#Online quark file converter update
#Online quark file converter free

So this is really a tool, when used in this way, for enabling a workflow to get translations or reviews completed by subject matter experts who still use the older tools. It will not be the same filetype as the file that was originally used to create the SDLXLIFF. The file you get will clean up into an old Trados 2007 Translation Memory but the target file will be nothing more than text. So this is a bit like running an SDLXLIFF through the old Translators Workbench….

#Online quark file converter update

But it gets better… once you make the change in the older bilingual format you can use the Legacy Converter to update the SDLXLIFF file so you don’t have to manually apply the changes.Īn important point to note however, and this often leads to confusion for some users, is that the TTX or Bilingual Doc(x) that is created is based on the SDLXLIFF. The obvious benefit of this application is that you can prepare your files in Studio, convert them to an older bilingual format (Doc(x), TTX) and send them to a translator or reviewer who is working with an older CAT technology that cannot handle SDLXLIFF. The logo is quite fitting because what this application actually does is provide the ability for you to convert your files that had been prepared for a hare into ones for a tortoise 😉 So you can prepare your projects in SDL Trados Studio which gives you SDLXLIFF files, and then convert them to the following: You can get a copy from here : the SDLXLIFF to Legacy Converter

In fact it’s so useful I have referred to it quite often and used it for working around other issues in many of the articles I have written… so why haven’t I written specifically about it here until now? The answer is I have no idea… but I should have done! What prompted me to write now is that Patrick hasn’t released many updates to this tool, mainly because it did what was needed from the start and has been a really reliable and useful application but he has released an update this week. It was written by Patrick Hartnett and is incredibly useful in more ways than one.

#Online quark file converter free

This application, free on the SDL OpenExchange, has been around for about a year and a half and is one of the most popular applications on there.