list in Studio did not load if the user had access to several thousand TMs. This problem was addressed for GroupShare 2017.
- Fixed a problem where any specified filter was ignored when exporting or importing TM data from Trados GroupShare 2017.
- Fixed a problem where all the translation memories from all organisations from Trados GroupShare 2017 were displayed incorrectly while navigating the tree or using the Include subfolders option.
- Enhanced Trados Studio’s behavior for concordance searching: the Perform search if the TM lookup returns no results option now works even when the fragment matches window is also activated automatically.
- The Help button on Add/Edit RWS Server no longer leads to a 404 Not found error.
- The Project Translation Memory setting is now correctly stored in project templates.
- Fixed the The formatter threw an exception while trying to deserialize the message: [...] error when using server-based translation memories.
- Fixed a critical problem where MultiTerm and Trados Studio Memory leaks occurred when using termbases with incorrect version information.
- The handling and usage of WorldServer project packages has been harmonized with the behavior of native Trados Studio project packages. Both types of packages now behave the same way in typical user scenarios.
- Fixed a problem where WorldServer .wsxz package could not be opened in Trados Studio when files had similar names.
- Fixed a problem where the Center active row option was not working as expected with QA messages.
- Fixed a problem where custom engines with Catalan as language were not shown in Studio.
- Enhanced Fuzzy Match Repair in a number of areas.
- Fixed a problem where the Analyze Files batch task failed with the Object reference not set to an instance of an object error when using a Language Resource Template with a segmentation rule based on regular expressions.
Bug Fixes in File Types
General
- Fixed a problem in the Translation Memory engine where formatting difference penalty was applied incorrectly in certain cases involving complex tag structures and locked content.
- Fixed error that occurred whilst using the translation provider.
- Updated SolidFramework so using IRIS is possible
- CDATA was wrongly written in the target file. This is now fixed.
- Fixed validation error that was thrown when editing a QuickInsert item created on a filter for the <b> element.
Bilingual Excel
- Fixed the Failed to save target content: Object reference not set to an instance of an object error.
DITA XML
- Fixed an issue where elements were duplicated in the target file when the element in the source file expanded across two sentences.
DOCX
- Fixed a problem where a file with content controls was saved as an invalid target file.
- Fixed a problem where certain options in the Microsoft Word file type were only available in English for all languages.
- Fixed a problem where Japanese UI localization was missing in File Type Settings for Microsoft Word.
- Fixed a problem where options set in the Microsoft Word Preview in Trados Studio reset the corresponding options in Microsoft Word incorrectly.
- Fixed a problem where tracked changes over content controls were not handled as expected.
- Fixed a rare occurrence of the error Object reference not set to an instance of an object when opening a file.
- Fixed an internal error when trying to save source file with non-breaking hyphens inside tables as SDXLIFF in Trados Studio.
- Fixed the error The name in the end tag of the element must match the element type in the start tag. when opening certain target file in Microsoft Word.
Embedded Content Processor
- Fixed a problem where automatically cloned tags were not managed correctly when writing bilingual content.
Generic Delimiter Filter
- Fixed issue with GDF files having incorrect segment numbering.
HTML
- Fixed a problem where space characters between sentences where missing in the Preview window.
- Fixed a problem where the first and last space of a structure element is not normalized for inline HTML content.
- Fixed a problem where the HTML file type was removing closing tags when using inline elements with conditions.
- Fixed an error occurring when opening SDXLIFF files based a custom file type that had been created on the French UI and then opened using the English UI within Studio.
IDML
- Fixed a problem where an error was occurring when saving the target file twice.
- Fixed a problem where hidden content was extracted incorrectly for translation.
- Fixed a problem where hyperlinks on objects were extracted for translation even when the option Do not extract localizable data was used.
- Fixed a problem where lists with bullets and numbering had corrupted entities.
- Fixed a problem where the <BR/> element inherited the incorrect character style range.
- Fixed the error End tag </cns> does not have a matching start tag.
- Fixed the error Failed to save target content: The 'hyperlink' start tag on line x position y does not match the end tag of 'cf' Line x, position y.
- Fixed the error Unmatched tag pair/revisioned or locked content calls detected! occurring when opening an IDML file that ended with empty ParagraphStyleRange in a hyperlink.
INX
- Fixed a problem where the registered trademark character (®) was not imported for translation.
JSON
- Fixed a problem where the selection was not preserved inside the JSON file type configuration in specific cases.
Legacy XML file type
- Fixed a problem where content within a translatable tag pair was not displayed in the segment.
MIF
- Fixed a problem where certain tables created in Adobe FrameMaker 13.0.2.433 documents were not extracted correctly for translation.
- Fixed a problem where cross-reference tags (enclosed in formatting tags) were not handled correctly in segmentation.
- Fixed a problem where saving a file as target led to Studio 2017 freezing.
PDF
- Fixed a problem where Studio crash when opening/converting a certain PDF file.
- Fixed a problem where text in two columns was mixed up in the Studio Editor.
- Fixed the error Object reference not set to an instance of an object when opening certain PDF files in Studio 2017.
- Studio crashes when opening/converting a PDF file
- Fixed issue where two column text was mixed up in the Trados Studio Editor
PerfectMatch
- Fixed a further instance of the error Internal error: Multiple tags with the same ID 'pm0' have different start tag properties.
PPTX
- Enhanced the PPTX file type so that footer text and header text from handouts is extracted correctly.
- Enhanced the PPTX file type such that cf tag pairs for handout master content are extracted correctly.
- Fixed a problem with inconsistent formatting in text from shape.
RegEx Text
- An empty segment is present in the Editor when using the RegEx Delimited Text custom filter
RegEx
- Fixed a problem where spaces were removed between tags in the target file for Asian Languages.
Retrofit
- Fixed a problem where a small change in a target PowerPoint PPTX file resulted in the complete sentence interpreted as being changed.
Segmentation
- Fixed a problem where duplicated content was extracted where CDATA sections existed inline in a text flow.
- Fixed a problem where leading inline placeholders were not included in segments as expected.
- Fixed a problem where Studio 2017 did not handle leading tags as expected during segmentation.
- Fixed a problem where the segmentation hint May Exclude and Exclude leads to content following a the tag to be omitted from translation.
- Fixed a problem where whitespace around inline placeholders was removed when translating into Asian languages.
- Fixed the error Object reference not set to an instance of an object. when opening certain .dita files.
- Fixed the error The document cannot be processed since it contains unexpected contents when trying to open a DOCX file with a specific type of comment.
- Source text not visible in the Trados Studio Editor.
TM
- Fixed a problem where a translation unit (TU) applied during the Pre-Translate batch task differed from the TU offered during translation.
- Fixed a problem where for Russian, the Concordance Search did not display fuzzy matches if 100% matches were available.
TXT
- Fixed a problem where the closing pattern character was included incorrectly in the closing inline tag.
- Fixed the error Problem during writing internal! Check the definitions of your internal tags! when trying to open a certain text file
XHTML
- Fixed a problem where the source preview was not available.
XLIFF
- Fixed a problem where a space character after a placeholder tag was removed in the target file for Simplified Chinese and Japanese target languages.
- Fixed a problem where source text was not extracted correctly for translation.
- Fixed a problem where the annotates attribute for the notes element is not set in target XLIFF files when a new comment was added in Studio
XLSX/Bidi
- Fixed a problem with incorrect reading order of right-to-left text when the first character was a weak directionality or left-to-right.
XLSX
- Added support for content extraction from macro buttons.
- Added support for pivot tables created in Google Docs.
- Content from a grouped text box is now extracted for translation.
- Fixed a problem where a hyperlink from merged cells was not extracted when one column was set to hidden.
- Fixed a problem where an invalid target file was generated after pseudo translating the file.
- Fixed a problem where empty <cf> tag pairs were generated when the filter could not find a font in the Microsoft Excel file to create the font attribute on the <cf> tag pair.
- Fixed a problem where Japanese UI localization was missing in File Type Settings for Microsoft Excel 2007-201X.
- Fixed a problem where Microsoft Excel stopped working while trying to open a certain target file.
- Fixed a problem where the target document was only partially translated when the source file contains objects.
- Fixed the error Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection. Parameter name index when creating target Microsoft Excel documents.
XML/DITA
- Fixed a problem where space characters were lost when inline tags appearing on a new line were locked.
XML/Segmentation
- Fixed a problem where tags were duplicated in Japanese files due to incorrect segmentation in Studio.
XML
- Fixed Length cannot be less than zero / Parameter name: length error when trying to parse attributes from inside XML files
- Enhanced the XML preview such that the Internet Explorer’s Find Feature is now also available in the source and target previews.
- Fixed a problem involving whitespace normalization affected by locked content.
- Fixed a problem where it was not possible to process embedded content in CDATA and document structure at the same time.
- Fixed a problem where it was not possible to process embedded content in CDATA and document structure at the same time.
- Fixed a problem where space characters were lost when they were placed inside of inline elements.
- Fixed a problem where spaces were missing in the first element when the XML file did not have a root element.
- Fixed a problem where the Normalize unless xml:space='preserve' was behaing inconsistently in the XHTML, HTML 4.2 and HTML 5.2 filter.
- Fixed a problem where the preview stylesheet was not applied correctly in Studio 2017.
- Fixed a problem where the source preview was not available for MadCap XML files.
- Fixed a problem where the XML file type, when used with Plain Text Embedded content, added an extra line (CRLF) at the end of text parsed.
- Fixed a problem where using CDATA elements as document structure information created a corrupt target file when using the embedded content function.
- Fixed a problem where words were no longer wrapped as expected in preview.
- Fixed a problem where XPath rules that contain functions did not work in XML files with namespaces.
- Fixed an issue where duplicated content was extracted when CDATA sections existed inline in text flow.
- Fixed an issue where the first and last space of a structure element was not normalized correctly.
- Fixed an issue where using CDATA as document structure information created a corrupt target file when using the embedded content function.
- Fixed the An error occurred when applying the stylesheet to the XML file error when previewing a certain .xml file.
- Fixed the Length cannot be less than zero / Parameter name: length error when trying to parse CDATA sections with apostrophe character.
- Fixed the Unmatched tag pair/revisioned or lock content calls detected occurring error when opening the file.
XML Legacy
- Include segmentation hint is excluding the tags
XSLX
- Fixed the Unable to open the file, since it is not in Microsoft Office Excel file format error when opening certain Microsoft Excel files in Trados Studio.
- Resolved an issue where Windows authentication was not possible when connecting to Trados GroupShare 2017. Note that this fix requires Trados GroupShare 2017 Build 4979 or higher.
- Resolved an Object reference not set to an instance of an object error when editing Language Resource templates from Trados GroupShare 2017.
- Resolved an issue where WorldServer packages (WSXZ) could not be opened in Studio when files had similar names.
Cumulative update 3 addresses a critical problem where AppStore apps could no longer be installed using the plugin installer.
Compatibility with Trados GroupShare 2017
- This cumulative update introduces compatibility with Trados GroupShare 2017. Users must install this cumulative update to be able to access server-based resources in Trados GroupShare 2017. Previous versions of Trados Studio 2017 are not supported for use with Trados GroupShare 2017.
Core Components
- PerfectMatch:
- Fixed several occurrences of the following error: Internal error: Multiple tags with the same ID '843' have different start tag properties.
- Fixed an Object reference not set to an instance of an object error when applying Perfect Match.
- Fixed a problem where tags were not matched correctly and <pm> tags were created instead, leading to damaged target files or errors when attempting to save target files.
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Segmentation:
- Addressed segmentation errors occurring when opening specific files in Studio 2017 with the following error message: The document cannot be processed since it contains unexpected contents.
- Fixed a problem where text with superscript was not offered for translation if it occurred within a source comment.
- Fixed an issue where the segmentation hint May exclude was no longer working correctly for tag pairs in a segment when it also contained a placeholder tag whose segmentation hint was set to Include with text.
- Enhanced the whitespace processor such that extra whitespace is no longer added in CDATA content processed with the HTML filter for the Chinese target language
- Fixed a problem where a full stop followed by an internal tag was not segmented correctly, leading to changed segment size and, as a result, an unexpected leverage loss in pre-translation and interactive translation.
- The segmentation hint Include with text no longer leads to translatable content being omitted unexpectedly from translation in specific cases.
File Type Support
- FrameMaker MIF
- Fixed a problem where MIF files translated to Persian were empty due to language information missing in MIF tags
- Fixed the following error: Failed to save target content: Extra 'marker' reference tag within the segment ID 'n'
- Fixed a problem where all anchored frames with those not set to At Insertion Point as its anchoring position were offered for translation
- Fixed a problem where the MIF file type did not expose text in cross-reference (xref) tags for translation.
- Fixed the following error: Failed to save target content: Missing 'textinset' reference tag within the segment ID.
- Fixed the following error: Failed to save target content: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.
- Fixed the following error: Failed to open source file: Index was out of range.
- Adobe InDesign IDML
- Fixed problems where target IDML files could no longer be saved with Trados Studio 2015 SR2 CU7.
- Fixed the following error: Failed to save target content: Unable to cast object of type 'System.String' to type 'Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Filters.Idml.FileFormat.Datacontainers.AResource'.
- Fixed the following error: The 'cns' start tag on line 1 position n does not match the end tag of 'cf'.
- Fixed the following error: Failed to save target content: Missing '<xr id="" name="" type="" value="Editorseite „Übersicht“"/>' reference tag within the segment ID ''. Please run the Tag Verification to see details.
- Microsoft Word DOCX 2007-2016:
- Fixed the StartIndex cannot be less than zero.Parameter name: startIndex error when straight quotes were missing in an index entry field.
- Fixed a problem where a target document could not be created when non-breaking hyphens were located in index entry fields.
- Enhanced word count behaviour for Word .docx files such that the Count as one word option Are hyphenated now also applies to optional hyphens.
- Fixed a problem where text after a chart remained in the source language after generating the target file.
- Fixed a problem where under certain circumstances translations were not saved to the target file when saving target.
- Added a new file type for handling Microsoft Excel files, called Microsoft Excel XLSX 2007-2016:
- This cumulative update contains a new Microsoft Excel file type (Microsoft Excel 2007-2016) that, over time, will replace the legacy Microsoft Excel file type (Microsoft Excel 2007-2013) as the default file type for handling Microsoft Excel documents. This will be similar to the Microsoft Word file type that has replaced the legacy file type in previous Studio releases.
- To activate this file type, in the File Types list of the default or any custom project template, uncheck the Microsoft Excel 2007-2013 file type and activate the Microsoft Excel 2007-2016 file type instead. This will give you access to the new file type for any new projects based on your project template.
- The new file type contains a large number of enhancements and bug fixes throughout all areas of file type processing, such as handling pivot tables, SmartArt objects, embedded content, and much more.
- XML:
- Enhanced the DITA XML file type such that the synph element is now defined as inline rather than structure by default
- Enhanced the DITA file type to handle .ditamap files out of the box
- Fixed a problem in the DITA file type where an entity defined with brackets [like this] would corrupt the target file
- Fixed the Failed to save target content: Index was outside the bounds of the array error.
- The XML file type no longer adds a whitespace at the end of processing instructions.
- Fixed a problem where entity references from comments were incorrectly parsed
- Fixed the error An error occurred when applying the stylesheet to the XML file when previewing a specific .xml file.
- Fixed a problem where trying to select an element using substring(parent::*/@id,1,7) would break the XPath when trying to edit it again.
- Fixed a problem where embedded content was offered for translation even within protected content.
- Fixed a problem where Trados Studio stopped working when opening a specific XML file.
- Fixed a problem where the target file entity was displayed as HTML Entity (hex) ¥ instead of the actual value ¥.
- Fixed a problem where the embedded content processor set to process only the content found in "text" would also process "plaintext".
- Fixed the Length cannot be less than zero / Parameter name: length error displayed when opening a specific file.
- Other fixes in file types:
- RegEx: Segmentation hint is now used for tags like \\n and \\r.
- Regular Expression Delimited Text file type: Fixed a problem where text was not extracted for translation as expected if the opening pattern contained line break characters.
- Portable Objects (PO): Empty plural forms from PO files are no longer incorrectly marked as translated and confirmed.
- HTML: Fixed a problem where meta charset value was not added if a different meta tag already existed.
Studio Application
- Fixed the errorThe string was not recognized as a valid DateTime occurring when creating translation memories on systems running certain languages of Windows 10, such as Finnish, Serbian or Norwegian
- Fixed the Culture not supported error displayed when attempting to create translation memories with certain languages added recently to Windows operating systems, such as Spanish (Modern), and keeping the Support Fragment Alignment option checked
- Fixed an issue with certain language flavors not being available when using RWS Language Cloud Machine Translation, such as French (Canada) and Portuguese (Brazil).
- Fixed a problem where changed segmentation rules in a translation memory were not applied during alignment processes.
- Enhanced the behaviour of the Korean Input Method Editor (IME) such that AutoSuggest suggestions now appear without the user having to press the [Enter] key first. A new IME Behavior option is available in the Advanced tab in the Editor view to fine-tune this new functionality.
- This release introduces support for Adobe InDesign 2017.
WorldServer Components
- When opening a WorldServer package containing terminology matches, the Status attribute is now correctly imported as a picklist to the local MultiTerm termbase, enabling the proper execution of terminology verification, among other things.
A cumulative update is automatically applied when you use the AutoUpdate functionality available in Trados Studio. AutoUpdate is turned on by default, so you will automatically be notified of the update as soon as it is available. Follow the on-screen instructions to download and apply the update.
NOTE: Applying the update may take some time, as the Trados Studio installation is analysed before the update to ensure the patch can be installed successfully. As a rule of thumb, applying the patch will take roughly the same time as installing the application. RWS recommends that you use AutoUpdate. However, you can also apply the patch manually, as follows:
- Close Trados Studio 2017.
- Download the ZIP file Studio2017_CU05.zip from our FTP site (Username: sdlpatches, password: 5dlpatch35).
- Extract the files to a temporary folder of your choice, such as C:\temp. The ZIP file applies to all editions of Trados Studio 2017 and may contain several MSP files.
- Double-click the MSP files in the ZIP archive. This will install the latest release and update the files in the Trados Studio 2017 installation folder as appropriate.
After the update release has been installed and Trados Studio restarted, the issues described in this article should no longer occur.
