Forum: MemoQ support
Topic: How to convert sdlxliff files into mqxliff files?
Poster: Samuel Murray
Post title: What kind of RTF...?
[quote]Noha Mostafa wrote:
The client sent me the project in 2 formats; rtf and mqxliff. [/quote]
Wait a second... when you say "RTF", do you mean a file with a table in it, where you're supposed to put the translation in the column next to the source text?
If yes, then I'm 99% certain that the client merely sent you both files to give you more options, and would actually be perfectly happy with just the RTF file (and doesn't actually desire both files back). If the RTF file is such a table, then it means that the RTF file is simply another version of the MQXLIFF file, and the client wanted to give you the choice of whether to translate the RTF file or the MQXLIFF file. If this is the case, and you have already put the translation in the "target" column of the RTF file, then that is all that the client wants (no need to send a translated MQXLIFF file).
Also, if you translated that columned RTF in Trados (by importing it into a new project, and then using Generate Translations at the end), then odds are the "source" column is now translated (-: which means that you would have to copy/paste the translation into the "target" column of the original RTF file.
[Edited at 2023-03-09 19:23 GMT]
Topic: How to convert sdlxliff files into mqxliff files?
Poster: Samuel Murray
Post title: What kind of RTF...?
[quote]Noha Mostafa wrote:
The client sent me the project in 2 formats; rtf and mqxliff. [/quote]
Wait a second... when you say "RTF", do you mean a file with a table in it, where you're supposed to put the translation in the column next to the source text?
If yes, then I'm 99% certain that the client merely sent you both files to give you more options, and would actually be perfectly happy with just the RTF file (and doesn't actually desire both files back). If the RTF file is such a table, then it means that the RTF file is simply another version of the MQXLIFF file, and the client wanted to give you the choice of whether to translate the RTF file or the MQXLIFF file. If this is the case, and you have already put the translation in the "target" column of the RTF file, then that is all that the client wants (no need to send a translated MQXLIFF file).
Also, if you translated that columned RTF in Trados (by importing it into a new project, and then using Generate Translations at the end), then odds are the "source" column is now translated (-: which means that you would have to copy/paste the translation into the "target" column of the original RTF file.
[Edited at 2023-03-09 19:23 GMT]