Trados Trial and TMs Thread poster: Whitney Bryan
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Hello, Proz.com Community!
I hope that you can help me with a problem. I am considering purchasing Trados, so I downloaded the 30-day trial version to test with a translation for which there was an optional Trados file and translation memory. The translation memory folder has options in .tmw, .mwf, .mtf, .mdf, .iix, and .txt, but the trial version of Trados Studio will not let me open these. I assume I would need a .ttx file to open my TM in this version; is there a way to convert ... See more Hello, Proz.com Community!
I hope that you can help me with a problem. I am considering purchasing Trados, so I downloaded the 30-day trial version to test with a translation for which there was an optional Trados file and translation memory. The translation memory folder has options in .tmw, .mwf, .mtf, .mdf, .iix, and .txt, but the trial version of Trados Studio will not let me open these. I assume I would need a .ttx file to open my TM in this version; is there a way to convert one of the above files to a format Trados Studio 2009 trial version will open? While I understand not offering all the features in a trial version, I cannot consider purchasing something with which I cannot test my TM file, so any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Whitney ▲ Collapse
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Hi Whitney,
just to bring a little more light into all the file formats to help you get started:
1. The file extensions .tmw, .mwf, .mtf, .mdf, and .iix all belong to one translation memory, more precisely the legacy Translator's Workbench 2007 format. In other words, all of these five files form one translation memory which can be:
a) Opened in Translator's Workbench
b) Upgraded for use in Studio
2. The TXT file is most probably just an export of the ... See more Hi Whitney,
just to bring a little more light into all the file formats to help you get started:
1. The file extensions .tmw, .mwf, .mtf, .mdf, and .iix all belong to one translation memory, more precisely the legacy Translator's Workbench 2007 format. In other words, all of these five files form one translation memory which can be:
a) Opened in Translator's Workbench
b) Upgraded for use in Studio
2. The TXT file is most probably just an export of the above TM
3. TTX is the legacy TagEditor translation (bilingual) format and can be opened both in TagEditor and in Studio.
I hope this helps a little. ▲ Collapse
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Thank you, Stanislav, for the clarification on the file formats. As you can tell, this is my first experience with Trados, which I am trying in order to find out if I want to enter the world of TM software (something I have been avoiding but is now required by many companies). I only have the Studio 2009 trial version, so I do not have Workbench 2007, which seems to be required to convert the files for 2009 use. This, unfortunately, does not come with the trial, only with the purchase of the ... See more Thank you, Stanislav, for the clarification on the file formats. As you can tell, this is my first experience with Trados, which I am trying in order to find out if I want to enter the world of TM software (something I have been avoiding but is now required by many companies). I only have the Studio 2009 trial version, so I do not have Workbench 2007, which seems to be required to convert the files for 2009 use. This, unfortunately, does not come with the trial, only with the purchase of the full version.
Thank you, again, for your help. You've made sense of the list of files at which I was staring in confusion! ▲ Collapse
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Hi Whitney,
if you want me to convert the Workbench TM for you so you can play with Studio around a little, just drop me a PM over my profile.
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