How do I convert a Wordfast txt glossary to a Multiterm database suitable for Trados Studio? Thread poster: Claire Cox
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Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:56
French to English
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Hello,
First of all, apologies for cross-posting. I wasn't sure which forum to post this query in as it relates to both Wordfast and Trados.
I usually use Wordfast Classic, so have built up a number of very large glossaries in txt form over the years. I also have a couple of clients who prefer me to use Trados, so I have invested in Trados Studio 2009 over recent years too. I now have the situation where a new client would like me to use Trados, but in a field and langu... See more Hello,
First of all, apologies for cross-posting. I wasn't sure which forum to post this query in as it relates to both Wordfast and Trados.
I usually use Wordfast Classic, so have built up a number of very large glossaries in txt form over the years. I also have a couple of clients who prefer me to use Trados, so I have invested in Trados Studio 2009 over recent years too. I now have the situation where a new client would like me to use Trados, but in a field and language pair in which I have comprehensive glossaries in Wordfast and I would like to transfer them to a Multiterm termbase. A quick search on the internet suggests that it is possible to create a termbase from an Excel file, but I can't find anything about a txt file conversion.
I'd be grateful if anyone could point me in the right direction.
Many thanks.
Claire
[Edited at 2013-01-02 20:44 GMT] ▲ Collapse
| | | | J Fox 
New Zealand
Local time: 16:56
German to English
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| Convert to Excel and then to MultiTerm | Jan 2, 2013 |
I would save the TXT file as an Excel file, check that the entries are as you want them, and then convert from Excel to MultiTerm. You can use the Glossary Converter or MultiTerm to do this - details ... See more
| | | | Nuria Morales
Local time: 06:56
Member (2009)
English to Spanish
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| | Or if you're in geek mood | Jan 2, 2013 |
or feel adventurous, you can use/modify my script: http://syntax.home.pl/multiterm.html
It may seem "rocket science" at first, but I use this script every time I want generate a bilingual glossary XML file for import into multiterm. The XML file format for bilingual glossary has not changed between multiterm versions from several years ago and the current one.
HTH
... See more or feel adventurous, you can use/modify my script: http://syntax.home.pl/multiterm.html
It may seem "rocket science" at first, but I use this script every time I want generate a bilingual glossary XML file for import into multiterm. The XML file format for bilingual glossary has not changed between multiterm versions from several years ago and the current one.
HTH
Piotr
[Edited at 2013-01-03 10:26 GMT] ▲ Collapse
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Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:56
French to English
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Thank you so much, especially to Nuria and Jayne. What a complicated process! However, after following the step-by-step instructions, I think I've cracked it and now have 3 termbases installed in Trados. One last question; the document I'm working on is Belgian French to UK English, but I'd like to be able to use these glossaries on other language variants such as US English or French French in future. When processing the second of my files onwards, I added these as languages in one of the stage... See more Thank you so much, especially to Nuria and Jayne. What a complicated process! However, after following the step-by-step instructions, I think I've cracked it and now have 3 termbases installed in Trados. One last question; the document I'm working on is Belgian French to UK English, but I'd like to be able to use these glossaries on other language variants such as US English or French French in future. When processing the second of my files onwards, I added these as languages in one of the stages (can't remember at which point!), so am hoping I will be able to use them with those languages in future. (Trados seems very sensitive to language variants, unlike Wordfast). Assuming that is the case, how do I now modify the first termbase to add the other languages too?
Thanks again,
Claire ▲ Collapse
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