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How to invert Wordfast Pro's translation memory?
Thread poster: Rajan Chopra
Rajan Chopra
Rajan Chopra
India
Local time: 16:32
Member (2008)
English to Hindi
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Mar 24, 2012

Hello experts,

I use Wordfast Pro's 2.3.0 version for specific reasons. I want to invert my Wordfast translation memory (which is in .txt format) from English>Hindi to Hindi>English.



Could you please suggest the step by step procedure in this respect?



Regards,

Chopra
 
Yasmin Moslem
Yasmin Moslem  Identity Verified
Egypt
Local time: 14:02
English to Arabic
Inverting TM Mar 24, 2012

Dear Chopra,

- Go to TM Administration (Ctrl+F8 twice).
- Right-click the TM you would like to invert.
- Select "Invert Languages".
- "Browse" to determine where to save the new TM file.
- OK

Steps are illustrated in this video:
http://screencast.com/t/b1RSK5Ak

I hope this helps.

Note: Please download and install the late... See more
Dear Chopra,

- Go to TM Administration (Ctrl+F8 twice).
- Right-click the TM you would like to invert.
- Select "Invert Languages".
- "Browse" to determine where to save the new TM file.
- OK

Steps are illustrated in this video:
http://screencast.com/t/b1RSK5Ak

I hope this helps.

Note: Please download and install the latest version of Wordfast Professional available at: http://www.wordfast.com/store_download.html - this will not affect your current license.

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Best Regards,
Yasmin Moslem

Wordfast Technical Support Specialist
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Rajan Chopra
Rajan Chopra
India
Local time: 16:32
Member (2008)
English to Hindi
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TOPIC STARTER
Thank you, but... Mar 24, 2012

Dear Yasmin,

Thanks so much for your detailed and informative reply. Unfortunately, my version does not have this feature. My client insists on using this version only.

Is there some other method to make the inverted memory? Someone told me that if I replace the language names in the header in TM, it will become an inverted memory. I tried to do so but in vain.

Regards,

Chopra
 
Dominique Pivard
Dominique Pivard  Identity Verified
Local time: 14:02
Finnish to French
Reasons for running 2.3.0? Mar 24, 2012

langclinic wrote:
I use Wordfast Pro's 2.3.0 version for specific reasons.

You already got replies to your questions, but may I ask what these specific reasons are?
 
Rajan Chopra
Rajan Chopra
India
Local time: 16:32
Member (2008)
English to Hindi
+ ...
TOPIC STARTER
Reason Mar 24, 2012

My main client insists that I should use this version only. May be, the higher versions are not compatible for him because he gets the translation edited/proofread by someone else but I don't know the exact reason.

Dominique Pivard wrote:

langclinic wrote:
I use Wordfast Pro's 2.3.0 version for specific reasons.

You already got replies to your questions, but may I ask what these specific reasons are?


 
christela (X)
christela (X)
In Excel Mar 24, 2012

Open the TM in text format, copy it into Excel, invert the columns manually then save it again under another name, in text format.
 
Alex Lago
Alex Lago  Identity Verified
Spain
Local time: 13:02
English to Spanish
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Do it with Olifant Mar 24, 2012

If for some reason you can't update to the latest wordfast version do it with Olifant.

1-Open Wordfast
2-Press Ctrl+Shift+N
3-Select the TM you want to change
4-Click on Export
5-In "Export type" choose "Local TM"
6-In "Browse" choose the location for this exported TM, and give the file a name (this will be the final name so set it up as you would normally name the final TM).

7-Now open Olifant
8-Press Ctrl+O
9-Choose the TM you... See more
If for some reason you can't update to the latest wordfast version do it with Olifant.

1-Open Wordfast
2-Press Ctrl+Shift+N
3-Select the TM you want to change
4-Click on Export
5-In "Export type" choose "Local TM"
6-In "Browse" choose the location for this exported TM, and give the file a name (this will be the final name so set it up as you would normally name the final TM).

7-Now open Olifant
8-Press Ctrl+O
9-Choose the TM you just created (make sure the type of file in the drop-down box next to the file name is "Wodrfast TM files (*.txt)" and open it.
10-Now go to the toolbar and you will see the "Source" and "Target" language codes for the TM, simply click on the code of the "Source" language and you will get a drop down list with the available languages, swap the codes, that is choose the code that is currently the "Target" code, when you select it the "Target" code will change automatically to the other language, so the TM has now reversed the languages.
11-Press Ctrl+S (to save)

You're done, if you open the TM it will now be reversed. ▲ Collapse
 


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