How to use English as a bridge for translating a file in a rare linguistic combination?

Hi All! I need to translate a file from SL>DA.

In order to do that I would like to translate the file from SL>EN and then a colleague of mine will translate the file from EN>DA.
The client wants that I deliver a bilingual xliff SL>DA.

I have done this in the past working with bilingual versions of Word. So creating a Word bilingual SL-EN, then a Word bilingual EN-DA and in the end imported on Trados the Word bilingual SL-DA, which I created manually using the SL and DA columns.
But this is complicated (particularly for the tags) and time-consuming.

Is there an easier way to work with 3 languages on Trados using EN as a bridge?

Thank you

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  • Hi  ,

    Maybe you could use the Bilingual Excel file type to solve this issue:
    Copy the SL text into column A of an Excel sheet and define columns B for EN and C for DA.

    Then adjust the settings for the Bilingual Excel so that source is column A and target column B.

    Trados Studio settings window showing File Types list with 'Zweisprachige Excel' and 'Common' selected. Columns settings with Source column: A, Translation column: B, and Length limitation column: blank.

    Translate this file and create the target file. It has SL in column A and EN in column B.

    Then, change the settings to source = B and target = C, translate this file and create the target file.

    Now, change the settings again to source = A and target = C and load the file in Trados. It should have SL in the source column and DA in the target column. Thus, you have an sdlxliff file as desired by your client.

    HTH

    Annette (from Manfred's account)

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    [edited by: Trados AI at 10:30 AM (GMT 0) on 29 Feb 2024]
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  • Hi  ,

    Maybe you could use the Bilingual Excel file type to solve this issue:
    Copy the SL text into column A of an Excel sheet and define columns B for EN and C for DA.

    Then adjust the settings for the Bilingual Excel so that source is column A and target column B.

    Trados Studio settings window showing File Types list with 'Zweisprachige Excel' and 'Common' selected. Columns settings with Source column: A, Translation column: B, and Length limitation column: blank.

    Translate this file and create the target file. It has SL in column A and EN in column B.

    Then, change the settings to source = B and target = C, translate this file and create the target file.

    Now, change the settings again to source = A and target = C and load the file in Trados. It should have SL in the source column and DA in the target column. Thus, you have an sdlxliff file as desired by your client.

    HTH

    Annette (from Manfred's account)

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    [edited by: Trados AI at 10:30 AM (GMT 0) on 29 Feb 2024]
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