Convert .xlf to .docx (or .xlsx, .pptx, .pdf, etc)
Thread poster: m_j_s
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Feb 27, 2017

I work with a client that sends me .xlf files to translate. I like to proofread at least once in MS Word before sending a translation off - but this isn't possible with xlf. Does anyone know how to convert an xlf to a docx for this purpose?

[Edited at 2017-02-27 10:35 GMT]


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Sergei Leshchinsky
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export Feb 27, 2017

as a bilingual file from your CAT-tool, and proofread in Word.

 
m_j_s
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Convert .xlf to .docx (or .xlsx, .pptx, .pdf, etc) with no markup language Feb 27, 2017

This is certainly one option, thanks. Is there a way of doing this that doesn't result in a Word file full of markup language?

 
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Which tools? Feb 27, 2017

m_j_scown wrote:
Which tools do you have that can open XLF files? In which program did you translate the XLF file?


 
m_j_s
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CAT tools Feb 27, 2017

I have memoQ and Trados 2015. These documents were translated in memoQ.

[Edited at 2017-02-27 14:36 GMT]


 
Sergei Leshchinsky
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export Feb 27, 2017

m_j_scown wrote:

I have memoQ... translated in memoQ.

Export to Bilingual RTF and proofread in Word.
Then, update the project by importing these RTFs back to memoQ.
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Sergei Leshchinsky
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No Feb 27, 2017


m_j_scown wrote:
Is there a way of doing this that doesn't result in a Word file full of markup language?


 
m_j_s
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No markup Feb 27, 2017

Thanks again for your suggestion. I'm rather hoping to be able to read a clean document: no markup, all images and formatting present, etc. Perhaps there's an external tool capable of this? I did see that Trados has a feature for Trados-format xliff (http://producthelp.sdl.com/kb/Articles/3448.html).

 


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Convert .xlf to .docx (or .xlsx, .pptx, .pdf, etc)







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