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How to create a clean file?

Hi Guys,

I was requested to make clean files from a project. How do I generate these files on Trados? A link to detailed instructions with pictures would be great. I found some instructions online, but they were very old and I couldn't find the options or buttons they were talking about. I'm using the 2017 version. Thanks!

Best,

Joel

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  • also unusual to hear this terminology "clean files" which is why I wondered what the source files were.

    Well, people still live in the Trados time...

    To use "Save target as" (in my case F12) you have to have the files open and then you need to confirm the name of each and every single file... Not convenient at all. Batch is much better. The best solution would be, if after the batch Studio wouldn't point to the target files, but kept focus on translatables. A corresponding idea is already there.

    Using "Save target as" is far too simple, if you go through the whole process with translation and revision in projects with Project TM. In such cases you have to update your main TM.

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