Re: [Omegat-users] Open / Translate / Export Trados packages

[Jean-Christophe H. <jea...@tr...>]

Rodolfo just sent me this:

> Hi JC,
> 
> Only Trados Studio can claim full support for Studio packages. And you must keep it updated because new versions of Studio usually have some backwards incompatibilities.
> 
> Swordfish supports importing Trados Studio packages for translation and exports properly formatted return packages that Studio accepts without complaining. 
> 
> OpenXLIFF Filtes (used by Swordfish and XLIFF Manager) reads package settings and use them for extracting translatable content. It also updates package settings when creating return packages.
> 
> Memories and glossaries are not extracted from Studio packages because none is interested on that. Swordfish users usually request TMs in TMX format from Trados clients. 
> 
> Extracting TMX or TBX from a package is simple and can be implemented if anyone requests it.
> 
> Regards,
> Rodolfo
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JC

> On Sep 1, 2021, at 0:19, Samuel Murray (YP) <sam...@ya...> wrote:
> 
> On 31/08/2021 17:04, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:
> 
>> Swordfish advertises Trados package full support...
> 
> AFAIK, it does not.
> 
> It says: "Accepts Trados Studio packages (*.sdlppx) to XLIFF and creates return packages (*.sdlrpx)"
> 
> To me, "accepts Trados Studio packages to XLIFF" means that it can unpack the SDLXLIFF files.  It doesn't say whether it converts glossaries and TMs, and I'm uncertain whether Swordfish does anything with the settings.
> 
> However, there are free (as in beer) software out there that can read the SDLTM and SDLTB files (both use some form of SQLite), so theoretically it should be possible for OmegaT or Swordfish to extract its content.  But: the Swordfish web site doesn't say that it does this.
> 
> I assume "and creates return packages (*.sdlrpx)" means that at least the return-packages are accepted by Trados as such.
> 
> Samuel
> 
> 
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