John Bishop 

Are you sure you sent a return package back (*.sdlrpx)?  It sounds as though you sent an SDLXLIFF from the source language folder.  If you opened a file like that in Studio it would contain no translations and you would also be told there was no target language!

hi Paul,

Thanks for replying!

Just looked again. The file I uploaded is an .sdlrpx file.

However -- when I created the return package I did get a warning saying "The return package will also contain the .sdlxliff files corresponding to the target files."

I didn't know if that was a problem or not.

John Bishop 

Is t possible to see the sdlrpx?  If it's ok you can send it to pfilkin at sdl dotcom.

thanks, will try

-- sent

Thanks for sending the package John Bishop .  I replied via email with screenshots, but the problem indeed seems to be that your client unzipped the package and opened the sdlxliff from the source language folder.

Interestingly a question around this topic of source language files came up earlier today here, Translate Single Document - questions , and it might address any questions you might have on why?