Katherine Stuart 

Unknown said:

When a client sends me a MemoQ *.mqxlz file where the target language is English (that is, not English - United Kingdom, which are the only options in MemoQ),

This is not correct:

Having said this even if just English is selected Studio will handle this without a problem.  I just created a project in memoQ using just English and just Romanian.  When I open in Studio it opens as en(US) - ro(RO). It will do this for single file projects and for standard Studio projects.

The difference between these two methods is this:

Single file project

You can change the languages when you open the file by selecting whatever language you like  and Studio will give you a message saying the language codes don't match.  But you can ignore this and just work with the file.  The resultant export of the target file will import succuessfully into the original memoQ project and updated the project files.

Standard Studio Project

You can change the languages here too.  But the difference is that Studio will complain when the project is created and you won't be able to work on it.  So when working with a standard project workflow you need to work with the en(US) and ro(RO) (in my example) that was suggested and then all is well.  I tested this roundtriup and well as the single file approach and it also updates the memoQ project without any problems.

Unknown said:

Is there any way around this problem? I don't like using MemoQ as I am much more familiar with Studio, but in such cases I am forced to at present.

You mentioned that Studio won't import the file?  Can you elaborate on how you are working?  Are you perhaps adding files to an ever growing project?  Or are you creating new projects for your jobs?  It might help to reproduce your problem if we know what you are doing.

Unknown said:

I haven't tried the Standard Studio project approach you suggest, as I'm not sure exactly what to do - I would need more detailed instructions.

Hi Katherine Stuart 

It sounds as though you are using the Standard Project as the error you describe sounds like the one I mentioned above.  Glad the single file translation worked for you though.

Paul

Unknown said:

I haven't tried the Standard Studio project approach you suggest, as I'm not sure exactly what to do - I would need more detailed instructions.

Hi Katherine Stuart 

It sounds as though you are using the Standard Project as the error you describe sounds like the one I mentioned above.  Glad the single file translation worked for you though.

Paul