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Is it possible to create a TM from 2 Word docs (source & target) for version 2013 R2? thank you ?
Thread poster: Jenny Duthie
Jenny Duthie
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France
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French to English
Jul 23, 2015

I have a source file in Word & the corresponding target file in Word; is it possible to create a single bilingual file in MemoQ from these 2 documents so that I can have a TM in MemoQ? Thank you.
 
Anthony Green
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Italy
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Yes, but... Jul 23, 2015

if you are going to be using memoQ, then align them in LiveDocs and make that Corpus active in your project without worrying too much whether they are perfectly aligned or not. If and when you come up with an odd alignment while translating, then edit the LiveDoc.
This is a huge advantage of LiveDocs compared with a TM, which if imperfectly aligned cannot really be edited at all. It has saved me hours and hours of work.
HTH
 
Mikhail Popov
Mikhail Popov
Montenegro
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English to Russian
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LiveDocs Jul 24, 2015

And also you can try different alignment options during import to LiveDocs (try to tick different boxes in the dialogue window). You will get different results and maybe one will be better than others.
 
Jenny Duthie
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France
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French to English
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Thanks to both Anthony & Mikhail Aug 26, 2015

Many thanks for this very helpful info, Anthony & Mikhail
 


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