Just try to create a new project from scratch. Studio imports your file well (see the screenshot).
Using Alt+F2 and deliberately changing the kana position seems to be the only way to get what you have. Probably, some one else could do that with an ulterior purpose.

Hello Keenan Cooper 

I must admit that my Japanese was never more than very basic and what is left now is very rusty. However, what I noticed when I saw your screenshots is that there are tags that don't enclose anything. These are the tags that "disappear" when you confirm the segment. When Stepan Konev imports the same file, they enclose the correct characters. So for some reason you don't import the file right. (See arrows in screenshot.)

Also, Stepan's import shows text which yours does not. So maybe the next step would be to compare your file type settings with his:

Daniel

Daniel,

Thanks for your help.

Unknown said:

However, what I noticed when I saw your screenshots is that there are tags that don't enclose anything. These are the tags that "disappear" when you confirm the segment. When Stepan Konev imports the same file, they enclose the correct characters. So for some reason, you don't import the file right. (See arrows in screenshot.)

This is really helpful. I didn't know that tags that don't enclose anything disappear when confirmed... as a rule. All I did was insert the source, hoping to maintain fidelity with the original, and translate around it. The source file was not imported correctly it seems.

Unknown said:

Also, Stepan's import shows text which yours does not. So maybe the next step would be to compare your file type settings with his.

I'll ask him to compare file settings, though I'm a little lost as to which setting was changed that resulted in trados not recognizing symbols or reorganizing tags. Otherwise, I'll just retweek a default project template.

Keenan

Yes, I just used a basic/default template. I have no idea why it does not work for you. There are only two options for File Type: PP 2003 and all later versions. Even if you select 2003, Studio won't process it at all. So actually you have only 1 option to handle your presentation. Why this happens to your file? I don't understand

Hi Keenan,

Unknown said:

This is really helpful. I didn't know that tags that don't enclose anything disappear when confirmed... as a rule. All I did was insert the source, hoping to maintain fidelity with the original, and translate around it. The source file was not imported correctly it seems.

I actually don't know whether such tags "disappear as a rule", I just noticed that they enclose nothing AND that they disappear. For what it's worth...

Regarding the text shown on Stepan Konev's screenshot which is not on yours. I did now import your file and found that his screenshot is from slide 2, while yours is from slide 1, which explains why that particular text is not on your screenshot.

When I import your file, all tags are correct and there are not many settings that could be set wrongly... strange. I use Studio 2019 SR1.

Daniel