What are packages in CAT tools

In CAT tools, packages are translation projects, which contain of bilingual files, translation memories, term bases, etc. Packages are used to organise work and resources for translators.

Packages in memoQ translator pro

To go to the Project section, open memoQ translator pro. Then, on the top part of the screen, you can:

click Open to open the selected project
click Open Recent to go to one of the five projects you most recently worked on
click Rename to change the name of the selected project
click Manage Projects to view all your projects in a single list and find information on them
click Close project to close the project you are working on
click New Project to create a new project (you can also create it from a template)
click Import Package to import a package you have received
click Check Out From Server to start working on a job assigned to you on a memoQ server
click Wrap Up to finish the selected project by running automated actions (only works for template-based projects)
click Move To Recycle Bin to delete the selected project when you no longer need it
click Log Time For Document to view log time for the document that is currently active
click View Recycle Bin to see the content of the Recycle Bin
click Back Up to create a backup of the selected project and the resources (translation memories, term bases, etc.) it uses
click Restore to restore a project and its resources from a backup
click Manage Logins to view the server logins memoQ has saved for you or remove items from the list so you can connect using a different username
click Show Project List Only to hide project creation commands and show only the project list

Packages in Trados Studio

To go to the Projects section, click Projects on the left side of the screen. Then, on the top part of the screen, you can:

click Project Settings to configure your project
click New Project to create a new (local or cloud) project
click Open Project to open a project in the .sdlproj format
click Batch Tasks to perform tasks on all applicable project files
click View Project Files to view project files
click Set As Active to set the selected project to be the active project
click Remove From List to remove the selected project from the list
click Mark as Complete to mark the selected project as complete
click Revert to In Progress to revert the selected project to in progress
click Create Project Template to create a new project template in the .sdltpl format
click Open Project Folder to open the folder with the selected project file
click Publish Project to publish the selected project to a server to enable collaboration
click Open Project to open a server hosted collaborative project
click Unpublish Project to unpublish the project from the server
click Download Cloud Projects to download cloud projects
click Refresh to refresh the current list of projects
click Open in Cloud to open the selected project in language cloud
click Save to Cloud to save the selected project to cloud
click Open Package to open a package in the .sdlppx or .sdlrpx format
click Create Project Package to create a new project package
click Create Return Package to create a return package