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Thread poster: Roland Koller
Roland Koller
Roland Koller
Austria
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Mar 21, 2023

Hi,

I am trying to import the files of an sdlppx. Trados package to MateCat and then, once the translation is finished, re-configure them so that the finished translation can be viewed in Trados. (Might be a good idea to open up a separate thread on how to work with Trados packages using other CAT tools, but apparantley this is possibl... See more
Hi,

I am trying to import the files of an sdlppx. Trados package to MateCat and then, once the translation is finished, re-configure them so that the finished translation can be viewed in Trados. (Might be a good idea to open up a separate thread on how to work with Trados packages using other CAT tools, but apparantley this is possible, as can be seen in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4ZGeAjTl2M).

The issue I'm having right now is that the files in the package are xlsx.sdlxliff. files, which apparently is a format that is not supported by MateCat. The error message (see below) says that I need to convert the file to docx format with an OCR software, but I can't one that's for free. Any solutions?

Screenshot 2023-03-21 at 12.21.48


Kind regards
Roland

[Edited at 2023-03-21 16:35 GMT] ▲ Collapse
 
Samuel Murray
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@Roland Mar 21, 2023

Roland Koller wrote:
The issue I'm having right now is that the files in the package are xlsx.sdlxliff. files, which apparently is a format that is not supported by MateCat.

According to the MateCat homepage, SDLXLIFF files are supported by MateCat.

The error message, see attachment, says that I need to convert the file to docx format with an OCR software...

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Roland Koller
Roland Koller
Austria
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Another error message Mar 21, 2023

I edited my post, so now you should be able to see the error message on MateCat which I got this morning. I just tried uploading the same file format again and got a different error message: "Error: file extension not allowed" (see below)

Screenshot 2023-03-21 at 17.37.46

@Samuel: Yes, sdlxliff files are supported on MateCat. So I think that the issue may be that I'm trying to upload xlsx.sdlxliff files.
 
Samuel Murray
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Maybe Mar 21, 2023

Maybe MateCat requires the SDLXLIFF file to be pre-translated (i.e. source text in all target fields). Do you have Trados yourself?
 


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Work on doc.sdlxliff and xlsx.sdlxliff format with MateCat






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