Translation memory CSV import settings (dialog)

memoQ can import tabular text files – tab-separated or CSV files - into translation memories. These files contain rows and columns, but the columns are not always the same as the fields in a translation memory.

Most of the time, the file you import will have different columns than the fields in a translation memory.

Sometimes the columns have names, and sometimes they do not. In the Translation memory CSV import settings window, memoQ gives you means to convert the columns to translation memory fields, no matter whether they have names or not.

If you import a text file, even the character encoding can be a question. The Translation memory CSV import settings window offers a preview where you can check if every character appears as it should.

How to get here

  1. Open a project. In Project home, choose Translation memories.

    From the Resource console: Open the Resource console. Choose Translation memories.

    From an online project: As a project manager, you can open an online project for management. In the memoQ online project window, choose Translation memories.

  2. If you need the translation units from one CSV file in a new translation memory, create a translation memory first. If you import two or more CSV files, you can create the new translation memory in the Import TM files wizard.
  3. Right-click the name of the translation memory you need to import the terms into. From the menu, choose Import.
  4. An Open window appears. Find and select the CSV files you need to import. Click Open.

    If you opened one file, the Translation memory CSV import settings window opens.

    tm_csv_import_settings_dialog

    If you opened two or more CSV files, the Import TM files wizard opens. On its last page (Review import settings):

    • To choose import settings for one of the CSV files: Click the Change settings link for that file. The Translation memory CSV import settings window opens.
    • To choose common import settings for two or more CSV files: Select those files, and click the the Change import settings of selected link. The Translation memory batch CSV import settings window opens:

    tm-batch-csv-import-settings

    This window contains only those settings that can be applied to all the selected CSV files.

What can you do?

When you finish

To import the text file in the translation memory, and return to Project home or to the Resource console: Click OK.

To return to Project home or to the Resource console, without importing entries: Click Cancel.