LW Auto-Adaptive Model Updater

LW Auto-Adaptive Model Updater

By Trados Solutions

Free

Description

This application is a workflow task that will send updated segments from your Trados project to Language Weaver for model adaptation. For customers with Language Weaver Auto-Adaptive or GenLP models.

Technical details

1.0.7.0 - Trados Accelerate, Trados Team, Trados Enterprise

Changelog:

This release includes:

  • Changed application name from LW Adaptive Model Updater → LW Auto-Adaptive Model Updater.
  • Updated description to reflect the new naming convention.
  • Replaced Model Name workflow configuration parameter with Language Pair Mapping JSON, where different language pairs can be mapped with separate models in JSON format.
  • Started logging high-level comment in task history indicating whether a task was completed successfully or skipped.

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Release date: 2025-12-02

Support website: https://www.gateway.sdl.com

Support e-mail:

Shared products:

  • Language Weaver

Trados Accelerate, Trados Team, Trados Enterprise

1.0.7.0

This release includes:

  • Changed application name from LW Adaptive Model Updater → LW Auto-Adaptive Model Updater.
  • Updated description to reflect the new naming convention.
  • Replaced Model Name workflow configuration parameter with Language Pair Mapping JSON, where different language pairs can be mapped with separate models in JSON format.
  • Started logging high-level comment in task history indicating whether a task was completed successfully or skipped.

1.0.6.0

Internal changes to optmize caching implementation.

Trados Enterprise, Trados Accelerate, Trados Team

1.0.5.0

Initial app release

LW Auto-Adaptive Model Updater App

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Key Features
  3. Installation
    3.1. Technical Requirements
    3.2. Step-by-Step Installation
  4. Updates
  5. Configuration and Setup
  6. Using the App
  7. Entitlement

Introduction

The LW Auto-Adaptive Model Updater App is an automated custom workflow task that will send updated segments from Trados project to Language Weaver for model adaptation (This applies to customers with Language Weaver Auto-Adaptive or GenLP models).

Key Features

Following are the core features of the app:

  • Installs on the Trados platform
  • Integrates seamlessly with Language Weaver (LW)
  • Automates project-level bilingual data transfer to LW once configured
  • Allows the user to configure bilingual data sync with all LW language pairs in the Trados project

Installation Guide

Technical Requirements

The following are the prerequisites to install and use the LW Auto-Adaptive Model Updater App:

  • Users should have an active Trados account.
  • Users should have an active LW account.
  • Users should have necessary permissions on Trados to install apps as well as create/configure workflow templates.
  • Users should have the needed permissions on LW to create Auto-Adaptive or GenLP models.
  • Users should have available API credentials from LW or permissions to create such credentials within LW.

Step-by-Step Installation

  • Contact RWS team to get one-time installation link.

  • Once you get the link, open it in the browser. Select the target Trados Tenant, if asked.

  • Click Install.

    Installation Screen

  • Once installed, enter the LW Client ID and Secret Key and click Complete.

    Installation Screen

Updates

If an update is available, a notification will be sent via email or displayed in Trados notifications. To check if any update to app is available, follow the steps below:

  1. Login to Trados

  2. Click the Account Settings icon in the top-right corner

    Installation Screen

  3. Choose “RWS AppStore”.

    Installation Screen

  4. Under Installed Apps, it will show either Up to Date or Update Available.

  5. If an update is available, click on the app and select Update.

    Installation Screen

Configuration and Setup

Following are the steps to configure the application:

Workflow Template Setup

  1. After application is installed, go to Resources -> Workflows -> Click on Workflow Templates.

  2. Select any existing Workflow Template and click on Copy to duplicate it.
    > Alternatively, you can click on New Workflow Template button.

    Setup

  3. Enter appropriate Name, Description and select Location.

    Setup

  4. It is recommended to place the app after Translation Memory Update in FINALIZE phase. Click on three dots on the done outcome of Translation Memory Update.

    Setup

  5. Click on Change Transition.

    Setup

  6. It will open a pop-up. Under Automated Tasks, search for the app name "LW Auto-Adaptive Model Updater". Click on the App.

    Setup

  7. It will place the "LW Auto-Adaptive Model Updater" app after Translation Memory Update.

    Setup

  8. Click on plus icon, it will open the same pop-up. Under Automated Tasks, search for the app name Target File Generation. Click on the App with Existing text after its name.

    Setup

  9. It will complete the Workflow Template changes.

    Setup

  10. Now, Click on Configure option of LW Auto-Adaptive Model Updater app. It will open the configuration settings on the right.
    Enter Language Pair Mapping JSON: It is mapping of source and target languages with Language Weaver model name in JSON format. Refer LW Documentation Center
    Example:

    [
  {
     "SourceLanguage": "en",
     "TargetLanguage": "de",
     "ModelName": "engger_autoadaptive-107"
  },
  {
     "SourceLanguage": "en",
     "TargetLanguage": "fr",
     "ModelName": "engfra_autoadaptive-x-108"
  }
]

    Enter Fuzzy match exclusion threshold: It will be a numeric value between 0 and 100. Segments at or above the provided threshold value will not be included in the feed.
    Select Excludable from the Workflow?: Make sure that option "Enabled by default, but excludable" is selected.

    Save the configuration.

    Setup

  11. Click on Create & Activate.

    Setup

Workflow Setup

Go to Resources -> Workflows, and ensure that the translation Workflow uses the previously set up Workflow Template.

Usage Instructions

  1. When any Trados project reaches the FINALIZE stage, LW Auto-Adaptive Model Updater app will run (as per workflow order) and it will create the TMX (Translation Memory eXchange format) file with Segments that meet the configured criteria & threshold.

  2. TMX file will be sent to the Language Weaver auto-adaptive language pair as defined in the configuration step, which can be verified in the Language Weaver portal at Settings>Language Pairs>{your defined auto-adaptive or generative language pair}.

    UsingApp

    > TMX (Translation Memory eXchange) is a standard format for storing bilingual translation units.

  3. TMX file name will follow the pattern:
    TM_[Source Language Code]_[Target Language Code]_[Trados Task ID].tmx
    Example: TM_en-GB_de-DE_68ad7740c7425706f0beaa56.tmx

  4. In TMX file, header would include Trados Tenant ID, Project ID, Name and Task ID.
    Body would include Segment Number, Source & Target Language Codes and Segment Text.

Entitlement

This app does not require additional entitlement for use.

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