How to oppdate changes to sdlxliff file?

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Hello! 
 I work very seldom with files created by clients, so Im not sure what to do. 
 I received an sdlxliff file from a client, saved the target file as a word-file, corrected the translation and sent back a final word- file with the translation. 
 The client wants me now to "send back the oppdated Trados file with changes I have made in the word-file". 
 How do I update the sdlxliff file with this changes that were made in a word file without track-changes (I didnt have it on)? And what kind of file should I send dem in return?? I dont quite get it. 
 I didnt get this file as a "package" so Its not possible to create a return package and I didnt get any TM together with this file either. 
 I am not sure what they want me to do. Please help, im so confused: 
 1. how to update the Trados-file with the changes I made in the target word-file. 
 2. What kind of file should I send in return , if its not a package, and never was in the first place?

Paul · Accepted Answer

Emi Amber 
 Emi Amber said: I received an sdlxliff file from a client, saved the target file as a word-file, corrected the translation and sent back a final word- file with the translation. 
 You should have corrected the sdlxliff, with track changes on and then you could have done two things: 
 
 save the target file so you had a Word file with track changes for your customer (if they wanted it) 
 send the sdlxliff file with track changes 
 
 Emi Amber said: How do I update the sdlxliff file with this changes that were made in a word file without track-changes (I didnt have it on)? And what kind of file should I send dem in return?? I dont quite get it. 
 All being well it should not be too difficult to resolve using Retrofit. Here's a quick video to explain this better...

Emi Amber · Answer

Hello again, thank you for this very informative video! This worked 100%, and i was able to obtain a file with track changes via the word function which is called "compare documents" I didnt know it existed, but my client send me this suggestion. They did not know about Retrofit function though, so they suggested I do it manually. So with both your video and their suggestion of this word function I was actually able to do it. :-)))) 
 Thank you so much once again.

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How to oppdate changes to sdlxliff file?

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