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How to remove write-protection/read only mode?

Fernando Larrazabal

Translator Edition 2018. Version 18.0.171.0

A project with three t18 files.

I can open the files, but cannot write the translations (in two of the three files) because they are write/protected or open in read only mode.

Two other people do no have issues opening and working with the same files.

I have tried uninstalling the software, restarting the computer, cleaning the registry, reinstalling the software ...

Even more strange: after uninstalling/restarting/reinstalling the software, the program will show the files I opened BEFORE the software was uninstalled. Shouldn´t the list be empty?

 
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    In my experience, uninstalling and reinstalling only helps in the rarest of cases. It is a lot of work and involves many risks.

    The fact that after the reinstallation the Recent list was present again is due to the fact that this is user data and not installation data.

    SDL Passolo has a feature that allows project managers to split multiple modules to be translated by different people. Each bundle has the same and complete content to provide the full context but different parts are set to read-only so that synchronization errors can be avoided.

    An indicator would be that the most left column of the table view is gray (read-only) and that system generated comments are displayed in the comment field.
  • 0 in reply to Achim Herrmann
    Achim Herrmann said:
    SDL Passolo has a feature that allows project managers to split multiple modules to be translated by different people. Each bundle has the same and complete content to provide the full context but different parts are set to read-only so that synchronization errors can be avoided.

    However, the same set of 3 files behave differently on different machines: on machine A (that of project managers) all 3 files work fine/not write-protected, but on machine B (that of translator) the same 3 files appear so that 1 file opens for editing while 2 other files open write-protected. Why?
  • 0 in reply to Stepan Konev

    The post does not give me a complete picture. Therefore, I make some assumptions and have some follow-up questions. In the end I can only give general advice, an exact analysis of the problem is only possible if the project and the bundles are sent to support.

    There is a Passolo project (LPU) that contains 3 source files, translated into at least 1 target language. Now the project manager exports licensed translation bundle(s) (TBULIC18).

    • Is one bundle file exported and sent to 3 different translators? or
    • Was the splitting option used while exporting the bundles which then creates 3 different bundle files each with different parts set to read-only?
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  • 0 in reply to Stepan Konev

    The post does not give me a complete picture. Therefore, I make some assumptions and have some follow-up questions. In the end I can only give general advice, an exact analysis of the problem is only possible if the project and the bundles are sent to support.

    There is a Passolo project (LPU) that contains 3 source files, translated into at least 1 target language. Now the project manager exports licensed translation bundle(s) (TBULIC18).

    • Is one bundle file exported and sent to 3 different translators? or
    • Was the splitting option used while exporting the bundles which then creates 3 different bundle files each with different parts set to read-only?
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