Trados Studio TMX to Wordfast Pro TM via Okapi fails Thread poster: Dr. phil. Christiane Bohnert
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Dear colleagues,
I am trying to update my Wordfast TM with my Trados Studio TM. So I created a TMX file and via Okapi I tried to turn it into a txt Wordfast TM. Okapi, however, stops at 53338 units (my TM has 112000), the conversion does not happen.
I also tried importing first my Wordfast TM into TMX and thence into my Trados TM, and back into a Wordfast TM, but when trying to apply it, I got the dreaded "invalid characters message, and no fiddling with Okapi seemed to... See more Dear colleagues,
I am trying to update my Wordfast TM with my Trados Studio TM. So I created a TMX file and via Okapi I tried to turn it into a txt Wordfast TM. Okapi, however, stops at 53338 units (my TM has 112000), the conversion does not happen.
I also tried importing first my Wordfast TM into TMX and thence into my Trados TM, and back into a Wordfast TM, but when trying to apply it, I got the dreaded "invalid characters message, and no fiddling with Okapi seemed to fix the invalid characters or Okapi being stuck at 53338. I also tried the TMValidator that somebody had recommended on an earlier post, but it did not work.
Any help would be very much appreciated. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Jorge Payan 
Colombia
Local time: 16:10
Member (2002)
German to Spanish
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| | Thank you but does not seem to work offline | Aug 2, 2017 |
Thank you, Jorge, but I downloaded the zip, and there was not executable file in it. I certainly won't edit the TM on the open web.
Best regards,
Christiane
[email protected]
| | | | Jorge Payan
Colombia
Local time: 16:10
Member (2002)
German to Spanish
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John Di Rico
France
Local time: 23:10
Member (2006)
French to English
| Try WFP3 or WFA | Aug 3, 2017 |
Hi Christiane,
You could try uploading the TMX to WFA, and then downloading it again. For some reason, this seams to work, and I think it just skips segments with corrupt characters. Otherwise, if you use WFP3, it tells you what line in the TMX file contains an error and what it is. Then you have to open the TMX file with a text editor and fix it. It is usually an unsupported code for an apostrophe or accented character. Search for all instances and replace with the character it should be.... See more Hi Christiane,
You could try uploading the TMX to WFA, and then downloading it again. For some reason, this seams to work, and I think it just skips segments with corrupt characters. Otherwise, if you use WFP3, it tells you what line in the TMX file contains an error and what it is. Then you have to open the TMX file with a text editor and fix it. It is usually an unsupported code for an apostrophe or accented character. Search for all instances and replace with the character it should be.
Hope this helps,
John ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Thanks, John, but... | Aug 3, 2017 |
Thank you, John. I tried uploading the tmx file to WFP3, and it had a very long list of lines that "contain tabulation" (whatever that means), and one "fatal error" containing the character " " (which I know is not part of that tmx file, as it is not part of my Trados TM). Text editors (Notepad, WordPad) too react to this fatal error, and do not open the tmx file.
As to uploading to Wordfast Anywhere I have never done that before, and do not know how. Also, does it not compromis... See more Thank you, John. I tried uploading the tmx file to WFP3, and it had a very long list of lines that "contain tabulation" (whatever that means), and one "fatal error" containing the character " " (which I know is not part of that tmx file, as it is not part of my Trados TM). Text editors (Notepad, WordPad) too react to this fatal error, and do not open the tmx file.
As to uploading to Wordfast Anywhere I have never done that before, and do not know how. Also, does it not compromise the security of the file?
Again, thank you for trying to solve my problem.
Best regards,
Christiane
[email protected] ▲ Collapse
| | | | John Di Rico
France
Local time: 23:10
Member (2006)
French to English
| Check confidentiality statement | Aug 3, 2017 |
As to uploading to Wordfast Anywhere I have never done that before, and do not know how. Also, does it not compromise the security of the file?
Hi again,
Check the confidentiality statement in the terms and conditions: https://www.freetm.com/files/doc/terms.html
Best,
John
| | | | CafeTran Training (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 23:10
| Try CafeTran? | Aug 3, 2017 |
Dr. phil. Christiane Bohnert wrote:
Dear colleagues,
I am trying to update my Wordfast TM with my Trados Studio TM. So I created a TMX file and via Okapi I tried to turn it into a txt Wordfast TM. Okapi, however, stops at 53338 units (my TM has 112000), the conversion does not happen.
I also tried importing first my Wordfast TM into TMX and thence into my Trados TM, and back into a Wordfast TM, but when trying to apply it, I got the dreaded "invalid characters message, and no fiddling with Okapi seemed to fix the invalid characters or Okapi being stuck at 53338. I also tried the TMValidator that somebody had recommended on an earlier post, but it did not work.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
CafeTran deals with these invalid characters in TMX files from Trados and SDL. You can use the evaluation version for this conversion.
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| Thank you very much! | Aug 3, 2017 |
Dear Colleagues,
Thank you all for your responses. John's solution with Wordfast Anywhere did in fact work! I can recommend it.
Best regards,
Christiane
[email protected]
| | | | CafeTran Training (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 23:10
| CafeTran removes invalid characters from Studio TMX | Aug 7, 2017 |
CafeTran Training wrote: Dr. phil. Christiane Bohnert wrote:
Dear colleagues,
I am trying to update my Wordfast TM with my Trados Studio TM. So I created a TMX file and via Okapi I tried to turn it into a txt Wordfast TM. Okapi, however, stops at 53338 units (my TM has 112000), the conversion does not happen.
I also tried importing first my Wordfast TM into TMX and thence into my Trados TM, and back into a Wordfast TM, but when trying to apply it, I got the dreaded "invalid characters message, and no fiddling with Okapi seemed to fix the invalid characters or Okapi being stuck at 53338. I also tried the TMValidator that somebody had recommended on an earlier post, but it did not work.
Any help would be very much appreciated. CafeTran deals with these invalid characters in TMX files from Trados and SDL. You can use the evaluation version for this conversion.
I just had such a legacy TMX file with old Trados Workbench TUs in it. CafeTran presented me this dialogue box:
After clicking the Remove button, the TMX file was cleaned and could be used by CafeTran right away (no prior import necessary).
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