Were you using a TM with your project? If so, all you need to do is find the TM, create a new project, add the original Word file to the project, attach the TM and pre-translate the file. To find your TM, remember that the file extension is sdltm, so you could search your computer to find it. If you created the TM yourself and saved it to a specific location, it should still be there. If you created the TM but let Studio use the default location, then it will very likely be in a folder inside the project folder.

If you didn't create a TM or didn't use an existing TM while working on your project, then, unfortunately, there is no way to retrieve your work if the sdlxliff was damaged. Fingers crossed that you do indeed have a TM!

Hello Alain Chuba

As you seem to be having quite a few issues here- I might suggest closing Studio and rebooting your system. (this often solves a lot of problems).

Ensuring you have now added Studio/MultiTerm to your AV white list and then restarting Studio.

Now try re-opening the current project. Is this now more responsive?

If so are you able to continue working?

If not, you should please recreate the project as explained previously- you will need to use of course the TM you previously used and then pre-translate through this.

Hi Steven Whale and Alain Chuba 

Just so you know the recent facts, Steven, Alain sent me the .docx yesterday by email and I smoothed out the document content and saved it to a new Word document. Then I created a new project. The pretranslate only populated 3 segments because I used the TM he had uploaded to the thread yesterday but it would reopen and save to Target no problem. I first cleaned the TM with Olifant.

Today I have realised that the TM he sent me by email had more matches than the one I downloaded. I attach the more recent TM, which I have now 'cleaned' with Olifant. Alain, you can add this to the translation also if you haven't finished it already as some of the translations of the last segments of the document are in this TM. Ask if you don't know how to do this.

DE-FRnewest.zip

Alain, I think allowing Steven to to a webex tomorrow would be a good idea if the translation fails again. It is easier to sort the problem when one can see what is actually happening live.

All the best,

Alison

Hi Steven Whale and Alain Chuba 

Just so you know the recent facts, Steven, Alain sent me the .docx yesterday by email and I smoothed out the document content and saved it to a new Word document. Then I created a new project. The pretranslate only populated 3 segments because I used the TM he had uploaded to the thread yesterday but it would reopen and save to Target no problem. I first cleaned the TM with Olifant.

Today I have realised that the TM he sent me by email had more matches than the one I downloaded. I attach the more recent TM, which I have now 'cleaned' with Olifant. Alain, you can add this to the translation also if you haven't finished it already as some of the translations of the last segments of the document are in this TM. Ask if you don't know how to do this.

DE-FRnewest.zip

Alain, I think allowing Steven to to a webex tomorrow would be a good idea if the translation fails again. It is easier to sort the problem when one can see what is actually happening live.

All the best,

Alison