Multiterm claims 3 MB termbase is empty Thread poster: Remy van Tol
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I have a 3 MB termbase, which worked until recently, but Multiterm 2017 claims it is empty now. Multiterm, clean installation, latest SP. I have 2 versions of the termbase. 1) A version with the .MTF files having 0 bytes. I can open it in Multiterm 2017, but no records shown. Export to XML also say there are no records. 2) A version where the .MTF files do have data (from a backup I had somewhere). Multiterm 2017 claims it was made by an unsupported version... See more I have a 3 MB termbase, which worked until recently, but Multiterm 2017 claims it is empty now. Multiterm, clean installation, latest SP. I have 2 versions of the termbase. 1) A version with the .MTF files having 0 bytes. I can open it in Multiterm 2017, but no records shown. Export to XML also say there are no records. 2) A version where the .MTF files do have data (from a backup I had somewhere). Multiterm 2017 claims it was made by an unsupported version of Multiterm. Multiterm 2009 and 2014 can open the file, but again claim no records exists. I have tried an SDL plugin to repair the termbase, nothing. There was a Wordfast tool to convert SDLTB files, but nothing. I also tried to delete all files, except the SDLTB file in the hope it would recreate the others files and open correctly, but to no avail. So, I am stuck with an "empty" 3 MB Multiterm file. How can I recuperate the data? Is there another program I can open an SDLTB file with? Thanks for the help! Remy ▲ Collapse | | | Jaime Oriard Mexico Local time: 02:41 Member (2005) English to Spanish + ... Use MS Access | May 19, 2018 |
SDLTBs are in fact Microsoft Access databases. Change the file extension and open in Access. It might tell you that the database is damaged and it will repair it. After the automatic repair, change the file extension back and open in Multiterm. It should work as normal again. Hope this helps. | | | Remy van Tol Peru Local time: 03:41 Dutch to English + ... TOPIC STARTER Yes, I could use Access to open the file, but.... | May 19, 2018 |
Jaime Oriard wrote: SDLTBs are in fact Microsoft Access databases. Change the file extension and open in Access. It might tell you that the database is damaged and it will repair it. After the automatic repair, change the file extension back and open in Multiterm. It should work as normal again. Hope this helps. Yes, I managed to open the file in Access. Thanks for that tip. Unfortunately the language tables are empty. I have no idea how that happened. I do see the search strings, so I just assume Trados messed up my termbase, which would not be very surprising because Trados more than often has weird behaviours. Thanks anyway! Cheers, Remy | | | To report site rules violations or get help, contact a site moderator: You can also contact site staff by submitting a support request » Multiterm claims 3 MB termbase is empty Protemos translation business management system | Create your account in minutes, and start working! 3-month trial for agencies, and free for freelancers!
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