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Import filter for markdown files wanted
Təhdid postu: Katja Heimann-Kiefer
Katja Heimann-Kiefer
Katja Heimann-Kiefer
Local time: 07:29
English to German
Jul 30

Hi there,

I am working on a test for a new client who sends me markdown files. Trados (my preferred tool) kind of works but is not handling this format as well as it should. That's why I tried memoQ.

Here, I can import the markdown files as text only but of course then all the marks come up as regular text. Manageable but not helpful. Still, memoQ handles the file format better than Trados, so I'd like to find a way of importing the files properly to have the marks as ... See more
Hi there,

I am working on a test for a new client who sends me markdown files. Trados (my preferred tool) kind of works but is not handling this format as well as it should. That's why I tried memoQ.

Here, I can import the markdown files as text only but of course then all the marks come up as regular text. Manageable but not helpful. Still, memoQ handles the file format better than Trados, so I'd like to find a way of importing the files properly to have the marks as actual tags.

I see that newer versions of memoQ have a markdown filter but my version doesn't (translator.pro 10.0.10 – because I have been working a lot less for the agency that I mainly used it for, at some point upgrading made no sense).

Is there anywhere I can download a markdown filter for memoQ?

Thanks and best regards
Katja ▲ Collapse
 
Li-Hsiang Hsu
Li-Hsiang Hsu  Identity Verified
Fransa
Local time: 07:29
French to Chinese
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Pandoc Jul 30

Hi Katja,
You may try Pandoc: https://pandoc.org/app/
If your CAT tool supports HTML, you may convert the .md file into .html, translate the text with your CAT tool. Finally, use Pandoc to convert the CAT HTML output back to .md.
Generally, your formating, hyperlinks and structure will be kept this way.
Otherwise, converting the .md file into .docx is fine too.
Hope it is helpful.
 
Li-Hsiang Hsu
Li-Hsiang Hsu  Identity Verified
Fransa
Local time: 07:29
French to Chinese
+ ...
Let AI handle the Markdown Jul 30

If you don't mind using an LLM for the translation, you can send the text as it is to an LLM with a clear instruction: "You must preserve ALL Markdown elements and syntax. Translate only the human-readable text." LLMs understand and handle Markdown perfectly. And you will get a .md translated with the original formating.

Jorge Payan
 
Rodolfo Raya
Rodolfo Raya  Identity Verified
Local time: 02:29
English to Spanish
Markdown <-> XLIFF Jul 30

- Convert your Markdown files to XLIFF using XLIFF Manager
- Translate the XLIFF with your favorite CAT tool
- Merge the translated XLIFF back to Markdown using XLIFF Manager
- Deliver the translated Markdown

Regards,
Rodolfo

Jorge Payan
 
CafeTran Trainer
CafeTran Trainer
Niderland
Member (2006)
German to Dutch
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WYSIWYG Jul 30

Katja Heimann-Kiefer wrote:

Here, I can import the markdown files as text only but of course then all the marks come up as regular text.


That's indeed not what you want. A good .md filter would allow WYSIWYG display in the grid. Perhaps something like:

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