Omega T won't import my source files Thread poster: Alexandre Chetrite
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Hi,
I imported Word source files and Omega T said that the files were empty (I checked and they are not)...Could someone help me on this issue please? I use the latest Omega T version.
Good day.
| | | | Samuel Murray 
Netherlands
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Member (2006)
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| Which version of Word? | Nov 27, 2012 |
Alexandre Chetrite wrote:
I imported Word source files, and Omega T said that the files were empty...
What was the exact error message?
From which version of MS Word are your files? Are they DOC or DOCX files?
| | | | | About importing source files in Omega T | Nov 27, 2012 |
Hi,
I didn't get any error message but the statistics screen shows 0 words and Omega T says that no files were imported. They are .doc files...MS Word 97-2003 format. Some of them were converted to .doc files using Open Office Writer...
| | | | Samuel Murray
Netherlands
Local time: 15:46
Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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| OmegaT can't read DOC | Nov 27, 2012 |
Alexandre Chetrite wrote:
They are .doc files... MS Word 97-2003 format.
OmegaT can read DOCX files (Word 2007 etc), but not DOC files. If you add DOC files or any other unsupported files to a project, OmegaT will simply ignore it and copy it to the target folder in the end. OmegaT can also read ODT files (OpenOffice.org Writer or LibreOffice Writer).
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| Problems to read files with Omega T | Jul 18, 2014 |
Hi! I have been using Omega T for more than a year and I now find the problem of not being able to open PDF files. I have always opened them first with Open Office, then save them in ODT to finally open and read them with Omega T and be able to work on my file. The latest PDFs received have been a problem to work with, for when I save them with Open Office they go through Open Office Draw, and can be saved in ODG only. When I try to import source files in OT I have an error sign that says either... See more Hi! I have been using Omega T for more than a year and I now find the problem of not being able to open PDF files. I have always opened them first with Open Office, then save them in ODT to finally open and read them with Omega T and be able to work on my file. The latest PDFs received have been a problem to work with, for when I save them with Open Office they go through Open Office Draw, and can be saved in ODG only. When I try to import source files in OT I have an error sign that says either the file has not the format to open it or that the file is empty. The file I am working now opened just a few sentences....Can anybody please help???!!! Thanks a lot!!
[Edited at 2014-07-18 12:22 GMT] ▲ Collapse
| | | | Didier Briel
France
Local time: 15:46
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| OmegaT cannot read images | Jul 19, 2014 |
Crod wrote:
Hi! I have been using Omega T for more than a year and I now find the problem of not being able to open PDF files. I have always opened them first with Open Office, then save them in ODT to finally open and read them with Omega T and be able to work on my file. The latest PDFs received have been a problem to work with, for when I save them with Open Office they go through Open Office Draw, and can be saved in ODG only.
That probably means your PDFs contain images, and not text.
When I try to import source files in OT I have an error sign that says either the file has not the format to open it or that the file is empty. The file I am working now opened just a few sentences....Can anybody please help???!!! Thanks a lot!!
[Edited at 2014-07-18 12:22 GMT]
If your PDFs contain images, you have to convert them to text using OCR software first.
Didier
| | | | Lehti
Italy
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| OmegaT doesn't like PDFs that much | Aug 4, 2014 |
More generally, OmegaT doesn't get along well with PDF files in general, that's why I always copy-paste their content inside a DOCX or ODT file or convert it to text-only using Tesseract.
| | | | Mulyadi Subali
Indonesia
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| Great idea for working with PDF | Aug 7, 2014 |
Crod wrote:
Hi! I have been using Omega T for more than a year and I now find the problem of not being able to open PDF files. I have always opened them first with Open Office, then save them in ODT to finally open and read them with Omega T and be able to work on my file. The latest PDFs received have been a problem to work with, for when I save them with Open Office they go through Open Office Draw, and can be saved in ODG only. When I try to import source files in OT I have an error sign that says either the file has not the format to open it or that the file is empty. The file I am working now opened just a few sentences....Can anybody please help???!!! Thanks a lot!!
[Edited at 2014-07-18 12:22 GMT]
Interesting. Never thought of opening a PDF file in Open/LibreOffice. I think it's a great idea.
I gave it a try by working with a true pdf, i.e., the text can be copied directly, I opened the file in LibreOffice, saved it as ODG, then translated it with OmegaT. After saving and creating the translation, I opened the translated ODG in LibreOffice, exported it as PDF.
Here's what I found:
- Graphic format is a bit messy. However, positions of graphic, table, diagram are preserved.
- Hard returns/line breaks. Pretty usual in translating PDF directly.
- Font changes. Also pretty usual, cmiiw.
- Text formatting and color are preserved.
I think it can be an alternative to using Infix in translating PDF with OmegaT.
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