Importing TMs from TMX files
By default, WorldServer exports TMs in the .tmx format. You can import .tmx files created in WorldServer, in SDL Trados Studio, or in other third-party applications.
About this task
You can re-import a third-party .tmx file multiple times without generating an entirely new set of TM entries. If a newer version of the .tmx file has been created with additional or modified entries, only the new or modified entries are imported into the translation memory.
When you import a .tmx file, WorldServer assigns its entries an Import Job ID that can be used as a filter for deleting or exporting entries. To reduce the processing times required to import .tmx files, WorldServer drops the shingles table indexes when it starts importing a .tmx file and re-creates them when the import is complete. Any leverage activity against that TM will be slower during the import.
Procedure
- In WorldServer, go to
- Select the translation memory to which you want to import entries.
- On the Translation Memory: <name> page, select Import TM from TMX File.
- In the Import TMX Entries into TM Database <name> (Step 1 of 2) dialog box, next to TMX File, select Browse, and then find and select the .tmx file that you want to import.
- Select Next.
- In the Import TMX Entries into TM Database <name> (Step 2 of 2) dialog box, do the following:
- Under Languages to associate with TMX codes, select the languages that you want to associate with the TMX codes.
- Under Language combinations to be skipped, select the check boxes corresponding to the language combinations that you want to skip.
- Optional: Select the Perform import in the background check box if you want WorldServer to perform the import in the background.
- Select Import.
- In the Import TMX Entries into TM Database <name> dialog box, select OK.
- Refresh the Translation Memory: <name> page.