How to Send Files for Bilingual Review in Word
For reviewers who do not have Studio installed, you can export the .*sdlxliff
file to a bilingual review document format (.review.docx)
which can be opened in Microsoft Word. The reviewed document can then
be imported back into Studio and the *.sdlxliff updated with edits, tracked
changes, reviewed statuses and comments.
NOTE |
The
bilingual review document contains all of the information from
the *.sdlxliff project file apart from comments that are file-based
(segment-based and selected-text comments are still included). |
In the Projects view, right-click
on the project and select Batch Tasks >
Export for Bilingual Review.
|
To quickly export one document for
review when in the Editor view,
use the commands from the File Actions
group menu on the Review tab. |
- Click Next on the Batch
Tasks page of the Batch Processing
wizard.
- On the Files page, select the
files that you want to send for review and click Next.
- On the Settings page, select
Language Pairs > All Language Pairs
> Batch Processing > Export
for Bilingual Review from the navigation tree.
- In the Location box on the right,
modify where you want the exported files to be located. By default,
they are exported to an External Review
folder within the project folder structure. This folder contains separate
subfolders for each target language.
- Select how the translated content will appear in the exported document:
- In the Layout type box, select
side-by-side to view your source and target segments side-by-side
or select top-down to view source segments above their corresponding
target segments.
- In the Segment Match Highlighting
Colors section, modify the colors used to indicate the
different type of matches from the translation memory.
- Click Finish.
- When the wizard is finished generating the files, click Close.
A prompt is displayed asking if you want to open the folder
containing the exported documents. Click Yes.
The External Review folder is opened
and the documents (.review.docx)
are located within the target language subfolders.
- Send the files to the external reviewer using an agreed upon method.
For example, by email or by placing the files on a FTP site.
Related Topics
About Reviewing Bilingual
Files with Word
How to Update Studio with
Bilingual Reviewed File from Word