How can I import an DE-EN sdlxliff into a TM with the opposite language direction EN-DE in Trados Studio 2017?

Question

I work for a customer for whom I usually translate in the direction EN->DE, So my TM has this direction. 
 Occasionally they send me something that needs to go the other way round, so DE->EN. I used ANYTM to reverse my TM, got the translation done by a native speaker and now I want to import this into my regular TM which has the direction EN->DE in order to leverage those translations as well.

Paul · Accepted Answer

Hi Ursula, 
 
If you don't ever care about the variants and just want one TM for everything, also reverse direction, then just use AnyTM for your work and that's it. It will create a reverse direction TM in the background the first time and thereafter keep them updated so it doesn't matter what variant of language direction you work with. 
 
If the variants are important then I'd recommend you set up a couple of project templates as I did in this article: 
 
 multifarious.filkin.com/.../ 
 
That way you have the best of both worlds. 
 
Regards 
 
Paul

Paul · Answer

Unknown said: I would use the TM created with AnyTM from now on in my project? 
 Just to clarify on this part. The TM is not created with AnyTM, you just select your normal TM with AnyTM and that's it. So if you set up your defaults to always select the same AnyTM then you don't need to do anything else. Every time you open a file the right TM will be selected; any time you create a Project the right TM will be corrected. 
 Make sense?

Paul · Answer

Hi Ursula Rapp , 
 
You don't actually have to do anything. First of all AnyTM will allow you to use the same TM to work in both directions, and secondly (even if you didn't use AnyTM) you can import a DE->EN sdlxliff into an EN->DE Translation Memory. Studio is smart enough to recognise the languages and put them into the right place. 
 
Perhaps review this article on AnyTM: 
 
 multifarious.filkin.com/.../ 
 
The content is relevant although you don't need an app anymore as this is part of the product. 
 
Regards 
 
Paul

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How can I import an DE->EN sdlxliff into a TM with the opposite language direction EN->DE in Trados Studio 2017?