Bilingual Export

Bilingual Export is used for translating outside of the application. The Bilingual export option allows you to export the TXLF file with highlighted glossary terms into a DOC format and edit using Microsoft Word.

To complete bilingual export of files:

  1. On Quick Tools, click the Bilingual Export tab.
  2. To add files, click a file action.

    Add File

    Click to browse and select a file from a folder. To add multiple files, press the Ctrl key and select the files.

    Add Folder

    Click to browse and select a folder and add all files within.

  3. To add a glossary, click a terminology action.

    Add Local

    Click to browse and select a local glossary.

    Connect To Remote

    Click to connect to a remote glossary.

    Add Project Terminologies

    Click to select glossaries associated with projects.

  4. Select the TXLF files and glossaries for bilingual export.
  5. Select the Bilingual Export Options and click Bilingual Export.

    Option

    Action

    Export Type

    Export type options:

    • Bilingual Review Export — Creates a bilingual Word document.

    • WFC Bilingual Export: — Creates a WF Classic compatible document.

    • MSWord Table — Creates an Word document with the source and target in a two-column table.

    Open report after export

    Automatically displays the Export Report after a bilingual export.

    Exclude the notes column

    Removes the Notes column from the exported Word document. Instead, the export includes the notes from the TXLF file as Comments in the Word document.

    Track changes

    Selects track changes in the exported Word document.

    Protect document (Word 2003+)

    Only allows content edits in the available table space. This helps avoid any import errors.

    Export all TXLF files as one bilingual file

    Exports all converted TXLF files as bilingual Word documents.

    Bilingual File Location

    Sets the folder location for bilingual export documents.

    The bilingual export log is displayed. This log and the exported document in the chosen export type are saved in the selected folder.

      Note:

    You must not edit the table format, merge or expand segments or add text outside of the target or notes column. Doing any of these actions could result in errors during bilingual import.

    A sample of the bilingual export is given below.