Getting Started

This page walks you through the first-time setup so you can start using TermLens terminology and AI translation inside Trados Studio.

:::tip Prefer to watch? The Getting Started screencast (16 min) covers everything on this page and more – TermLens, prompt generation, AI translation, the Chat window, and purchasing. :::

First-Time Setup

1. Open Settings

Click the gear icon in the TermLens panel header to open the settings dialogue.

2. Configure Termbases (TermLens tab)

On the TermLens tab:

1. Click Browse to select an existing Supervertaler termbase (.db file)

2. Or click New to create a new empty termbase

You can add multiple termbases. Designate one as the Project termbase to give its terms higher priority (shown in pink).

:::note Supervertaler for Trados uses the same .db termbase format as Supervertaler Workbench. Any termbase created in either tool works in both. On Windows, both tools can point to the same .db file in a shared data folder. On a Mac running Trados via Parallels, the two products use separate filesystems – see Running on a Mac for details. :::

3. Configure AI (AI Settings tab)

On the AI Settings tab:

1. Select a provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, OpenRouter, Ollama, or others)

2. Enter your API key for the selected provider

3. Choose a model

:::note Don't have an API key yet? You can skip this step entirely and use Clipboard Mode instead. Clipboard Mode lets you translate and proofread using any web-based AI you already have access to – ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or any other LLM chat interface. No API key required. It is the fastest way to start using AI translation in Supervertaler for Trados. :::

4. Click OK

Settings are saved and applied immediately.

Try It Out

TermLens

1. Open a project in the Trados Editor view

2. Navigate to any segment – TermLens automatically displays term matches for the source text

3. Click a term translation to insert it into the target, or press Alt+1 through Alt+9

Clipboard Mode (no API key needed)

1. Open the Supervertaler Assistant panel and switch to the Batch Operations tab

2. Tick the Clipboard Mode checkbox

3. Click Copy to Clipboard – a ready-to-use prompt with your segments, terminology, and instructions is copied

4. Paste it into any web-based AI (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.) and send it

5. Copy the AI's response and click Paste from Clipboard – the translations are written back into Trados

See Clipboard Mode for the full walkthrough.

AI Translate (API key required)

1. Place the cursor in a segment

2. Press Ctrl+T to translate the active segment with AI

3. The AI translation appears in the target cell

Supervertaler Assistant

1. Open the Supervertaler Assistant panel (View > Supervertaler Assistant)

2. Switch to the Chat tab

3. Type a question about the current segment and press Enter

4. The assistant responds with context from your terminology and TM matches

Quick Links

Feature	Page
TermLens terminology display	TermLens
AI via clipboard (no API key)	Clipboard Mode
AI chat interface	Supervertaler Assistant
Bulk AI translation	Batch Translate
All shortcuts	Keyboard Shortcuts

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See Also

• Installation

• Clipboard Mode

• TermLens

• Supervertaler Assistant