Nicolas Montagne 

Perhaps you could tell us what you've attempted so far... just to save us telling you what you already know?

In the meantime the solution is probably to do this:

Step 1: Open your Trados Studio project.

Step 2: Navigate to the 'Files' view.

Step 3: Right-click on the file you want to update and select 'Batch Tasks'.

Step 4: Then select "Update from Reviewed Target File (Retrofit)"

Step 5: Then follow the prompts

Nicolas Montagne 

Perhaps you could tell us what you've attempted so far... just to save us telling you what you already know?

In the meantime the solution is probably to do this:

Step 1: Open your Trados Studio project.

Step 2: Navigate to the 'Files' view.

Step 3: Right-click on the file you want to update and select 'Batch Tasks'.

Step 4: Then select "Update from Reviewed Target File (Retrofit)"

Step 5: Then follow the prompts

Hello Paul,

Thank you for your answer 

Sure, here are some additional info: I did try the solution you suggest, but Studio does not implement the changes in the target version of my project.

The file that I am trying to update was modified directly in Word, so without the change tracking mode activated. I do not know whether or not this can have an impact on the result of the update in Studio?…

Maybe that I simply did not set up the task properly in the Retrofit wizard??

I also tried to do the same with the option 'Review retrofit results in the Alignment view before updating' activated, but the result of the alignment is really messy.

The source Word file is quite long (almost 10K words) and has a rather sophisticated layout: it is not plain text with a single font and colour, and there also are tables, pictures, footnotes, (many tags in the Studio project), etc. I was thinking that this may be the reason why the Retrofit function does not work in that specific case?

I hope that will help you troubleshoot the issue? Thanks a lot!

Best,

Nicolas M

Nicolas Montagne 

It could be that that changes are too much. It's a big file and it there are too many structural changes in the file it may well fail.  Retrofit was really developed for light changes.

Can you try a  proper alignment and just take the updated source file they asked you to translate, and the updated target they created, then align them.  You can create a new TM from this, then create a project with the updated source, pre-translate from your aligned TM (watch out for the default alignment penalty) and then fill the gaps to complete your project... if there are any.

Dear Paul,

I think you are right about Retrofit (which means that I am not completely hopeless with Studio, hurrah!)

I discussed the topic with my customer today, and they precisely decided that they would align the files on their side before having me update the (correct) target version! I guess the case is now 'cold'

Thank you for your help and suggestions 

Best wishes,

Nicolas M

Nicolas Montagne 

Nicolas Montagne said:

I discussed the topic with my customer today,

Excellent... sounds like the right approach.  Glad you found a way forward at least.