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* Right-click the "segmented" TTX and select to open it in Wordfast Pro, or open Wordfast Pro > ''File'' menu, and select ''Open File''.
 
* Right-click the "segmented" TTX and select to open it in Wordfast Pro, or open Wordfast Pro > ''File'' menu, and select ''Open File''.
 
* It will ask you to create a project for you if the current one has different language locales.
 
* It will ask you to create a project for you if the current one has different language locales.
* Select the required TM: ''Translation Memory'' menu > ''New/Select TM'' > ''Open'' to browse for your TM (or ''New'' if you do not have one).
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* Select the required TM: ''Translation Memory'' menu > ''Add Local'' > ''Open'' to browse for your TM (or ''New'' if you do not have one).
* Place the cursor in the target cell and press Ctrl+Alt+X or Alt+Delete to remove the copied source.
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* Place the cursor in the target cell and click ''Clear Target'' > ''Clear All Target'' to remove the copied source.
* Type the translation and press Alt+Down to commit (store) it into the TM and move to the next segment.
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* Type the translation and click ''Next Segment'' to commit (store) it into the TM and move to the next segment.
* While translating, make sure you enter the [[placeables]] in their proper places. Placeables look like {ut1}. Press Ctrl+Alt+Right to select a placeable and Ctrl+Alt+Down to insert it in its location in the target cell.
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* While translating, make sure you enter the tags in their proper places. Placeables look like {ut1}. Press Ctrl+Alt+Right to select a placeable and Ctrl+Alt+Down to insert it in its location in the target cell.
 
* Continue translation until the end of the file, press Alt+End, and make sure you have only violet, green and/or yellow segments; pink segments mean that they have been edited without committing into the TM.
 
* Continue translation until the end of the file, press Alt+End, and make sure you have only violet, green and/or yellow segments; pink segments mean that they have been edited without committing into the TM.
 
* When you finish the translation, select "File" menu > "Save Translated File" to have the (bilingual) translated TTX file that you have to send back to your client.
 
* When you finish the translation, select "File" menu > "Save Translated File" to have the (bilingual) translated TTX file that you have to send back to your client.

Revision as of 20:48, 26 December 2018

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How to Translate TagEditor TTX Files in Wordfast Pro, demonstrated by Yasmin Moslem


Ask your client to pre-translate the TTX file in Trados even against an empty TM and send you the *segmented* TTX file to be able to open and translate in Wordfast Pro. You can even do this yourself in the DEMO version of Trados 2007.

Open Trados 2007 Workbench > Tools > Translate > Add (to select the TTX file) > (check) Segment unknown sentences > Translate. (A demo version of Trados should be enough for doing this yourself.)

  • Right-click the "segmented" TTX and select to open it in Wordfast Pro, or open Wordfast Pro > File menu, and select Open File.
  • It will ask you to create a project for you if the current one has different language locales.
  • Select the required TM: Translation Memory menu > Add Local > Open to browse for your TM (or New if you do not have one).
  • Place the cursor in the target cell and click Clear Target > Clear All Target to remove the copied source.
  • Type the translation and click Next Segment to commit (store) it into the TM and move to the next segment.
  • While translating, make sure you enter the tags in their proper places. Placeables look like {ut1}. Press Ctrl+Alt+Right to select a placeable and Ctrl+Alt+Down to insert it in its location in the target cell.
  • Continue translation until the end of the file, press Alt+End, and make sure you have only violet, green and/or yellow segments; pink segments mean that they have been edited without committing into the TM.
  • When you finish the translation, select "File" menu > "Save Translated File" to have the (bilingual) translated TTX file that you have to send back to your client.


You can use Ctrl+Alt+X or Alt+Delete to remove the content of a target segment. If you want to remove the content of ALL the target segments before starting the translation, you can use the shortcut Alt+Shift+Delete.