Upgrading anytmreverse-files, malformed TM and lost TM

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Hello, 
 
 I have a problem with my TM. My Trados was very slow. I had somehow managed to create several Anytmreverse-files that I was told to upgrade. I contacted Trados chat to get help and I did as they instructed: 
 
 I upgraded my memories. The result was that one file was malformed. 
 I tried to repair the malformed memory with this instruction but it did not work Error message when opening/editing a translation memory in SDL Trados Studio - Database disk image is malformed 
 Then I created a new TM but left out the malformed file. The result is that my Trados is faster but I have now lost TM from the years 2018&ndash;2019. They must be in the malformed file? 
 I downloaded the plug in to repair TM. It takes up to two hours to repair one anytmreverse-file and at the end it says something that a part can not be found. 
 
 I sometimes get messages about damaged TM when using/opening Trados. 
 It also seems that Trados is not saving text. It can not remember same text that I translated yesterday. 
 
 Is there any way I can fix this and save the missing TM? 
 
 I use PC and version Trados Studio 2021 Professional. 
 
 Kind regards, 
 Annastina

Lydia Simplicio · Answer

Annastina Sundberg Are you able to share a TM or 2 so that I can review this for you? Keep in mind if your TM's are not stable then I understand why you would say 
 Annastina Sundberg said: It also seems that Trados is not saving text. It can not remember same text that I translated yesterday. 
 Best create a new TM to save your newly translated segments, so that you dont lose any work If I get to help with your other TM's then you can always merge them later. 
 Lyds

Paul · Answer

Annastina Sundberg 
 In general I would always do this: 
 
 never select the reverse TM for anything 
 always select the actual TM you originally created and when working in the opposite direction just use AnyTM to select it 
 
 The reverse TM will be created because that's the only way Trados can work in the reverse direction... by not really working in the reverse direction. So just let the app do the work and you only ever upgrade or work with the original TM. The system created reverseTMs will be a mirror of your main TM in the opposite direction. 
 If you have a problem with the reverse TM you should be able to safely delete it and let the app recreate it again. You won't lose anything this way unless you have been selecting the reverse TM and adding TUs to it that will now not be available in the opposite direction. 
 Having said all this, if your problem of a mal-formed TM is based on the reverse one only then in theory it's not a problem you need to fix. Just delete it and it'll get created again when you use AnyTM for the reverse direction of the language pair your main TM is based on. 
 If I've just confused you then perhaps consider adding an idea for some free training here:

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