====== Getting your Trados License ======

If you're a student at the [[https://dit.unibo.it/it|Dipartimento di Interpretazione e Traduzione]] you may be entitled to receive a free student license for Trados Studio.

Contact you lecturer to get an invite.

===== Step 1: create a Trados account =====

Once you have your invite, you need to create an account (**if you already have one, you can skip to the next section**).

Go to [[https://www.rws.com/]] and click on Login -> RWS ID

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In the next window click on "Sign Up".

Insert your student e-mail address (i.e. name.surname@studio.unibo.it) and choose a **new password (this should be different from your Unibo password, make sure you remember it!)**:

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Accept terms and conditions and click on "SIGN UP".

You'll receive a confirmation e-mail, so check your e-mail and confirm your subscription.

===== Step 2: install Trados and Multiterm =====

Now you need to install Trados (and optionally Multiterm), you can download it from here (your lecturer should have given you a username and password to download the application):

https://docs.sslmit.unibo.it/trados/

Double-click on the downloaded files to install the two applications.

You don't need a license to use Multiterm, so you can just start the application and use it, but you do need a license for Trados, proceed to the next step to see how to activate your license.
===== Step 3: sign in with your Trados Account =====

Launch Trados, it will start in evaluation mode, this is normal, just click on the "Sign in" button on the top right of the screen:

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Enter the credentials you created in step 1:

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In the next window, make sure the account "Dipartimento di Interpretazione e Traduzione_Live Team" is selected and click "Activate":

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Congratulations, your Trados Professional account is now active!