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Thread poster: David Rumsey
David Rumsey
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Canada
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Jul 20, 2014

Hi there. A client has sent me a TM export from Deja Vu in .txt format and I need to convert it to a TM that I can use in Trados Studio 2011. Any instructions out there for this? The text format looks like:




REDCATOR
0000
22042014, 13:47:41

22042014, 13:47:41
Milena
Juni 1991
June 1991



Should I import into a Workbench TM and then upgrade to Studio? There must be some kind of shortcut, no?<... See more
Hi there. A client has sent me a TM export from Deja Vu in .txt format and I need to convert it to a TM that I can use in Trados Studio 2011. Any instructions out there for this? The text format looks like:




REDCATOR
0000
22042014, 13:47:41

22042014, 13:47:41
Milena
Juni 1991
June 1991



Should I import into a Workbench TM and then upgrade to Studio? There must be some kind of shortcut, no?

Thanks! ▲ Collapse
 
RWS Community
RWS Community
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:24
English
I'm not 100% on this... Jul 23, 2014

... but I think the Déjà vu TXT export can contain whatever fields the user selected when they exported it, So maybe you can handle it like this:

  1. Open Excel
  2. Import the TXT into Excel and ensure the entries are in separate columns
  3. Remove all but the source and target columns
  4. Save the Excel file
  5. Drag the Excel file into the Glo... See more
... but I think the Déjà vu TXT export can contain whatever fields the user selected when they exported it, So maybe you can handle it like this:

  1. Open Excel
  2. Import the TXT into Excel and ensure the entries are in separate columns
  3. Remove all but the source and target columns
  4. Save the Excel file
  5. Drag the Excel file into the Glossary Converter and convert to TMX
  6. Upgrade the TMX in Studio

I think that would work. There may be better ways, but this is what I'd do.

Regards

Paul ▲ Collapse
 


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