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How do I use a TMX file in Trados?

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How do I use a TMX file in Trados?

tmx file contains translation units and their associated fields.

  1. In the navigation tree from the Translation Memories view, select the translation memory whose contents you want to export.
  2. Select Home tab > Tasks group > Export.
  3. Click Browse.
  4. Tick the box Export to Workbench-optimized TMX format for use in Trados 2007.

How do I open a TMX file?

How to open a TMX file. You can open TMX files in Tiled (cross-platform). To do so, you must open the Tiled project that contains your TMX file. Then, select File → Open File in Project from Tiled’s menu bar, and open your TMX file.

How do I import a translation memory into Memoq?

From a local or online project:

  1. From the Dashboard, open a project.
  2. In the left-side menu, click Translation memories.
  3. In the list, select a translation memory where you need to import the file.
  4. On the Translation memories ribbon, click the Import button.

How do I convert Excel to TMX?

Creating a TMX from a bilingual corpus

  1. Ensure you have an aligned corpus in Excel, with the leftmost column containing the source text and the target in the next column.
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  3. Press Ctrl+N to create a new Translation Memory with the name you choose.
  4. Go to File>Import.

What is TMX format?

A TMX (Translation Memory Exchange) file is a file format used for exchanging translation memory data created by a CAT tool. This is useful if you’re migrating from another tool or process, to Smartling.

How do I edit a TMX file?

You can edit both the source and target fields. After you have processed a TMX file, double-click an error. If you want to edit a TMX file without processing it first, load it in QA Distiller and then click Settings > X-Editor > Load. X-Editor opens automatically.

How do I convert TMX to excel?

So you need to do this:

  1. Export your SDLTM to TMX.
  2. Convert the TMX to Excel with the Glossary Converter.
  3. Edit the field values etc.
  4. Convert the Excel back to the TMX with the Glossary Converter.
  5. Create a new SDLTM on the basis of your original so you have an empty TM with all the fields/attributes set up.