Hi!
I received .pages files created on Mac. I would like to use Trados and create a TM during the translation process. Is there any option to translation .pages files?
I checked a thread at Proz that suggests unzipping the .pages file and translating the .XML file. But I do not see any .XML file inside, only .IWA files.
I would appreciate any suggestions.
Thank you :)
Sotir
I'm no expert on this, but I think your only really sensible option would be to obtain an export to DOCX from your customer and translate that. I know a *.pages file is essentially a zip, so you can unzip it gate some interesting benefits, but I don't think a file you can translate is one of them. I believe older versions used to contain a PDF for previewing, and maybe saving with Word compatibility might have added a DOC (I'm not 100% on this), but neither are really helpful since translating them can't be repacked to update the Pages file.
I think the best process is probably this:
Not perfect, but probably the best solution. I guess anyone handling customers who use this format a lot should probably invest in a MAC and charge for the necessary DTP.
Just an aside, but I often wonder about MAC. Whilst only a few CAT tools will run on it, I'm not aware of any that can handle their file formats. I always find that surprising as you'd think, if there really a serious demand for this, someone would have done it by now!!
Paul Filkin | RWS Group
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Thank you for your reply and thoughts. 
I succedded to save the files to a lower version (09) and exported the XML file from the archive. I opened it in Trados without any issues. So I will continue with the translation of this file without conversion.
P.S. This is strange indeed - so many translation and localization needs in USA and no CAT tool is able to process .pages?! Maybe the clients do not provide the text in .pages but in DOCX format?!
Best regards,
Sotir
Thank you for your reply and thoughts.
I succedded to save the files to a lower version (09) and exported the XML file from the archive. I opened it in Trados without any issues. So I will continue with the translation of this file without conversion.
P.S. This is strange indeed - so many translation and localization needs in USA and no CAT tool is able to process .pages?! Maybe the clients do not provide the text in .pages but in DOCX format?!
Best regards,
Sotir
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