Hello, I have opened this topic because finally I realized that I really need this method Export / Update for / from Bilingual Review to achieve what I need, and that is introducing a lot of text at once in the target column inside Trados.

I want to use this method Export / Update for / from Bilingual Review because it preserves the format, links, special characters, etc., in the original source column.

The problem is this:

I have a document called SAMPLE1.docx, it is in english, an article from a magazine.

Now, I want to introduce a pre-translation (for example), so I use any online source or any software.

Now I have the pre-translation in a TXT file, I open it with the blockpad for example... and I want to copy all the pre-translation I have in the blockpad in the target column inside Trados 2017. The problem is I have to go segment per segment copying and pasting which is completely crazy. I need a method to automate the process.

In word, copying and pasting inside a column is very easy, just take a look to this video: https://youtu.be/4zMfuzoWLv8?t=1m47s

In that video you can see how easy is to copy and paste information inside columns of a table in Word.

What I want to do is the following, please read carefully:

• Open my word document to Translate in Trados 2017.
• The document is opened, I have the editor and only the source column is full with the text of the document, the target column is empty because the document was not translated.
• Now I create an Export for Bilingual Review. Then, Trados creates a folder and inside that folder I have a file called: SAMPLE1.docx_en-US_es-ES.review.docx
• You can download this file clicking here and then pressing the arrow pointing down: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vkl6xA9EZJa3MMPM8K6CWbtoGOi_1PPr/view?usp=sharing
• Now, if you open the file... you will see it has 4 columns with the following names:

• Source column contains the source text for the translation and target column contains the translated text.
• IN THE WORD FILE CREATED FOR BILINGUAL REVIEW... WHAT I WANT IS TO COPY ALL THE TEXT IN MY BLOCKPAD TO THE TARGET SEGMENT COLUMN.
• Then I want to use the Bilingual Review file to Update Trados 2017 with it, and now yes I should have the Source column with its text for translation, and the Target column with the text I copied from the blockpad and pasted it into this column inside Word.

• PROBLEM: When I do this and I save my file in Word, later, when I go to Trados and I try to use Update from bilingual review, nothing happens, that is... I cannot see in the Target segment column the text I have introduced in its rows inside Word. What I need is that the text I have introduced inside word, in the column Target Segment be shown inside the Trados editor.

Basically the problem is that when I add text to the rows of the column named Target Segment in the file created by Trados for bilingual review, that text I introduce manually in word, it is not shown later on inside Trados in the editor, when I use the word file to Update the bilingual review.

I would need please, a solution for this, please.