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Processing SDLXLIFF in Swordfish
Thread poster: Geneviève Granger
Geneviève Granger
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Feb 22, 2013

I have experimented with this in the past, but unfortunately cannot remember this point and cannot find this piece of information on the maxprogramms website:

Do SDLXLIFF files have to be presegmented prior to be imported into Swordfish?

Thanks a lot for experiences on this.
Geneviève.
 
Piotr Bienkowski
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Presegment them Feb 22, 2013

Rodolfo has the last word on it, but I think it is best/safest to presegment them, and copy source to target. You can always clear the targets after importing into Swordfish.

Regards,

Piotr
 
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The problem is about paying for a licence Feb 22, 2013

The fact is that I want to live completely without Trados: I don't want to pay a licence only to use it as a presegmentation and conversion tool. Also, customers are mostly not willing to deliver presegmented SDLXILIFF files and to convert the TM to TMX to their language providers.
I am looking for a solution that makes me completely independent of Trados.
 
Rodolfo Raya
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No need to pre-segment in Trados Feb 22, 2013

Swordfish can segment SDLXLIFF files. There is no need to pre-segment in Trados Studio.

Regards,
Rodolfo
 
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Living without SDL: is it possible? Feb 23, 2013

Geneviève Granger wrote:

I am looking for a solution that makes me completely independent of Trados.


I'm not sure whether that is possible. I think you should always run a verification check in Studio before you send your translation to your client.
 
Rodolfo Raya
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Yes, that's possible. Feb 23, 2013

trhanslator wrote:
I'm not sure whether that is possible.


Yes, that's actually possible. There are lots of translators working on Mac OS X and Linux that can't run Trados and work without problems.

Regards,
Rodolfo
 
Geneviève Granger
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Thanks Feb 25, 2013

Thanks a lot for your info, Rodolfo.

I remember from my prior tests that the files could be seamless read again in Trados.

Have a nice week, everybody.

Geneviève
 
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Today I had an SDLXLIFF file I couldn't read in Studio Mar 6, 2013

Rodolfo Raya wrote:

trhanslator wrote:
I'm not sure whether that is possible.


Yes, that's actually possible. There are lots of translators working on Mac OS X and Linux that can't run Trados and work without problems.

Regards,
Rodolfo


I think they have other SDLXLIFF files than I have: mine cause Studio to reject the pseudo-translation from Swordfish. I've reported this to tech@... but I got no answer to my question whether I still have support for my license.
 


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