SDLPPX are not an alternative to SDLXLIFF, but rather a container ("package") for them (and possibly also Studio TM's and MultiTerme termbases). An SDLPPX is just a ZIP file, so you can change the extension from .sdlppx to .zip and you'll be able to see the content. Some CAT tools (eg. memoQ) support SDLPPX directly, ie. they can open them directly, as you can see <a href="http://content.screencast.com/users/dominique.pivard/folders/MemoQ/media/a733bdd1-b78e-455a-8563-f538350274bb/SDLPPX%20in%20memoQ%202013.png" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Other tools that support the SDLXLIFF file format can't open SDLPPX packages directly; it's the case of Wordfast Pro 3.2, for instance. If you are using Wordfast Pro 3.2 (or newer) and receive an SDLPPX that contains a bilingual file (SDLXLIFF), a TM (SDLTM) and a termbase (SDLTB), you'll have to manually unpack it first (as explained above) and convert the TM and the termbase also manually, for instance with WfConverter (as explain in this blog post). Hope this clarifies the matter.
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By: Dominique
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By: Mika
Thanks for the great video. Works fine. I quess the xliff to tmx part is not ment to work?
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By: Dominique
I have no idea about XLIFF -> TMX, you should ask the author of the converter!
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By: Brandie Brunner
This was extremely helpful. I’m delighted to be able to convert SDLTM files. I already tried it and it worked. However, I received this error when I tried to convert an SDLTB file:
“Either BOF or EOF is True3, or the current record has been deleted. Requested operation requires a current record.” Thoughts?
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By: Dominique
MultiTerm termbases (SDLTB) have a more complex structure than Studio TM’s (SDLTM). The author of WfConverter only had very simple MultiTerm termbases at its disposal when he added support for them. You may want to contact him and send him the offending SDLTB file, so he could improve his tool. The contact information is displayed inside the program.
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By: lucia
Hello,
I have been looking for it for a long time thanks for posting! Can you please send me a link from where I can download it?
It is not available in SDL website anymore.
Thank you in advance!
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By: Dominique
What do you want to download? The converter mentioned in the blog post is available on the Wordfast site, not the SDL one.
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By: SafeTex
Hello
Two attempts with the software gave a CSV document with around 700 entries but only around 40 translated phrases
So I got someone to open the same .stltb file with Studio and he had translations for every entry
Just for everyone’ info
Regards
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By: SafeTex
Hello Dominique and all
Me again. Someone said to me on the MemoQ forum that you can open an sdltb file with Access and although I didn’t understand everything I could see in it, I was able to copy the source and target language columns into Excel easily and get a working TB for MemoQ in a minute.
Perhaps the easiest and safest solution when you are in a tight corner.
Regards
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By: Krys Williams
This does not work at all. Although this software seems to see the sdltm file and knows I want tmx, when I click on “Start”, nothing happens.
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By: Dominique
Many people have been able to successfully convert .sdltm files with WfConverter. If this didn’t work with yours, you may want to contact the author of the converter.
Some tools (eg. memoQ and CafeTran, maybe others as well) are now able to import .sdltm files, so you may want to consider one of them.
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By: Astra
hi
I have now tried to follow these steps several times, but with no success.
I downloaded both the WFconverter and the sqlite-dll-win32-x86-*.zip in the same folder, but when uploading a sdltm file to convert, I get an error message saying I need a DLL file, although I already have it?
Any help please?
I do not have Trados installed and I will be using WF Anywhere.
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By: Dominique
Did you actually unzip the sqLite zip file you downloaded? It’s not enough to have the zip in the same folder, you should have the dll: extract the dll out of the zip, and make sure it is in the same folder as WfConverter.
As I wrote in a previous reply, you may want to contact the author of the converter if it’s still not working.
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By: Michael Beijer
As mentioned by Dominique, CafeTran can easily open .sdltm files. Just click ‘Memory > Open memory…’ and select the file.
Xbench can do it too.
Michael
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By: RANmurthy
There is another program offered by Vannelen Translation for conversion. It can be downloaded from http://www.vannellen.com/fortranslators.php, and I found it to be more effective because Wfconverter could not convert some of my files.
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By: Federica
Hello I managed to convert the sdltm into a txt file, but when I try to use the TM in my project I get the following message: Unable to establish TM connection properly. The following error occurred: Translation memory header is invalid
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By: Dominique
Since you converted the sdltm to txt, I assume it’s for use in Wordfast. If so, and if Wordfast did not accept the txt, you may want to convert the sdltm to tmx instead, and import the tmx into Wordfast.
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By: pam
Thanks,
But I got a “Syntax Error in FROM clause”….
Could anyone help?
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By: Dominique
You will need to contact the author of WfConverter. Conversion of memory files (.sdltm) should be straightforward. Conversion of termbase files (.sdltb) is more tricky, as MultiTerm allows for creation of extremely complex termbases.
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