Exporting translation as tracked changes to MS Word

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Hi, 
 I found many discussions around importing and keeping already existing tracked changes inside a word document throughout the translation process in Trados Studio. 
 However, my use case is a little different, and does not seem to have been answered before. 
 I want to achieve the following: 
 
 Import untranslated document (standard word document; some fields, text, headings; no tracked changes). 
 Translate document in Trados Studio. 
 Export document to MS Word with Tracked Changes.
 
 i.e., in the document I want to see my translations as reviewable tracked changes 
 e.g. .... some German text the English translation

Is there a setting in Trados that I am overseeing to achieve this? 
 Many thanks in adcance and best regards Alex

Paul · Answer

Alex Schmitz 
 I guess the easiest way to do this... I have not tested but I think it'll do what you need... is this: 
 
 create your project 
 copy source to target 
 switch on tracked changes (or open in review mode) 
 translate the file 
 save the target 
 
 This way the German text will be target before you translate with tracked changes. So all the changes should be saved in the target file.

Paul · Answer

Alex Schmitz 
 I guess you could do this: 
 
 create your project 
 copy source to target 
 switch on tracked changes (or open in review mode) 
 translate the file using MT and use the option under the Pre-translate Files batch task set to "Always overwrite existing translation" 
 save the target

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Exporting translation as tracked changes to MS Word

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