Switching translated TUs in one file for translated TUs in another file?

Question

I started translating a novel. 
 After I finished a bit MORE than the first third of the novel, I made a new xliff file for the second third. 
 So there's a part at the end of FILE 1 that was also translated, better, at the beginning of FILE TWO. 
 How do I switch those specific TUs in FILE 1 out for the better translations in the early TUs of FILE TWO? 
 Thanks!

Paul · Answer

John Narins 
 John Narins said: How do I switch those specific TUs in FILE 1 out for the better translations in the early TUs of FILE TWO? 
 If you have this in your TM, presumably replacing the one you did in File #1, then just pre-translate File #1 with the updated TM and use this option: 
 
 As long as you have this set to 100% you should achieve what you're after. You could also just review File #1 using this option: 
 
 This will run through your file and stop at every segment where you have something different in your TM. So this way you can actively validate the work as you go. 
 The comment from Steve is also valid. Working with all files in the project is valid, although it wouldn't help in your specific case since you'd still end up with the same problem of how to deal with correcting translations in the first file.

Paul · Answer

John Narins 
 John Narins said: What do you guys think? 
 I think you should make this easy on your self and do this: 
 
 create a new TM and add it to your project for the second file. Remove or disable all other TMs 
 populate this new TM with your translations (Batch Tasks -> Update Main Translation Memories) 
 add this updated TM to your first project and remove/disable all other TMs 
 now run the "Confirm and translate until next fuzzy match" 
 
 It may make sense to do this from the segment you know this requirement starts... so from the point you actually have a match in your updated TM. Otherwise you'll have to confirm every segment in the first part of the file that isn't in your new TM at all yet.

Paul · Answer

John Narins 
 I can't see that very well, it's a bit small! But I can just about make out that you are using a Project TM and this isn't anything we mentioned here. I'm not sure why you have done this because all I said was this: 
 Paul said: create a new TM and add it to your project. Remove or disable all other TMs 
 populate this new TM with your translations from the second file (Batch Tasks -> Update Main Translation Memories) 
 To update a Project TM you need to use "Update Project Translation Memories". However, that presumably contains everything you have done so far and would not really be the process we have discussed here. You should disable all the TMs in that screenshot, create a brand new one and just add it, but not as a Project TM.

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Switching translated TUs in one file for translated TUs in another file?

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