OmegaT and tmx files exported from Trados Thread poster: Hermione
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Hermione
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I have just started looking at OmegaT. The documentation says that you can use translation memories in tmx format (level 1). I have tried to export TRADOS (5.5) memories to tmx (claims to be tmx version 1.1, but get an error message (not a valid xml file) in OmegaT. Has anyone experienced this as well? Is the Trados txm format not compatible?
TIA
Hermione
| | | | Sonja Tomaskovic (X) 
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Hello Hermione,
the problem with Trados TMX files is that they are in UTF-16. However, OmT can handle only UTF-8 TMX files.
What you will need to do is find a text editor that is capable of converting a file into another encoding, such as SH Unipad, Simredo, etc.
Unfortunately, Notepad (under Windows) and OpenOffice.org create TMX files that OmT can't read.
HTH.
Sonja ... See more Hello Hermione,
the problem with Trados TMX files is that they are in UTF-16. However, OmT can handle only UTF-8 TMX files.
What you will need to do is find a text editor that is capable of converting a file into another encoding, such as SH Unipad, Simredo, etc.
Unfortunately, Notepad (under Windows) and OpenOffice.org create TMX files that OmT can't read.
HTH.
Sonja ▲ Collapse
| | | | Hermione
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TOPIC STARTER | Thanks, but unfortunately it does not work. | Jan 27, 2005 |
Thanks for your prompt reply, Sonja. I tried it immediately, converted my tmx file to UTF 8 using SC Unipad - but, alas, I still get the same error message. Any idea what could be the cause?
Anyway, have a nice evening
Hermione
| | | | | Maybe Unipad did not get it right? | Jan 27, 2005 |
Hermione wrote:
Thanks for your prompt reply, Sonja. I tried it immediately, converted my tmx file to UTF 8 using SC Unipad - but, alas, I still get the same error message. Any idea what could be the cause?
Anyway, have a nice evening
Hermione
Try Rainbow from Enlaso Tools (free). It changes the encoding and also changes the encoding declaration accordingly.
HTH
Piotr
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Sonja Tomaskovic (X)
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| Save without BOM | Jan 27, 2005 |
Hermione wrote:
Thanks for your prompt reply, Sonja. I tried it immediately, converted my tmx file to UTF 8 using SC Unipad - but, alas, I still get the same error message. Any idea what could be the cause?
Anyway, have a nice evening
Hermione
Hello Hermione,
please check if "Byte-order mark/Signature" is unchecked. (File->File properties). Save again. It should work then.
Kindly,
Sonja
P.S.
The problem with BOM (byte-order mark) is currently being fixed and should be implemented into the next release.
| | | | Jörgen Slet
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| Maybe byte order mark is guilty ? | Jan 27, 2005 |
Maybe this discussion can help:
From: "Ray Hopley"
Subject: Re: Problem exporting WF TM (tmx) back to Trados 6.5
Marcel
since this error refers to the very first character in the file
("Line 1, Offset 1"), it could be due to a conflict between the CATs
about whether to expect a byte order mark. There has been an
involved discussion on the OmegaT Yahoo Group just recently about this. There is no standard, it seems, and some text e... See more Maybe this discussion can help:
From: "Ray Hopley"
Subject: Re: Problem exporting WF TM (tmx) back to Trados 6.5
Marcel
since this error refers to the very first character in the file
("Line 1, Offset 1"), it could be due to a conflict between the CATs
about whether to expect a byte order mark. There has been an
involved discussion on the OmegaT Yahoo Group just recently about this. There is no standard, it seems, and some text editors include it for both UTF8 and UTF-16 files, other only for UTF-16.
This is from the original post on that list from Jan 19:
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a couple of days ago I stumbled over an article that dealt with the
byte order mark issue in some UTF-8 encoded XML files and the fact that some text editors add a BOM and others don't. It seems that Windows Notepad is one of these editors that puts a BOM at the beginning of a UTF-8 encoded file, and you can't influence that.
Since I was having problems with one of my Wordfast TMs, I downloaded an editor that converts between different encodings and also gives me the choice to set a BOM or not.
Surprisingly enough, the WF TM worked after I saved it without a BOM in UTF-8, with all characters appearing as they should. This is a major step forward as all other Wordfast TMs converted with OOo did not work in UTF-8, and any other encoding made Umlauts disappear. So far I had no luck with this method on other TMs.
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various listmembers then recommended their favourite free text
editors, eg, UniPad, BBEdit v8 on Mac OSX, etc that can add/remove the BOM.
Here is a link to more (often confusing) info:
http://www.unicode.org/faq/utf_bom.html#BOM
Perhaps you could edit the TMX to remove the BOM and try importing to TRADOS again.
Regards,
Ray
--- In [email protected], "Marcel Lemmens"
My collegue
> is unable to import the file back into Trados and gets the
> following message:
> (35000): SSLex0105e: Invalid token, Line 1, Offset 1 ▲ Collapse
| | | | Sonja Tomaskovic (X)
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| OmT 1.4.4.02 released | Jan 28, 2005 |
I just wanted to let you know that OmT 1.4.4.02 has been released. This new release is now able to read TMX files regardless of whether they have a BOM or not. However, they still need to be in UTF-8.
For most users this is a major improvement because they won't need to use Unicode or text editors that can remove BOMs. If you need to convert a Trados UTF-16 TMX for use with OmT, I suggest you use OOo now (as probably most OmT users will have OOo on their computers).
S... See more I just wanted to let you know that OmT 1.4.4.02 has been released. This new release is now able to read TMX files regardless of whether they have a BOM or not. However, they still need to be in UTF-8.
For most users this is a major improvement because they won't need to use Unicode or text editors that can remove BOMs. If you need to convert a Trados UTF-16 TMX for use with OmT, I suggest you use OOo now (as probably most OmT users will have OOo on their computers).
Sonja
P.S.
Download link: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=68187&package_id=123969&release_id=300418
It seems as if you'll need to copy/paste the link into your browser.
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| | | | Hermione
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Thank you so much, Piotr, Sonja and Jörgen. I followed your advice and removed the BOM in SC UniPad, created a new project (just replacing the tmx file didn't do the trick) and am now able to use my TRADOS memory. Thanks for pointing out the new OmegaT version, Sonja, I'll get that, too. And I'll certainly try OmegaT on a presentation as you recommended in your excellent blog!
Best
Hermione
[Edited at 2005-01-28 11:12]
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Hermione
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TOPIC STARTER | Not quite perfect yet | Jan 28, 2005 |
Sonja Tomaskovic wrote:
I just wanted to let you know that OmT 1.4.4.02 has been released. This new release is now able to read TMX files regardless of whether they have a BOM or not. However, they still need to be in UTF-8.
For most users this is a major improvement because they won't need to use Unicode or text editors that can remove BOMs. If you need to convert a Trados UTF-16 TMX for use with OmT, I suggest you use OOo now (as probably most OmT users will have OOo on their computers).
Being a curious person, I tried it, but unfortunately it messes up German umlauts and special characters (or at least the way they are displayed in OmegaT). So I'll stick with SC UniPad for the time being.
Hermione
| | | | Sonja Tomaskovic (X)
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I don't have that problem here. However, the only real Trados TM I have is Danish to English.
What I did is I opened it in OOo which prompted me to choose the appropriate code page, display font, language, etc. What I do here is change from UTF-8 to Unicode before opening the TMX (obviously OOo does not offer UTF-16). If you accepted UTF-8 when you opened it, OOo might have opened it with the wrong code page. This could be an explanation, but I am not sure it is the cause for your p... See more I don't have that problem here. However, the only real Trados TM I have is Danish to English.
What I did is I opened it in OOo which prompted me to choose the appropriate code page, display font, language, etc. What I do here is change from UTF-8 to Unicode before opening the TMX (obviously OOo does not offer UTF-16). If you accepted UTF-8 when you opened it, OOo might have opened it with the wrong code page. This could be an explanation, but I am not sure it is the cause for your problem.
Anyway, I would stick to Unipad if it works for you.
Kindly,
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| | | | Hermione
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Of course, I had to chose "Text kodiert" as Format and then Unicode (UTF 8). Quite logical, when you come to think about it.
Thank you very much indeed for all your valuable advice, Sonja!
Hermione 8)
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