Quickly create a TMX

Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: Quickly create a TMX
Poster: Hans Lenting

Sometimes I'm in the middle of a project and need to research a term. When I find this term in a document for which a translation is available, I decide to create a TMX (since my CAT tool, CafeTran Espresso, can open it without conversion).

But it has to be quick, since I'm concentrating on the text to be translated.

Today I had to research a term from the ATEX and found this EU Directive. Of course, the Dutch translation is available too.

So I quickly copied the Definitions from Chapter 1 (DE and NL).

Remember, the creation of the TMX has to be fast.

I see several procedures, and your input and creative thinking is very welcome:

1. Create a bilingual table in Ms Word. Run a macro to save as TMX (like I have described earlier in this forum).

2. Create a bilingual table in Ms Word. Run a macro in AutoHotkey or Keyboard Maestro.

3. Create a bilingual table in Ms Word. Use a TMX template and a TextFactory (BBEdit for Mac) to create the TMX file.

4. Your idea here ...

BTW: Is there any other way (than Ms Word) to quickly align the 26 Definitions of the Directive?