🔄 Manually import translations from previous documents

If you've translated documents outside of Redokun, you can import those translations to build your Translation Memory. This guide walks you through the manual import process using Excel files.

📝 What you’ll need

Make sure you have:

1. The source language version of your document (e.g., English).
2. The target language version (e.g., Italian).
3. Similar structure and order between both versions.
4. Basic understanding of both languages to align the content accurately.

📄 Step 1: Upload both documents

1. Upload the source document (e.g., English).
2. Set the source language and add the actual target language (e.g., Italian).
3. Upload the translated document (e.g., Italian).
4. Set its source language to the translated language (Italian), and choose any random target language.

📤 Step 2: Export exchange files

1. Open the Document Detail page for each file.
2. Click the three-dot menu next to the target language.
3. Select Export phrases.
4. Choose the XLSX format.

✅ You’ll now have two Excel files:

• One with English source text.
• One with the corresponding Italian translation.

🧩 Step 3: Align translations in Excel

1. Open both Excel files.
2. Copy the Italian phrases from Column B of the Italian file.
3. Paste them into Column C of the English file.
4. Make sure the Italian text aligns with the correct English segment.
5. Save the file.

📥 Step 4: Import aligned translations

1. Go to the Document Detail page for the English-Italian file.
2. Click the three-dot menu next to the Italian target language.
3. Select Import phrases.
4. Upload the updated Excel file.

✅ Redokun will import the translations and save them to your Translation Memory.

⚠️ Notes

• This method is a manual workaround—review the results for accuracy.
• You can’t use this process with bilingual file formats like XLIFF or JSON.

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