Bilingual documents where the translated segment is below the source segment?

General Discussion
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Can Xbench read bilingual documents where the translated segment is below the source segment? So not in two columns.

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If you mean a docx or txt file where there is a linebreak or paragraph break between source and target, Xbench cannot read this format.
However, converting text to 2-column table should allow you to copy to a txt file to add it to an Xbench project.

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Hi omartin,
Thank you for responding. Yes, that what I meant. Then, how can I convert it to a 2-column table (outside of copy and paste :slight_smile: )

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You should have source + paragraph break + target + paragraph break.

  1. Remove duplicate paragraph breaks.
  2. Select all text in Word.
  3. Go to Insert > Table > Convert text to table.
  4. At the Convert text to table window, select 2 columns and Paragraphs at the Separate text at section.
  5. Click OK.
  6. At this point, you should have a 2-column table. Select both columns and copy to a txt file.
  7. Save the txt file and add it to your Xbench project.
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