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Problem downloading DGT TMs

Mark Leach

Hi,

I'm having trouble downloading the bilingual extractions (FR-EN and DE-EN) from the DGT TM web page: ec.europa.eu/.../dgt-translation-memory the DGT Translation Memory

My overall aim is to create one large TM for each of my lang combinations (FR-EN and DE-EN) so I can then create Autosuggest dictionaries in Trados by merging the DGT TMs with my own smaller main TM for each lang pair. I'm following Paul Filkin's guidance on this: multifarious.filkin.com/.../

I work on a Mac (MacOS Sierra) and run Trados using Parallels Desktop with Windows 10 installed.

I first tried to download the TMXtract.jar file onto Windows. I have Java installed but when I click on the downloaded TMXtract file nothing happens.

I then decided to download the TMXtract file onto the MacOS but couldn't understand the instructions on the above DGT web page. I've not found any recent advice for Mac users on how to successfully download the bilingual extractions.

Has anyone got any experience working with a Mac and trying to download the bilingual extractions for use in Trados? Or has anyone else come across the problem I found in Windows?

Thanks in advance!

Mark
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    Hello ,

    Funnily enough this problem was raised in an online conference I participated in this afternoon. I was asked this question and mentioned that this application worked for me, but that perhaps the problem was related to running on a MAC. I said this because I noted your post just before the event.

    I then checked this TMXtract.jar on my computer this evening and it didn't work!! Something has hijacked the file association and I have been unable to reset it. Eventually after some time researching this I came across this site:

    johann.loefflmann.net/.../index.html

    Normally I would not run stuff like this, and I'm not recommending it either, so you run it at your own risk. But, I did after a few hours of frustration and it worked! I also played around with Studio and MultiTerm afterwards just in case ;-) All seems to be well. If a website can be trusted this one does look genuine, but as I said you do this at your own risk.

    Alternatively you can try and fix it using the DGT official solution which did not work for me at all, and is very difficult to follow since it was original posted before Studio even existed. So for an older operating system.

    Regards

    Paul

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    Hi Paul,

    Thanks for your reply and suggestion. That is indeed a coincidence if it was mentioned at your conference!

    I followed the instructions on the webpage you provided and ran jarfix but the TMXtract file still doesn't open. I guess it must be because I have a Mac and that is interfering with it in some way.

    It would be interesting to see if anyone else out there who uses a Mac has managed to download these files. I'm seriously considering buying a cheap PC laptop and using that to download the TMs - it would be a lot less hassle!

    Thanks again Paul,

    Mark
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    Hi ,

    How many of the available downloads did you want? I have the 2014, 2015 and 2017 downloads on my laptop already and can extract these two language pairs for you if you like? I do think using all of them will be too big and probably very unnecessary but let me know.

    Regards

    Paul

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    Hi Paul,

    That would be amazing, thanks! I think just the 2015 and 2017 would be fine. Like you say, too many would be too big. Thanks so much, I really appreciate it.

    Regards,

    Mark
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    Hi  

    Here you go:

    fr-en: 1,058,119 TUs
    de-en: 1,059,016 TUs

    I put them here:

    Extracted Pairs.zip

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    Hi Paul,

    Thanks for the zip file but for some reason I can't open it once downloaded. It may be because you created them in OneDrive? Or they are corrupt somehow. There are apparently compatibility issues between Microsoft zip files and Macs. If there's any way you can email the actual tmx files to me that would be great but I assume they're large files? Sorry to add more hassle to this after all the help you've already given...

    Thanks once again,

    Mark
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    Hi ,

    Just adds more fuel to my already burning dislike of Macs! See if you can download them successfully from here:

    www.dropbox.com/.../(de-en)_and_(fr-en).zip

    If not I'll need to load two separate files, each nearly a Gb in size to accommodate this.

    Regards

    Paul

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    Unknown said:
    There are apparently compatibility issues between Microsoft zip files and Macs.

    Don't you access them through Windows in parallels instead of your MAC?

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    Hi Paul,

    Thanks for this - it worked a treat. I think the actual problem is Microsoft not designing its zip software to be compatible with Macs and not the other way around. But the Mac vs. Microsoft debate is a thorny one!

    Anyway thanks for your patience and help with this.

    Best,

    Mark
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    Unknown said:
    But the Mac vs. Microsoft debate is a thorny one!

    Indeed it is :-)

    Glad this worked... hope you're able to get what you need from these now.  They are still pretty large even with just these two years.

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