Hi,

I started a project several weeks ago which required me to translate into British English. Because I usually translate into American English and the target language of my main TM is AE, I used AnyTM (allowing me to use a BE spell checker). I was able to open and translate files with this setup but whenever I changed a translated segment and confirmed it, it would be added as a new translation. At some point that stopped. I don't know why – it was possibly after I closed and reopened the project. For a while, things seemed to be working the way they should. 

Several days ago, I opened one of the project's sdlxliff files, which had been completed up to about 95%. With one or two exceptions, all the segments on the target side were empty. When I moved from segment to segment, the translation would be retrieved from the TM and I was able to recreate the file. After closing and reopening it, though, all the target-side fields were empty again. When I looked in the TM, I could find the translations. The same thing was true of the other file I had translated in the project. 

I wasn't able to fix this and started a new project with AE as its target language. I added my main TM (not using AnyTM) and the original source files and got an sdlxliff file that was about 90% complete. Some segments that I knew I had translated could not be found in the TM. I re-entered them, hit Control Enter to add them to the TM and move to the next segment. I got the green pen and checkmark symbol indicating that it had been translated, and I didn't get any error message. After closing and reopening the file, however, those same segments were empty on the target side again and, again, I could not find them in the TM. I re-added the translation in one segment but this time went to the ribbon, and hit Confirm / Confirm but do not Move to Next Segment. Then I got an error message reading "Failed to update the translation unit (An unspecified error occurred.)." I went to the file view, right-clicked the file and selected "Update Main Translation Memories". I got 14 warnings, each one saying that a particular translation unit had not been added to the TM.

I have no confidence now that my work will be saved and have no idea what to do. Is my TM screwed up? What can I do to fix this? 

Thanks,

Patricia