change a translated document from US to UK English

Question

Hi, I've finished translating a document into US English and the client wants it in UK English. I hope there is an easy way to do this...

Lydia Simplicio · Accepted Answer

Hello Mary Carroll Richer La Fleche , 
 
Unfortunately AFAIK there is no simple way of changing a completed translation (from US to EN English). 
 
Depending on the complexity of the document you could either use the search and replace functionality, if there are only a few changes to be made. 
Alternatively another option would be to create a new project using the existing (US)TM, a new empty (UK) TM and apply AnyTM in your project. 
As most segments should then return a fuzzy match, making the necessary changes and confirming these to the UK TM should be the quickest solution.

Paul · Answer

Hi Mary Carroll Richer La Fleche ,

Just in case you mean the bilingual file and not that you actually have to change the text? Then just edit the language codes of the SDLXLIFF with a text editor. Search for "en-US" including the quotes and replace with "en-GB" including the quotes. Or to be on the safe side depending on whether it's source or target search and replace these:

source-language="en-US"
with
source-language="en-GB"

or

target-language="en-US"
with
target-language="en-GB"

You then send back the SDLXLIFF files on their own. Note that you would need to do this on a copy so you don't break the existing project.

Paul Filkin | RWS Group

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change a translated document from US to UK English