What is "Any TM: Any file-based TM"?
Thread poster: Wendy Cummings
Wendy Cummings
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United Kingdom
Local time: 22:19
Spanish to English
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Jun 11, 2019

I have been sent a package (Studio 2017) but when I tried to add in my own TM, I realised the package had been configured for Belgian French whereas my TM was French French. However, Studio suggested that I instead use the option "Any TM: Any file-based TM". I have never before even seen this option - How does it differ from the "File-based Translation Memory" option that I usually use?

Presumably it allows you to use TMs with different language variants. Do all TMs get updated as u
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I have been sent a package (Studio 2017) but when I tried to add in my own TM, I realised the package had been configured for Belgian French whereas my TM was French French. However, Studio suggested that I instead use the option "Any TM: Any file-based TM". I have never before even seen this option - How does it differ from the "File-based Translation Memory" option that I usually use?

Presumably it allows you to use TMs with different language variants. Do all TMs get updated as usual? Are there any restrictions?

Thanks.
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Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
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United Kingdom
Local time: 22:19
Member (2004)
English to Italian
yes... Jun 11, 2019

it allows you to use TMs with different language variants. As far as I know, the TMs are updated normally.

 


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What is "Any TM: Any file-based TM"?







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