Smartcat's new navigation: a quick guide for all users
Overview
Smartcat's sidebar and account menu have a new layout. Your projects, files, and other resources have not moved — only the menus that lead to them, and your existing bookmarks still work.
The sidebar now lists New chat, Projects, Drive, Direct Messages, and Intelligence Fabric. Open your account settings from the account menu at the bottom-left of the sidebar.
New chat and Intelligence Fabric are available to every user, including linguists. What you can see and change in either area still depends on your role, the same as before. New chat follows the same permissions — an action your role could not perform before (for example, editing or deleting a Translation Memory) still cannot be performed through chat.
When to use it
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You can't find a feature or page you used before the navigation update
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You're onboarding a new teammate and want to show them where things are now
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You want to try the new New chat or Intelligence Fabric areas
How to use it
Use the tables below to find where a feature you used before now lives.
Getting around
| I want to... | Now go to | Before |
|---|---|---|
| Switch workspace | Account menu (bottom-left) → workspace name | Workspace name, top right |
| Go to the home page | New chat, at the top of the sidebar | Smartcat logo |
| Message a colleague | Direct Messages | Chat icon, top bar |
| Get help | Account menu → Help and support | Help icon, top bar |
| Find a past chat | Sidebar → Recents | Not available before |
Projects
| I want to... | Now go to | Before |
|---|---|---|
| See all projects | Projects | Projects |
| Open a project | Projects → open the project | No change |
| Translate or proofread | Project → Files → open the document | No change |
| See tasks assigned to you | Account menu → My work | My Tasks |
| Start a new project | Home → Translate tab, or Projects → New project | Projects → New project |
| Start from a project template | Home → Translate tab (templates are listed first) | New project → pick a template |
| Store and share files | Drive | Drive |
Translation Memory and terminology
| I want to... | Now go to | Before |
|---|---|---|
| View Translation Memories | Intelligence Fabric → Knowledge → Translation memories | Linguistic assets → Translation Memories |
| Search or edit TM entries | Intelligence Fabric → Knowledge → Reviewed translations | Linguistic assets → TM editor |
| Look up terminology | Intelligence Fabric → Knowledge → Terminology | Linguistic assets → Glossaries |
| Search TMs and glossaries at once | Use this link (no menu entry — worth bookmarking) | Linguistic assets → Global search |
Your account
| I want to... | Now go to | Before |
|---|---|---|
| Check your Smartwords balance | Account menu → Smartwords | Smartwords, top bar |
| Change notifications | Account menu → Settings → Notifications | Settings → Notifications |
New capabilities
| I want to... | Now go to | Before |
|---|---|---|
| Ask Smartcat to do a task for you | New chat, at the top of the sidebar | Not available before |
| Start a project by chat | New chat → attach your files and name the project template to use (or ask to see the available templates) | Not available before |
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