translation memory - how to reverse direction

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You can use your existing SDL Trados translation memory from translating IN and FROM BOTH LANGUAGES. A few simple steps how to do it... A small tutorial by Tomarenko Fachübersetzungen + DTP, Übersetzungsbüro für russisch | englisch | deutsch

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By: Tomarenko (18 month(s) ago)

Um ein bestehendes SDL Trados translation memory für beide Sprachrichtungen zu verwenden, sind eigentlich ZWEI memories erforderlich. Bei uns z.B. war das Translation Memory deutsch-russisch viel umfangreicher als russisch-deutsch. Um diese Situation auszugleichen, ergänzten wir das TM russisch-deutsch durch das größere TM deutsch-russisch, dafür mußten wir nur die Sprachrichtung umkehren. Unerwarteterweise geschieht es leicht... Tomarenko Fachübersetzungen DTP - Übersetzungen russisch - englisch - deutsch

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A “both-way” TMwith SDL Trados? : 

1 A “both-way” TMwith SDL Trados? How to get two TMsfor the price of one

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2 To use your TM for translatingin and from both languages,you need to reversethe translation direction.

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3 As Trados TMs work only in one direction(source language -> target language),the obvious solution would beto swap source and target.

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4 Here is how you do it.

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5 Step 1. Open the TM you want to use for translating in the opposite directionand export TM data from Trados Workbench. E.g. German -> Russian

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7 For convenience’s sake you can use .txt format.(You can always open and check the .txt file with TextPad or MS Word.)Pay attention to the sequence of source and target segments:<Seg L=DE-DE>... <Seg L=RU-RU>... That is what you want to get…

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8 Step 2. Create a new TM. Make sure to swap the source and target languages(Russian -> German). (You can also use the existing TMwith source and target languages as required.)

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10 Step 3. Import the TM data.

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11 You can also export the new TM data and check the segments in the new .txt file:<Seg L=RU-RU>... <Seg L=DE-DE>... That is what you had in the beginning…

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12 That’s it.