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# Go to '''Wordfast Pro''' > '''Current Project''' view > '''Project TM''' tab.
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[[Wordfast Pro]] (WFP) allows you to invert or reverse the language combination of a [[Translation Memory|translation memory]], i.e. to turn, say, a French to German TM into a German to French one. You can achieve this by '''copying''' the TM.
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==Copy TM, flipping the languages==
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[[File:Invert_TM.png|thumb|Copy Translation Memory dialog]] To create a copy of your TM, with the language combination inverted in the new TM, follow these steps:
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# Go to '''''Project TM''''' tab (in ''Current Project'' view).
 
# Click on the TM you want to invert.
 
# Click on the TM you want to invert.
# Click on the ''Copy TM'' icon.
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# Click on the '''''Copy TM''''' icon.
 
# Enter a name for the inverted TM.
 
# Enter a name for the inverted TM.
# Specify a location to save it to by clicking on ''Browse…''.
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# Specify a location to save it to by clicking on '''''Browse…'''''.
 
# Tick the option "Flip Languages".
 
# Tick the option "Flip Languages".
# Click "Copy".
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# Click '''''Copy'''''.
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[[Category:Wordfast Pro]]

Latest revision as of 12:09, 14 April 2021

Wordfast Pro (WFP) allows you to invert or reverse the language combination of a translation memory, i.e. to turn, say, a French to German TM into a German to French one. You can achieve this by copying the TM.

Copy TM, flipping the languages

Copy Translation Memory dialog
To create a copy of your TM, with the language combination inverted in the new TM, follow these steps:
  1. Go to Project TM tab (in Current Project view).
  2. Click on the TM you want to invert.
  3. Click on the Copy TM icon.
  4. Enter a name for the inverted TM.
  5. Specify a location to save it to by clicking on Browse….
  6. Tick the option "Flip Languages".
  7. Click Copy.