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How to translate .pages documents
Thread poster: Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Netherlands
Member (2006)
German to Dutch
Mar 25, 2022


  • Add ‘.zip’ to the file name.
  • Open the zip.
  • Get index.xml.
  • Translate it in a good CAT tool, like CafeTran Espresso on your Mac.
  • Export your translation.
  • Copy the translated index.xml back to the zip file.
  • Remove '.zip' from the document name.
  • Check your translation in Apple Pages.


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[Edited at 2022-03-25 14:33 GMT]
 
Tom in London
Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:12
Member (2008)
Italian to English
An easier way Mar 25, 2022

Export the document from Pages to Word, if you have a Mac.

Or ask the client to do it.

Translate the Word document with CafeTran.

[Edited at 2022-03-25 15:49 GMT]
 
Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Netherlands
Member (2006)
German to Dutch
TOPIC STARTER
Lossless conversions Mar 26, 2022

I’ve never seen a lossless conversion between documents of wordprocessors.

In your scenario you’d even need two conversions to get a Pages document back.
 
Sotir Rangelov
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Bulgaria
Local time: 11:12
English to Bulgarian
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No XML file in the archive Apr 8

Hi!
There is no XML file inside. I see only IWA files. Do you have any idea how to proceed?
Best regards,
Sotir
 
Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Netherlands
Member (2006)
German to Dutch
TOPIC STARTER
Older version Apr 8

Sotir Rangelov wrote:

Hi!
There is no XML file inside. I see only IWA files. Do you have any idea how to proceed?
Best regards,
Sotir


Convert to an older version?
 
Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Netherlands
Member (2006)
German to Dutch
TOPIC STARTER
Like this Apr 8

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Samuel Murray
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English to Afrikaans
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Older version Apr 8

Hans Lenting wrote:
Convert to an older version?

That's not going to be lossless, though.
 
Sotir Rangelov
Sotir Rangelov  Identity Verified
Bulgaria
Local time: 11:12
English to Bulgarian
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Older Version Apr 8

This worked, I opened the XML file in Trados Studio without any issues.
My intention was to save to my client the time for copy-pasting the edits from the reviewed PDF one by one. So I decided to go and work on the XML file. If there are losses, then I can export the trackchanged version from Studio and the client will have to import the changes manually. I hope that the losses will be not so important and the client will be OK with them.
 


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