How to create ‘deltas’ or ‘diffs’ from two TMXs?
Thread poster: Michael Beijer
Michael Beijer
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Nov 1, 2018

I have several clients (translation agencies) that send me very large translation memories (as TMXs) together with each job. Before starting the job, I generally import these into an end client-specific TM in my CAT tool, in case something new was added my the translation agencies other translators since my last job for this and client. However, since they are often very large, this can take quite a long time. My CAT tool ignores anything that is already present in the TM.

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I have several clients (translation agencies) that send me very large translation memories (as TMXs) together with each job. Before starting the job, I generally import these into an end client-specific TM in my CAT tool, in case something new was added my the translation agencies other translators since my last job for this and client. However, since they are often very large, this can take quite a long time. My CAT tool ignores anything that is already present in the TM.

However, there must be a better way to do this. I have asked the client if it would be possible for them to send me only the new material, instead of the whole TM each time, and they said that this isn’t possible.

So my question is as follows: does anyone here know of a quick and simple way to extract only the differences between two TMXs? That is: remove anything that is the same in the two, and keep only the differences.

That is, how to create ‘deltas’ or ‘diffs’ from two TMXs?

Is there any way to do it in one of the TMX editors, in a text editor, or maybe in memoQ, Studio, CafeTran, Déjà Vu, etc.?

Michael
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Michael Beijer
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hmm, just found this... Nov 1, 2018

https://github.com/amake/SuperTMXMerge

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Georgi Kovachev
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It seems you need a TM export filtered by date Nov 1, 2018

Hi Michael,

Reading your post, I got the impression that all you need is a TM filtered by client, domain, project, and date, i.e. the exported TM to include all segments added following a particular date (and non-existing in your current TM). I remember that Across could perform this task when I tried it in 2011.

You already have this functionality since your CAT tool does not import existing segments, though it takes time to import a big TM.

I am also inte
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Hi Michael,

Reading your post, I got the impression that all you need is a TM filtered by client, domain, project, and date, i.e. the exported TM to include all segments added following a particular date (and non-existing in your current TM). I remember that Across could perform this task when I tried it in 2011.

You already have this functionality since your CAT tool does not import existing segments, though it takes time to import a big TM.

I am also interested if any other tool is capable is exporting TMs filtered by client, date, domain, and project.

Cheers,
Georgi
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Michael Beijer
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thanks! Nov 1, 2018

Georgi Kovachev wrote:

Hi Michael,

Reading your post, I got the impression that all you need is a TM filtered by client, domain, project, and date, i.e. the exported TM to include all segments added following a particular date (and non-existing in your current TM). I remember that Across could perform this task when I tried it in 2011.

You already have this functionality since your CAT tool does not import existing segments, though it takes time to import a big TM.

I am also interested if any other tool is capable is exporting TMs filtered by client, date, domain, and project.

Cheers,
Georgi



Thanks Georgi,

But the data in the TMXs my clients send isn't always that well organised, and so I suspect the timestamps of individual TUs might not always be correct, i.e. properly reflect what is indeed newer. Will have a look though.

By the way, in CafeTran it is fairly easy to filter by any of the properties in a TMX and only save those to a new TMX. Not sure about other CAT tools.

Michael


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