Transatlantic Translations Group

Errors Importing Back XLF Files into WordBee

This Knowledge base article explains how to fix an error when you are trying to import an XLF file back into WordBee.

If you have exported an XLF (as XLIFF) file for translation and started working in any other translation tool. You need to import the clean XLF (as XLIFF) file back into WordBee.

The following error will occur depending on the old or new editor when you are trying to import an SDLXLIFF file in to WordBee. 

Old Editor:

New Editor:

You need to import a clean XLF (as XLIFF) file back into WordBee. Here is the process that you need to follow:

1) Open the SDLXLIFF in SDL Trados.

2) Go to "File".

2) Click on "Save Target As" and save the file.

3) Now, try to import the saved XLF file which is the clean file which is what you exported out.