"Probability score": 0.7

"Question improvement suggestion": Please provide more details about the specific issues you are encountering when trying to export for bilingual review in Excel. Also, it would be helpful to know if there are any error messages appearing when you try to import corrections back into Trados.

In the meantime, based on the information you have provided, here is a suggested answer to your question:

Hello Judith,

It seems like you're trying to find a way to export your translations for review in Excel format and then import the corrections back into Trados Studio. While Trados Studio does not directly support an "Export for bilingual review" function in Excel, there is a workaround you can use.

Step 1: Use the "Export for bilingual review" function to export your translations in Word format.

Step 2: Open the exported Word file and copy the content into an Excel spreadsheet. Make sure to keep the source and target translations in separate columns.

Step 3: Send this Excel file to your client for review. Ask them to make their corrections in a new column rather than overwriting your translations. This will allow you to see their changes clearly.

Step 4: Once you receive the reviewed file, you can manually update your translations in Trados Studio based on the corrections provided by your client.

Please note that this process can be time-consuming and may not be as efficient as using the Retrofit function in Word. However, it can be a viable solution if your client insists on using Excel for review.

As for your software version, Trados 2024 is not a recognized version. The latest version as of now is Trados Studio 2021. Please ensure you have the correct version.

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Judith Stenzel 

You can export to Excel... there is an app for that in the appstore.  However, you cannot import back in again.  You could convert the Excel to an SDLTM easily enough with the Glossary Converter, and then preranslate your original project with the updates and force Trados to overwrite each one.  Or more cautiously use the Translate to Fuzzy feature in Studio with the new TM (so be sure to disable your own for this exercise) so that it stops at every translation that is different in the TM to the one you had.  Then you can check and confirm each one before re-enabling your own TM and updating that as well.

I created a video (live and no practice so forgive the content) to demonstrate the process... hope it helps:

Dear Paul,

Many thanks for your suggestions and the live demo. :-) I will look into it in more detail next week. My documents consists of many tags, but it is good to know that there exists such a Excel>TM possibility for 'regular' documents.

Kind regards

Judith

Judith Stenzel 

It also occurred to me this morning while I was out walking... good thinking time... why not just ask your customer to use this option in Word?

That way they won't see the tracked changes, but they will be tracked!