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Translating Final Draft (.fdx) English to Czech
Thread poster: John Pachl
John Pachl
John Pachl
Czech Republic
Czech to English
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Dec 30, 2021

I read an old post here (2013) about how to translate a screenplay written in Final Draft (.fdx) and keep the formatting the same.

The instructions were:

— change the .fdx to .xml

— import the .xml into memoQ

— translate in memoQ

— change it back to .fdx

However, I do not see any place in memoQ for importing a file. I don’t see sny dashboard.

Does anyone know a way to translate a .fdx and keep t... See more
I read an old post here (2013) about how to translate a screenplay written in Final Draft (.fdx) and keep the formatting the same.

The instructions were:

— change the .fdx to .xml

— import the .xml into memoQ

— translate in memoQ

— change it back to .fdx

However, I do not see any place in memoQ for importing a file. I don’t see sny dashboard.

Does anyone know a way to translate a .fdx and keep the formatting? I’m translating English to Czech.

If it matters, I’m using a Mac, but I could find someone with a PC. ▲ Collapse


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