Export to IDML for Trados Studio

[Serge37690540btau]

If a document has 2 layers, one for English text and one for French text, is it possible to export ONLY the English layer to IDML so I can open it in my translation software Trados Studio?

[Joel Cherney · Accepted solution]

You can just hide the layer in the Layers panel, by clicking on the eye icon. Then Trados can't see the hidden layer. When you recreate the IDML post-translation, you can simply unhide the layer that you didn't want to go through translation. Most tools will also skip anything hidden by using Object -> Hide, but I can't say I've tested that with Trados anytime in the last decade. 

Here's a more thorough discussion of this layer-hiding strategy from the RWS forums. 

[Serge37690540btau]

Thank you for your answer