How to fix unexpected error Dependency file not found

Question

I have tried to read about the same topic in previous discussions, but it seems somehow different. I have been working on the same file for months, but suddenly this message appears when I tried to open the file. But I received the package from the client. Thus, I don't have any source file in my laptop. This is the first time I have this kind of issue even if I have worked on SDL flawlessly for around 4 years. 
 I can't even open the file and TM seems to be empty. I don't want to lose my translation which is almost finished. 
 
 Is there any way I can recover the file or fix this kind of error?

Paul · Answer

Hi Premmanat Tansri 
 
It looks as though the original source file is no longer where it was, or perhaps the temp file created while you work on it, and this is causing the issue for you. Maybe some security software can "cleaned up" these files while Studio was open. 
 
Your solution might be to take the sdlxliff file you worked on and create a new project with it. Or create a TM from the translated sdlxliff and recreate the project, then pretranslate from the TM to get back to where you were. If you have the professional version you could use Perfect Match to recover your work which would be better.

Paul · Answer

Hi Premmanat Tansri , 
 
You should be able to open the folder where the project is located in your computer. Browse to the target language folder and you'll find the fully translated SDLXLIFF file in there. Just treat this as a translatable file and create a new project with it. 
 
To create a TM from it you just create a new TM and then import the SDLXLIFF into it.

Paul · Answer

Hi Premmanat Tansri , 
 
Thank you, I have done. Unfortunately I have been unable to recover this file as there seems to be a problem with the sdlxliff itself. I have managed to recover the contents into an SDLTM however. So this is what I did and I will send the files when they finish upgrading this morning: 
 
- created a TM containing only thoses segments you translated 
- created a separateTM where source equalled target in your file 
 
The idea being you can take the original package from your customer and then do this: 
 
1. Recreate the initial project 
2. Add both TMs I send you 
3. Penalise the TM where source equals target so you don't get 100% matches for the results 
4. Pretranslate the project to get all your translated segments back 
5. Review the source equals target results and confirm as necessary as some probably need to stay, others not 
 
I hope this helps you progress the work. Sorry I could not do more than this.

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