Import SmartCAT XLIFF to Studio, keeping SmartCAT segmentation (w/occasional multi-sentence) Thread poster: Artem Vakhitov
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I'm working on a SmartCAT project which I actually translate in Studio 2019, mostly because I miss Studio's regexp filter. To do that, I export XLIFF from SmartCAT and import it into Studio, and then export back to SmartCAT when done. The project has a significant number of two-sentence segments. The default Studio segmentation (one sentence per segment) gets me more sentence matches. However, this is something I'm ready to sacrifice as it creates a difference in segment numbering, which prevent... See more I'm working on a SmartCAT project which I actually translate in Studio 2019, mostly because I miss Studio's regexp filter. To do that, I export XLIFF from SmartCAT and import it into Studio, and then export back to SmartCAT when done. The project has a significant number of two-sentence segments. The default Studio segmentation (one sentence per segment) gets me more sentence matches. However, this is something I'm ready to sacrifice as it creates a difference in segment numbering, which prevents me from readily seeing the context around the filtered segments.
How do I keep SmartCAT segmentation intact when importing SmartCAT XLIFF? ▲ Collapse
| | | | Stepan Konev 
Russian Federation
Local time: 12:54
English to Russian
| Try paragraph-based segmentation | Feb 12, 2023 |
In your TM settings (Project Settings - TM - Language Resources- Segmentation), select the 'Paragraph based segmentation' option. If you use more than one TM, it must be the first TM in your list. It is used for segmentation by default.
| | | | | Thanks; new or existing TM? | Feb 12, 2023 |
Thank you Stepan!
Can this setting be changed for an existing TM or should I create a new TM for that purpose?
Stepan Konev wrote:
In your TM settings (Project Settings - TM - Language Resources- Segmentation), select the 'Paragraph based segmentation' option. If you use more than one TM, it must be the first TM in your list. It is used for segmentation by default.
| | | | Stepan Konev
Russian Federation
Local time: 12:54
English to Russian
| Existing TM is ok | Feb 12, 2023 |
Artem Vakhitov wrote:
Can this setting be changed for an existing TM or should I create a new TM for that purpose?
Yes, you can, but segmentation is the first thing that Trados do with your file. It means that you have to rebuild both sdlxliff files, source and target. If you only delete the target file alone and run the 'Prepare without project TM' batch task, it won't work because the source file has already been segmented with the previous segmentation rules. You have to remove it too. To this effect, follow these steps:
1. Change the existing segmenting TM settings (top TM in the list) to paragraph based segmentation.
2. Remove the sdlxliff files from both target and source panes — you can do it by switching the country banner icon on the left-hand pane. If you first switch to the source banner and remove the file there, this action will also remove the target sdlxliff too.
3. Drag and drop the same xliff file from Smartcat into Trados and run the 'Prepare without project TM' batch task. Or use the 'Add file' command (as far as I remember it runs the 'Prepare without project TM' batch task automatically).
*Update: If you don't want to change the behaviour of your existing TM for other projects, probably you can create a blank TM for that Smartcat-dedicated project and put it at the beginning of the TM list to use it for segmentation only while using other existing TM(s) for translation matches.
[Edited at 2023-02-12 20:20 GMT]
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| Thanks Stepan! | Feb 13, 2023 |
Thank you again Stepan for your help!
Stepan Konev wrote: Artem Vakhitov wrote:
Can this setting be changed for an existing TM or should I create a new TM for that purpose?
Yes, you can, but segmentation is the first thing that Trados do with your file. It means that you have to rebuild both sdlxliff files, source and target. If you only delete the target file alone and run the 'Prepare without project TM' batch task, it won't work because the source file has already been segmented with the previous segmentation rules. You have to remove it too. To this effect, follow these steps: 1. Change the existing segmenting TM settings (top TM in the list) to paragraph based segmentation. 2. Remove the sdlxliff files from both target and source panes — you can do it by switching the country banner icon on the left-hand pane. If you first switch to the source banner and remove the file there, this action will also remove the target sdlxliff too. 3. Drag and drop the same xliff file from Smartcat into Trados and run the 'Prepare without project TM' batch task. Or use the 'Add file' command (as far as I remember it runs the 'Prepare without project TM' batch task automatically). *Update: If you don't want to change the behaviour of your existing TM for other projects, probably you can create a blank TM for that Smartcat-dedicated project and put it at the beginning of the TM list to use it for segmentation only while using other existing TM(s) for translation matches. [Edited at 2023-02-12 20:20 GMT]
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