MIF conversion problem Thread poster: Maria San Martin
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Hello All,
i am working with Trados 6.5 Freelance and i have encountered a problem when trying to convert my RTF (STF) files into MIF again.
It seems that there are some errors in the tags (changed tags) but in the log file, the specific tag that carries the error doesn´t appear, while it usually does.
The message appears as follows:
Verifying C:\Documents and Settings\Mis documentos\STF\40R_EN_00_EngCMP.rtf
Verification failed. The fi... See more Hello All,
i am working with Trados 6.5 Freelance and i have encountered a problem when trying to convert my RTF (STF) files into MIF again.
It seems that there are some errors in the tags (changed tags) but in the log file, the specific tag that carries the error doesn´t appear, while it usually does.
The message appears as follows:
Verifying C:\Documents and Settings\Mis documentos\STF\40R_EN_00_EngCMP.rtf
Verification failed. The files could not be fully compared.
Errors: 1
Verifying C:\Documents and Settings\Mis documentos\STF\40R_EN_01_EngCMP.rtf
Verification failed. The files could not be fully compared.
Errors: 6
Verifying C:\Documents and Settings\Mis documentos\STF\40R_EN_02_EngCMP.rtf
Verification failed. The files could not be fully compared.
Errors: 2
Verifying C:\Documents and Settings\Mis documentos\STF\40R_EN_03_EngCMP.rtf
Verification failed. The files could not be fully compared.
Errors: 5
Verifying C:\Documents and Settings\Mis documentos\STF\40R_EN_04_EngCMP.rtf
Verification complete.
Warnings: 6
Verifying C:\Documents and Settings\Mis documentos\STF\40R_EN_05_EngCMP.rtf
Verification complete.
Errors: 91
Alerts: 41
Warnings: 424
... But no explanation of where the error is, no tag.
How can i get the errors visible, so that i can change them?
Thank you!
Maria ▲ Collapse
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Hi Maria,
You didn't write if you used Trados & Word, or Trados & TagEditor. Maybe you could try this:
In case you have translated the rtf file in Word, it could well be that you have damaged tags somewhere. TagEditor is a much safer alternative, as it alerts you whenever the tags in source and target segment are not the same (or when the number of tags differs).
I thought of this solution (which is my autodidactic way of looking at it, there may be Trados ... See more Hi Maria,
You didn't write if you used Trados & Word, or Trados & TagEditor. Maybe you could try this:
In case you have translated the rtf file in Word, it could well be that you have damaged tags somewhere. TagEditor is a much safer alternative, as it alerts you whenever the tags in source and target segment are not the same (or when the number of tags differs).
I thought of this solution (which is my autodidactic way of looking at it, there may be Trados experts out there who could give you a better advice):
1. Convert the original mif file into rtf (stf) again.
2. Open Workbench & TagEditor
3. Open source rtf file in TagEditor.
4. Work through the rtf file with your existing TM. In case there are some incorrect tags in you TM, the TagEditor will alert immediately.
5. Safe rtf file, make clean-up
6. Convert from rtf to mif
Good luck!
Erik
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| | | | | Look for .cmp files | Jan 4, 2005 |
The full S-Tagger report for RTF file is included in the corresponding .cmp file (.cmp files are pure RTF files, so you can drag them and drop on Word window and they will open in Word), created in the same folder during the verification process.
HTH,
Wojtek
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| TagEditor Verifier | Jan 5, 2005 |
Hello,
if you work with TagEditor, you can use the Verifier Plugins in TagEditor for serching you files.
With kind regards
Hans
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| Agree with Erik | Jan 5, 2005 |
With 96 errors and 400+ warnings, I would tend to agree that Erik's method would be the quickest.
The Tag Verifier log files are extremely complex and confusing, whereas using the TagEditor option would only take an hour or so to sift through half a dozen files.
| | | | RWSTranslati (X)
Germany
Local time: 11:36
German to English
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Hello,
another way for a faster result is maybe to retranslate the original source files. From the memory you will get your translation, but Trados will use (mostly) the correct placeables.
Make sure to adjust TagEditor with the correct Tag Protection settings
Hans
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Local time: 11:36
Member (2003)
German to Spanish
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it took a long time to change the labels manually,
yes, i agree Tageditor would be a great help in the future!
thanks, oh, i finally found the CMPs!!
Thanks a lot!
Maria
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