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How to convert a ttx file into a Workbench file or unclean Word file?
Thread poster: Rajan Chopra
Rajan Chopra
Rajan Chopra
India
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English to Hindi
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Mar 14, 2009

Since I find it convenient to translate by using TagEditor instead of
Workbench, I translated a small file sent by one of my clients. He has written
that he needed the translation in Workbench. I want to know if a ttx file can
be converted into a Workbench file or unclean Word file which contains both
English and the translated text?

Thanks in anticipation.

P. Chopra
 
Erik Freitag
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Workbench files don't exist Mar 14, 2009

Dear P. Chopra,

there is no such thing as a workbench file. You (and your client) probably mean a word document. Just use the "translate" function of the workbench on your source word document, with the TM you made while translating in TE.

There might be some tweaking necessary, but generally, that's it.
 
Rajan Chopra
Rajan Chopra
India
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English to Hindi
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TOPIC STARTER
Thank you, but... Mar 14, 2009

I am thankful to you for suggesting a way out.

I tried the method mentioned by you. While most of the sentences were automatically translated, a few of them were left in English only. What should I do in this case?

efreitag wrote:

Dear P. Chopra,

there is no such thing as a workbench file. You (and your client) probably mean a word document. Just use the "translate" function of the workbench on your source word document, with the TM you made while translating in TE.

There might be some tweaking necessary, but generally, that's it.


 
Sergei Leshchinsky
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Ukraine
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search and replace Mar 14, 2009

or use concordance. Always run it using ALT+* -- this way it will stop at every point of doubt...
 
Daniel García
Daniel García
English to Spanish
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Workbench RTF? Mar 14, 2009

If your customer means a Workbench RTF file, you can created in this way:

- Open your file with TagEditor, in the Edit view, select all and then copy and paste from TagEditor into MS Word.

- Save the file as DOC or RTF.

- Send it to your customer and ask them if this is what they want.

Depending on the original file type, this might be useful or complete useles for future projects.

I hope this helps.

Daniel
 
ahmadwadan.com
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Exactly Mar 15, 2009

efreitag wrote:

Dear P. Chopra,

there is no such thing as a workbench file. You (and your client) probably mean a word document. Just use the "translate" function of the workbench on your source word document, with the TM you made while translating in TE.

There might be some tweaking necessary, but generally, that's it.


Exactly,

That is what I would do.

Regards
Ahmed
 
Jorge Payan
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Colombia
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Alternative without using TWB or TagEditor Mar 15, 2009

Just try TTXpress. This nice and free tool (to be precise it is a template for Word) will allow you to convert from TTX to rtf, and once translated, back from rtf to TTX.

However, the link I used to download it now a dead link: http://www.terminologymatters.com/ttxpress.html

I have a very recent versión of TTXpress available for whoever needs it. Just write to ... See more
Just try TTXpress. This nice and free tool (to be precise it is a template for Word) will allow you to convert from TTX to rtf, and once translated, back from rtf to TTX.

However, the link I used to download it now a dead link: http://www.terminologymatters.com/ttxpress.html

I have a very recent versión of TTXpress available for whoever needs it. Just write to my private adress: jorge_payan at hotmail.com

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