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Translating Excel files with Trados 5.5
Thread poster: Claudia Mattaliano
Claudia Mattaliano
Claudia Mattaliano  Identity Verified
Local time: 10:25
German to Italian
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Sep 7, 2004

Hi everybody!

I have received an Excel file to be translated with Trados, but I've never done this before and I don't know how to do it. I have Trados 5.5 freelance (Trados Translator's Workbench 5.5.0.247 - Build 247) and the Excel file has got three colums: the first one with the original German text, the second one with the English version and the third one (empty) where I should write the Italian translation.

Can someone tell me what I have to do?

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Hi everybody!

I have received an Excel file to be translated with Trados, but I've never done this before and I don't know how to do it. I have Trados 5.5 freelance (Trados Translator's Workbench 5.5.0.247 - Build 247) and the Excel file has got three colums: the first one with the original German text, the second one with the English version and the third one (empty) where I should write the Italian translation.

Can someone tell me what I have to do?

Thanks a lot!
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Gloria Nobili
Gloria Nobili
Italy
Local time: 10:25
English to Italian
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T-window for excel Sep 7, 2004

Ciao.
Devi usare il modulo T-Window for Excel (non mi ricordo se è compreso nel pacchetto della versione 5.5)
Altrimenti, c\'è un altro sistema. Copia e incolla la colonna di Excel da tradurre all\'interno di Word. Lavora normalmente da lì in Trados e poi ricopia e incolla la tabella in Excel. Per evitare che il formato del carattere e delle celle si modifichi, una volta tornata in Excel posizionati sulla prima casella dove va inserita la traduzione e premi Ctrl+v.
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Ciao.
Devi usare il modulo T-Window for Excel (non mi ricordo se è compreso nel pacchetto della versione 5.5)
Altrimenti, c\'è un altro sistema. Copia e incolla la colonna di Excel da tradurre all\'interno di Word. Lavora normalmente da lì in Trados e poi ricopia e incolla la tabella in Excel. Per evitare che il formato del carattere e delle celle si modifichi, una volta tornata in Excel posizionati sulla prima casella dove va inserita la traduzione e premi Ctrl+v.
Di solito funziona... è un suggerimento.
XXX
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Jerzy Czopik
Jerzy Czopik  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 10:25
Member (2003)
Polish to German
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Word and Excel should be the same version Sep 7, 2004

if you want to follow previous suggestion, which is the same, I would have made here.
This works very good.

For translating whole Excel sheets I would suggest you to upgrade to Trados 6.5, as you then will be able to translate Excel files using TAG Editor. This is very convenient.

Regards
Jerzy
 


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