Hi Beth Klawun 

Quite a few things in here:

Unknown said:

I left my file open overnight

Generally I'd recommend you don't do this.  I know you should be able to do this but I would not.  Who knows what processes you have running on your computer that might cause you problems by working on temporary files that Studio is using when the file is open.  Close the files and Studio and you'll be safer from this.

Unknown said:

When I tried to generate the target translation, I got the dependency file not found message.

This can happen as a result of security software impacting on the temporary files as mentioned above.

Unknown said:

I tried to rename the TM and open a new single-file translation. There are only 5 segments in the TM. I had confirmed all segments while translating. Do they not go automatically to the TM when I do that? 

I'm not sure why you would rename the TM, this is not necessary.  However, if you had the TM enabled and the update button checked as shown here then your work will go into the TM as you confirm it:

Also make sure that you added this TM has been added in your Project Settings and is all checked in there too.

Unknown said:

I also tried searching in file explorer for all documents modified today and see what is some kind of file with en-GB at the end of the file name time stamped at 10:09, which is when the file should still have been ok. Can I maybe open this file? Is there a safe way to do it so that I don't lose it?

It sounds to me as though you are not showing the file extensions in your windows explorer, so you are seeing ...._en-GB at the end instead of ..._en-GB.sdlxliff which is the one you want.  So I think this may be the one you need and this is workaround I was going to suggest.  Open this file as a single file translation in Studio and you may well be able to save the target file from this.

Regards

Paul

Hi Paul,

Thanks very much for your response and suggestions. I will surely never leave a translation open over night again. For some strange reason I thought that might be safer... less opening and closing to muck things up. Live and learn.

I just now tried to open the above-mentioned file and  get the same dependency file not found message. I am not surprised really because the file size looks to small to be the actual file.

So, how is it that the files get deleted?

I did hit the Save button several times while working, so I am surprised that there is no file at all that I can go back to.

And while not usually over night, I have certainly left my desk before with the Editor window open. I wonder how it is that those files were not lost or corrupted? Not that I expect an answer for that :-).

Oooh, although that didn't work and no file opened, I am now seeing that the bar showing 100% translated is back... This is what I see on that line:

Name Words Status Progress Size Usage File Type Identifier Path Local State Checked Out To

20170228_CV_MIS_fin_V2.doc.sdlxliff 923 Translated 100% 1,467 KB Translatable Word 2000-2003 v 1.0.0.0 \ n/a (none)

(Well, I'm sort of pleased that I was able to insert the screen shot, but sorry it's so tiny.)

Is there a way for me to safely save backups myself of the files while I work on them? Not sure whether I can select all segments and copy and paste them into a Word document that is not linked to Studio so it can't be magically deleted.

Also, my high-school-aged son just got home from school and has encouraged me to keep trying to find the files. He says that it is not likely that they are really gone. I wish I were more of a computer person!

I appreciate your help!

Beth

Hi Paul,

Thanks very much for your response and suggestions. I will surely never leave a translation open over night again. For some strange reason I thought that might be safer... less opening and closing to muck things up. Live and learn.

I just now tried to open the above-mentioned file and  get the same dependency file not found message. I am not surprised really because the file size looks to small to be the actual file.

So, how is it that the files get deleted?

I did hit the Save button several times while working, so I am surprised that there is no file at all that I can go back to.

And while not usually over night, I have certainly left my desk before with the Editor window open. I wonder how it is that those files were not lost or corrupted? Not that I expect an answer for that :-).

Oooh, although that didn't work and no file opened, I am now seeing that the bar showing 100% translated is back... This is what I see on that line:

Name Words Status Progress Size Usage File Type Identifier Path Local State Checked Out To

20170228_CV_MIS_fin_V2.doc.sdlxliff 923 Translated 100% 1,467 KB Translatable Word 2000-2003 v 1.0.0.0 \ n/a (none)

(Well, I'm sort of pleased that I was able to insert the screen shot, but sorry it's so tiny.)

Is there a way for me to safely save backups myself of the files while I work on them? Not sure whether I can select all segments and copy and paste them into a Word document that is not linked to Studio so it can't be magically deleted.

Also, my high-school-aged son just got home from school and has encouraged me to keep trying to find the files. He says that it is not likely that they are really gone. I wish I were more of a computer person!

I appreciate your help!

Beth