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Translation memory guides
What a TMX file holds, how to clean a translation memory without losing good matches, and how to choose the software that uses it. Written by the TM Cleaner team at terratra, and useful whichever tools you work with.
What is a TMX file?
A TMX file is a translation memory in an open XML format. What's inside one, how to open it, why it fails to import, and how to clean it.
6 min read · updated
How to clean a translation memory
Translation memory cleanup in five steps: export the TM as TMX, decide what to remove, clean and preview, check the result, and re-import it without losing good matches.
7 min read · updated
Translation memory software: what it does and how to choose
What translation memory software does, the main desktop and cloud tools, what to check before choosing one, and where a TM cleaner fits next to them.
5 min read · updated