Imagine that you have a Trados translation memory. Trados allows you using the TM in one direction only. Don’t you want to use the valuable data in the other direction when a chance comes? Here is how to do it (this procedure can be used for any TMX (exported TM).
Assume that XX-XX is the source language and YY-YY is the target language. We want to create translation memory containing YY-YY/XX-XX language pair.
- Open translation memory in Translator’s Workbench. Select File > Export to export the translation memory into TMX file. Close Workbench.
- Open the TMX in any plain text editor, such as Windows Notepad or PSPad.
- Search for srclang=”XX-XX“ (where XX-XX is the source language code).
- Replace srclang=”XX-XX” with srclang=”YY-YY”.
- Search for <tuv xml:lang=”XX-XX”> and replace every occurrence (usually Ctrl+H and Replace All) with <tuv xml:lang=”A-A”>.
- Search for <tuv xml:lang=”YY-YY”> and replace every occurrence with <tuv xml:lang=”B-B”>.
- Search for <tuv xml:lang=”A-A”> and replace every occurrence with <tuv xml:lang=”YY-YY”>.
- Search for <tuv xml:lang=”B-B”> and replace every occurrence with <tuv xml:lang=”XX-XX”>.
- Save the file and quit the editor.
- Open Translator’s Workbench, create a new translation memory with appropriate language pair and import the updated TMX (select File > Import).
Example: Current language pair: EN(US)-CS, new language pair: CS-EN(US).
In TMX:
- Search for srclang=”EN-US” and replace it with srclang=”CS”.
- Search for <tuv xml:lang=”EN-US”> and replace every occurrence with <tuv xml:lang=”A-A”> (usually Crtl+H and Replace All).
- Search for <tuv xml:lang=”CS”> and replace every occurrence with <tuv xml:lang=”B-B”>.
- Search for <tuv xml:lang=”A-A”> and replace every occurrence with <tuv xml:lang=”CS”>.
- Search for <tuv xml:lang=”B-B”> and replace every occurrence with <tuv xml:lang=”EN-US”>.
Note: Please make sure you use correct language codes.
