Forum: Wordfast support
Topic: Successfully opened TMX in Wordfast, but no matches appearing!
Poster: CWarren
Dear technical people,
I recently had to turn down a project due to not being able to open up a TMX file in my Wordfast (Wordfast Pro 3.2.1) and am wondering where I went wrong.
Client prefers Trados but said Wordfast was fine; he converted the file to a TMX for me. Unfortunately, when I tried to load the files, my Wordfast browser did not even recognize the files.
I eventually tried using a file converted using Olifant; my browser was able to open this one and establish a TM connection successfully. Hooray! Unfortunately, when I opened the Excel files I was supposed to be translating, not a single match (fuzzy or 100%) came up, not even when I tried searching for things with the TM lookup. It was as though the TMX just wasn't there.
Now, here are the instructions my client sent me:
"• in Wordfast Pro: copy the TMX memory you want to use in any folder, then select Translation Memory > New/Select TM > Open; it will be converted on-the-fly to the native Wordfast format and a file with the same name, but the .TXT extension will be created in the same folder."
In addition, when I did a search through the forums here, I saw instructions like this:
"Make sure you create a Project in Wordfast Pro with the same language codes as those of the TMX TM. To open the TM:
1- Open "Translation Memory" menu.
2- Select "New/Select TM".
3- Click "Open" (Button).
4- Click "Browse" (button)
5- Select "Translation Memory eXchange" from the dropdown menu.
6- Locate the TMX and click "Open".
7- Make sure that your Source and Target locales selected are the same as the TMX > OK
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Now, when I open a translation memory in Wordfast, I go to "Translation memory" -->"New/select TM" -->which takes me straight to the TM list--I can't see any "Open" button or menu. From the TM list I have to choose either the "Create TM" or "Add TM" button. I don't understand where this "Open" is supposed to be. Is there something wrong with my Wordfast Pro settings? I think there must be something simple that I am doing wrong.
Many, many thanks in advance to anyone who is patient enough to bear with me! :)
Topic: Successfully opened TMX in Wordfast, but no matches appearing!
Poster: CWarren
Dear technical people,
I recently had to turn down a project due to not being able to open up a TMX file in my Wordfast (Wordfast Pro 3.2.1) and am wondering where I went wrong.
Client prefers Trados but said Wordfast was fine; he converted the file to a TMX for me. Unfortunately, when I tried to load the files, my Wordfast browser did not even recognize the files.
I eventually tried using a file converted using Olifant; my browser was able to open this one and establish a TM connection successfully. Hooray! Unfortunately, when I opened the Excel files I was supposed to be translating, not a single match (fuzzy or 100%) came up, not even when I tried searching for things with the TM lookup. It was as though the TMX just wasn't there.
Now, here are the instructions my client sent me:
"• in Wordfast Pro: copy the TMX memory you want to use in any folder, then select Translation Memory > New/Select TM > Open; it will be converted on-the-fly to the native Wordfast format and a file with the same name, but the .TXT extension will be created in the same folder."
In addition, when I did a search through the forums here, I saw instructions like this:
"Make sure you create a Project in Wordfast Pro with the same language codes as those of the TMX TM. To open the TM:
1- Open "Translation Memory" menu.
2- Select "New/Select TM".
3- Click "Open" (Button).
4- Click "Browse" (button)
5- Select "Translation Memory eXchange" from the dropdown menu.
6- Locate the TMX and click "Open".
7- Make sure that your Source and Target locales selected are the same as the TMX > OK
[url removed]
Now, when I open a translation memory in Wordfast, I go to "Translation memory" -->"New/select TM" -->which takes me straight to the TM list--I can't see any "Open" button or menu. From the TM list I have to choose either the "Create TM" or "Add TM" button. I don't understand where this "Open" is supposed to be. Is there something wrong with my Wordfast Pro settings? I think there must be something simple that I am doing wrong.
Many, many thanks in advance to anyone who is patient enough to bear with me! :)