Issues Importing or Upgrading Legacy TM (.tmw) in SDL Trados 2022

I have Trados Studio 2022 SR1 (17.1.8.17828). 
I installed the addons: 

Trados Studio Plug-ins window showing a list of installed plug-ins, including Trados Legit and SDLXLIFF to Legacy Converter.

Through TradosLegit, when I try to convert or open (.TMW) Translation Memories, this error displays:

Error message in Trados Legit stating 'Unable to open translation memory, Invalid translation memory location.'

I tried to install Trados Compatibility and Migration Power Pack. It gives me successful installation. Still, Trados doesn't display it as an installed add-on.

Information dialog box indicating 'Setup has completed successfully' for Trados Compatibility and Migration Power Pack 2022.

I am not sure what is the problem. Why can't I convert, import, upgrade or even open legacy TM (.TMW). When I try to use Upgrade Translation Memories, this  message displays.

Error message in Upgrade Translation Memories window showing 'Matrix Error: (null), data file D:CareerVIATmVIA_TM.mtw: Open'.



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[edited by: Trados AI at 12:35 PM (GMT 0) on 29 Feb 2024]
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    Alright, let's clarify a few things from your post.

    When I attempt to convert or open (.TMW) Translation Memories through TradosLegit, I encounter this error:

    TradosLegit is not designed for converting TMW memories. It's primarily used for facilitating the segmentation of the file you're trying to convert into a TTX or a Bilingual DOC.  The error you're seeing is likely due to the absence of the complete translation memory in a folder.  You may only have the TMW file, or certainly not all the files needed.  These older translation memories are composed of 5 files, and you need all of them:
    * tmw
    *.iix
    *.mdf
    *.mtf
    *.mwf

    I'm unsure of the issue. I can't seem to convert, import, upgrade, or even open legacy TM (.TMW). When I attempt to use Upgrade Translation Memories, I receive this message.

    Now that we've clarified this, you should understand why it's not working!  However, I am aware that is actually a problem that needs to be fixed anyway as even if you have all 5 files the current version of the "Trados Compatibility and Migration Power Pack" fails to convert and you will see an error message (a different one):

    Error message in Trados Studio stating 'The translation memory could not be loaded: Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component.'

    If you're desperate, send me the translation memory (all 5 files) and I'll convert it for you with an older version of Studio, or even with Translators Workbench.  You can zip them and attach to this thread, or if the TM is provate email the zip to me pfilkin at sdl dot com

    Paul Filkin | RWS Group

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    [edited by: Trados AI at 12:36 PM (GMT 0) on 29 Feb 2024]
  • I am not "desperate". Thanks a lot for the offer. Much appreciated. 

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