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Gremlins in Trados? source and target language interchanged
Thread poster: hschl
hschl
hschl  Identity Verified
Local time: 10:39
English to German
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Apr 7, 2005

Hello,

This has not happened to me before, there might be a very easy explanation for it - I have not found it.

To make a long story short:

- Trados 6.5
- translation of Excel document (relatively simple spare parts list, alphanumeric contents in cells/segments)
- GE to EN

When opening the almost finished file the next day to continue, some of the German source text was changed into English - i.e. pulled close TARGET matches I trans... See more
Hello,

This has not happened to me before, there might be a very easy explanation for it - I have not found it.

To make a long story short:

- Trados 6.5
- translation of Excel document (relatively simple spare parts list, alphanumeric contents in cells/segments)
- GE to EN

When opening the almost finished file the next day to continue, some of the German source text was changed into English - i.e. pulled close TARGET matches I translated the previous day into the source segments!

Did this happen to anone else?

Thanks

Henrik ▲ Collapse
 
Ralf Lemster
Ralf Lemster  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 10:39
English to German
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Which version? Apr 7, 2005

Hi Henrik,
Which Trados version are you using (full version number, please - go to Help - About... to find out)?

Are you translating in TagEditor or T-Window for Excel?

Thanks, Ralf
 
hschl
hschl  Identity Verified
Local time: 10:39
English to German
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full version number Apr 7, 2005

it is 6.5.2.417 (I forgot the built version)

I am working with TagEditor

Ta,

Henrik
 
Ralf Lemster
Ralf Lemster  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 10:39
English to German
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Hmm... columns? Apr 7, 2005

Thanks, Henrik,

it is 6.5.2.417 (I forgot the built version)

I am working with TagEditor

Although now a bit outdated, build 417 was pretty stable, so I don't think the issue is related to that.

One other thing I can think of: when saving the file, did you save the bilingual version (as .ttx)? Are you sure you re-opened that file?

Best, Ralf
 


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