QuickLauncher
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QuickLauncher gives you one-click access to your most-used AI prompts directly from the Trados editor, without switching panels or typing anything.
How it works
Right-click anywhere in the editor (or press
Ctrl+Q)Click QuickLauncher in the context menu
Select a prompt from the list
The prompt is filled in with the current segment context and submitted to the Supervertaler Assistant chat
The menu heading Supervertaler QuickLauncher is clickable – click it to open Settings → Prompts, where you can view, edit, and organise your QuickLauncher prompts.
The expanded prompt appears as a user message bubble in the Supervertaler Assistant chat panel, and the AI response follows immediately below it. The conversation continues from there — you can ask follow-up questions in the chat input as normal.
Keyboard shortcut
Ctrl+Q
Control+Q
Open QuickLauncher prompt menu
Trados Studio assigns Ctrl+Q to View Internally Source by default. To use Ctrl+Q for QuickLauncher, go to File → Options → Keyboard Shortcuts, search for View Internally Source, and remove or reassign its shortcut.
Prompt variables
QuickLauncher prompts have access to the full segment and project context at the moment you trigger them.
Language variables
{{SOURCE_LANGUAGE}}
Source language name, including locale
Dutch (Belgium)
{{TARGET_LANGUAGE}}
Target language name, including locale
English (United States)
Segment variables
{{SOURCE_SEGMENT}}
Full text of the active source segment
De uitvinding heeft betrekking op...
{{TARGET_SEGMENT}}
Full text of the active target segment (your translation so far)
The invention relates to...
{{SELECTION}}
Text currently selected in the editor
werkwijze
Segment vs selection: {{SOURCE_SEGMENT}} and {{TARGET_SEGMENT}} always give the entire active segment. {{SELECTION}} gives only the highlighted portion — useful for term lookups or focused questions. If nothing is selected, {{SELECTION}} is an empty string.
Project variables
{{PROJECT_NAME}}
Trados project name (e.g. Patent_NL_EN_2026)
{{DOCUMENT_NAME}}
Active file name (e.g. source_document.docx)
{{SURROUNDING_SEGMENTS}}
N source segments before and after the active segment, with their actual Trados segment numbers and the active segment marked ← ACTIVE
{{PROJECT}}
All source segments in the active document, numbered with their actual Trados segment numbers
{{TM_MATCHES}}
Translation memory fuzzy matches (≥70%) for the active segment, showing match percentage, source, and target text
{{SURROUNDING_SEGMENTS}} example output (with N = 2):
{{PROJECT}} example output (single-file project):
In a multi-file project, a file header is inserted at each boundary (because Trados restarts segment numbering per file):
{{PROJECT}} sends all source segments to the AI. For a typical 10,000-word patent this costs roughly 4–5 cents per call with a Sonnet-class model — negligible for important work, but avoid using it in high-frequency prompts. The number of surrounding segments for {{SURROUNDING_SEGMENTS}} is configured in Settings → AI Settings → Surrounding segments (default: 5).
To keep the chat history readable, the chat bubble shows a compact summary (e.g. [source document — 47 segments]) instead of the full source text. The complete document is still sent to the AI.
Example: explain a selected term
Select a word in the source segment, press Ctrl+Q, and choose a prompt like this:
Example: assess the current translation
Example: translate a selected term using surrounding context
Uses {{SELECTION}} together with {{SURROUNDING_SEGMENTS}} so the AI sees the passage around the active segment, not just the active segment itself:
Example: full-document term query
Uses {{PROJECT}} to give the AI the complete source text. Reserve this for high-stakes queries where full document context matters, such as a key term that appears in multiple places with different nuances:
Example: check specific segments by number
After using {{PROJECT}} the AI knows the segment numbers, so you can follow up in the chat — or build a prompt that asks about specific segments from the start:
Example: translate using TM fuzzy matches
Uses {{TM_MATCHES}} to give the AI any high fuzzy matches from the translation memory, so it can leverage existing translations as a starting point:
{{TM_MATCHES}} only includes matches of 70% or higher. If no matches meet this threshold, the variable is replaced with "(no fuzzy matches above 70%)". The match data comes from the active segment's translation origin in Trados — the same match shown in the Translation Results pane.
The plugin fills in all variables and sends the expanded prompt straight to the AI.
Folder display mode
By default, subfolders in the QuickLauncher menu appear as expandable submenus (hover to open). You can change any folder to display as a flat section instead – its prompts appear directly in the main menu under a bold header, with separators between sections.
To toggle the display mode:
Open Settings → Prompts
Right-click a QuickLauncher folder in the tree
Click Show as section in menu (a checkmark indicates the current state)
This setting is per-folder, so you can mix styles – for example, keep a large folder as an expandable submenu while showing a small one as a flat section.
Setting up QuickLauncher prompts
Set category: QuickLauncher in the YAML frontmatter, or place the file in a folder called QuickLauncher inside your prompt_library. See Prompts → Marking a prompt as a QuickLauncher shortcut for full details.
Shared with Supervertaler Workbench
QuickLauncher prompts live in the shared prompt_library folder used by both Supervertaler for Trados and Supervertaler Workbench. Any prompt you create in one application is immediately available in the other.
See Also
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