How to Upgrade Translation Memories

This topic describes how to upgrade your SDLX 2007 and SDL Trados 2007 translation memories and .tmx files to the SDL Trados Studio 2009 format .sdltm using the Upgrade Translation Memories wizard in SDL Trados Studio.

Before You Start

NOTE

For more detailed information on upgrading translation memories and which segmentation rules are upgraded, see the SDL Trados Studio 2009 Migration Guide . To access this guide, go to Start > All Programs > SDL > SDL Trados Studio 2009 > Documentation > SDL Trados Studio 2009 Migration Guide.

 

To upgrade your translation memories:

  1. Select Tools > Upgrade Translation Memories from the menu bar. The Input Translation Memories page of the Upgrade Translation Memories wizard is displayed.

  2. Select the translation memories and TMX files that you want to upgrade on the Input Translation Memories page.

To

Click

Upgrade file-based translation memories or TMX files,

  • .....Add File-based TMs from Folder to add a folder of translation memories and/or TMX files. The Browse for Folder dialog box is displayed. Select the folder and click OK to add the contents of the folder.

  • Add File-based TMs to add an individual translation memory or TMX file. The Select Input Translation Memories dialog box is displayed. Select the translation memories and click Open to add them.

Upgrade SDL WinAlign Export TXT files,

  • Add File-based TMs to add an SDL WinAlign Export TXT file. The Select Input Translation Memories dialog box is displayed.

  • Select the SDL WinAlign Export TXT files and click Open to add them. The WinAlign Conversion dialog box is displayed.

  • Click Browse if you want to change the location of the SDL Trados 2007 TMW files that will be created as part of the upgrade process. Click OK to close the dialog box and to create the TMW files.

Upgrade SDL Trados 2007 server-based translation memory,

  • .....Add Server-based TM and select SDL Trados 2007 server-based translation memory from the drop-down list. The Log On dialog box may be displayed.

  • Select the appropriate authentication method and enter your login credential if required. Click OK. The Select Translation Memory dialog box is displayed.

  • Expand a database to load the translation memories it contains into the window for selection. To expand a database, double-click the database or click the plus icon preceding the database name. If you are not currently logged in to a TM server, the window remains empty. Select a translation memory and click OK.

Upgrade SDLX 2007 server-based translation memory,

  • .....Add Server-based TM and select SDLX 2007server-based translation memory from the drop-down list. The Select Data Source dialog box is displayed.

  • If the server from which you want to retrieve the translation memories is not displayed, click Add. Alternatively, if the server from which you want to retrieve translations memories is displayed, select the server and click Configure. The Add/Configure SQL Server Data Source dialog box is displayed.

  • Complete the boxes on the Add/Configure SQL Server Data Source and select the translation memory you want to upgrade from the Database drop-down list. Click OK to close this dialog box and click OK again to close the Select Data Source dialog box.

  1. Click Next. The Output Translation Memories page is displayed.

  2. Complete the Output Translation Memories page. You can specify how the translation memories are created by selecting one of the following:

Option

Description

Create output translation memory for each input translation memory

When this option is selected, an SDL Trados Studio translation memory is created for each translation memory and *.tmx file that was added on the Input Translation Memories page.

Create output translation memory for each language pair

When this option is selected, an SDL Trados Studio translation memory is created for each language pair that exists in the translation memories and *.tmx files that were added on the Input Translation Memories page.

Custom

When this option is selected, additional options are displayed where you can customize how the SDL Trados Studio translation memories are created.

  1. Click Next. The Output Translation Memories Settings page is displayed.

  2. Complete the Output Translation Memories Settings page. Select the translation memory for which you want to define settings from the Output Translation Memories box and specify your settings for the following tabs:

  3. Click the Location tab. Specify if you want the upgraded translation memory to be file-based or server-based.

NOTE

If you selected multiple language pairs to be in the new upgraded translation memory, then you can only create a server-based translation memory. Server-based translation memories are multilingual, meaning they can contain multiple language pairs, and file-based translation memories are bilingual, meaning they can contain only one language pair.

  1. Click the Settings tab. If you are upgrading more than one translation memory and they have different language variants, select which language variant you want the new upgraded translation memory to have. You can also enter a description and modify your recognition settings.

  2. Click the Language Pairs tab - The list of language pairs in the selected translation memory is displayed. If It Is a server-based translation memory, it can contain multiple language pairs.

  3. Click the Compatibility tab. Specify what data associated with the translation unit is removed or retained in your translation memory in order to optimize the leverage from your new upgraded translation memory.

  4. Click the Fields tab. The existing custom fields from the translation memories you are upgrading from are listed here. Delete or modify the custom fields as needed.

  5. Click the Language Resources tab. Your input translation memories are scanned and any segmentation rules are copied. Depending on the type of translation memory or TMX file you are upgrading, some or all of the segmentation rules can be upgraded. You can also choose to select the default language resources in SDL Trados Studio instead of upgrading your segmentation rules.

  1. Click Finish when you are ready to start the upgrade process. The Upgrading Translation Memories page is displayed.

  2. You can now do the following:

  3. Click the Details link to display the Import Results dialog box which contains statistics about what translation units were imported.

  4. Click the Open link to open the translation memory in the Translation Memories view to view the imported data.

 

Related Topics

Overview: Upgrading your Translation Memories

How to Upgrade Translation Memories without Specifying Settings