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== Problem ==<br />
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Wordfast ([[Wordfast Classic|Classic]], [[Wordfast Pro|Pro]] or [[Wordfast Anywhere|Anywhere]]) cannot open a TXT memory supplied by a client. Wordfast will typically report:<br />
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::''C:\... filename.txt is a Trados Text TM, not a Wordfast TM.'' ([[Wordfast Classic]])<br />
::''Failed to connect. Translation memory header is invalid.'' ([[Wordfast Pro]])<br />
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== Cause ==<br />
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Although the TM is a text file with the TXT extension, just like a Wordfast TM, it has a different structure because it was exported from Trados. If one opens the file in a text editor (e.g. Notepad), its opening lines will read:<br />
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[[File:Trados TXT in Notepad.png]]<br />
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== Solution ==<br />
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Use ApSIC Xbench<ref>ApSIC Xbench is a third-party software tool, available free of charge at the [http://www.apsic.com/en/products_xbench.html ApSIC website] (as of June 2012).</ref> to convert the Trados TXT file to the [[TMX]] file format. Any of the Wordfast tools can open TMX TMs.<br />
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To do this with With ApSIC Xbech, follow these two steps:<br />
# To open the Trados TXT file in ApSIC Xbench, select {{menu|Project}} > {{menu|New}} > {{menu|Add}}, set {{menu|File type}} to ''Trados Exported Memory'', and navigate to the Trados TXT file.<br />
# To export the file from ApSIC Xbench to TMX, select {{menu|Tools}} > {{menu|Export items}} and set {{menu|Output}} to ''TMX''.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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