How to convert a glossary in xls format to a Trados TM

Let's consider the following glossary (with English and Korean) in Excel format:

Figure 1. Korean Glossary
Figure 1. A Korean Glossary in xls format

I want to convert it to a Trados TM.

There are several ways to do this. Here, I'll use a very simple method to convert it to the TM.

Select both Column A and Column B and then copy them by pressing [Ctrl+C.] Open a text editor which supports regular expressions such as EmEditor, EditPad or AcroEdit. (There are many free text editors which support regular expressions.)

Paste the content copied above into the text editor.

Figure 2. Text Editor
Figure 2. Text Editor

Now, open the "Replace" dialog by clicking [Ctrl+H] or other key combination depending on the text editor.

Figure 3. "Replace" dialog box
Figure 3. "Replace" dialog box

In the Replace dialog box, please type as follows:

Find: (.*)\t(.*)

Replace with:

<TrU>\r\n<Att L=Subject>Subject_name\r\n<Att L=Project>Project_name\r\n<Seg L=EN-US>\1\r\n<Seg L=KO-KR>\2\r\n</TrU>

The Subject and Project attributes (in red text) are optional. And the language codes (EN-US, KO-KR) should be changed according the actual language pair.

In Figure 3 above, the option "Use Regular Expressions (or regex)" must be checked. Click "Replace All." The resulting screen will be as follows:

Figured 4
Figured 4

Save it in a text format. Now, you can import it from Trados Workbench.

 

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  1. If certain special characters are included in source or target strings, an error may occur. For example, if there is an ampersand "&", it will not work properly. In this case, it must be replaced with "& amp;" (no space between "&" and "amp;")

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