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TMX Import Tips
 
Import TMX translation memories into your CAT tool — clean, fast, compatible.
TMX is the standard format for exchanging translation memories between tools. Use this page to import TMX files into popular CAT tools and TM systems, reduce repetitive work, and improve translation consistency.
TMX CAT tools Trados / memoQ Best practices
Quick checks before import: language codes (e.g., en-US vs en-GB) · encoding (UTF-8) · duplicates policy · tags/markup validation
 
TMX import tips illustration
Tip: If you get errors, verify the language pair and TMX version, then retry with a clean/new TM.
 
Across [UP]
Open ACROSS and select "crossTank Manager"
Select "Import Translations" and follow the wizard
Catalyst [UP]
Open CATALYST and select "Tools > Options"
Select "Glossary" and the folder icon under "Attach glossaries", then click the ellipsis
Select "Translation Memory Exchange File" under "Files of type"
Select the TMX file and follow the instructions
Déjà Vu X [UP]
Open DÉJÀ VU X and select "File > New"
Select "Translation Memory" and follow the wizard
Select "File > Import > File or Database > Next"
Select "TM" and follow the wizard
Heartsome [UP]
Open TMX EDITOR
Select "File > Open" and select the TMX file
Lingotek [UP]
Open the LINGOPOINT MANAGEMENT PORTAL
Select "Import Translation Memory" under "Quick Links"
Select "TMX" under "File Format"
Select the TMX file and click "Save"
MemoQ [UP]
Open MEMOQ and select "Start the program blank"
Select "Tools > TM Management > Create new local memory"
Enter a name and the language combination
Highlight the new TM and select "Import from"
Select the TMX file and click "OK"
MultiTrans [UP]
Open MULTITRANS and select "TextBase Import" under "TextBases"
Highlight "Import from TMX" and click "OK"
Follow the wizard
Open Language Tools XLIFF Translation Editor [UP]
Open OPEN LANGUAGE TOOLS XLIFF TRANSLATION EDITOR
Select "Tools > Maintain Mini-TM"
Select "Import from TMX" and select the TMX file
Olifant [UP]
Open OLIFANT and select "File > Open"
Select the TMX file
OmegaT [UP]
Open OMEGAT and select "Project > Properties"
Select folder with TMX file under "Translation Memory directory"
Rainbow [UP]
Open RAINBOW and select "Tools > Edit Translation Memory"
Select the TMX file
SDLX [UP]
Open SDLX and select the "Maintain" module
Select "File > New"
Select "File > Import > Import TMX Format Files"
Follow the wizard
Similis [UP]
Open SIMILIS and select "File > Import > Similis Translation Memory"
Select "Trados TMX translation memory" under "Import file format"
Select the TMX file under "Select a file"
Enter necessary options and select "Finish"
Star Transit [UP]
Open TRANSIT and open a project
Select "Project > TMX Import" and select the TMX file
Select a file name for the languages files under "Resulting segmented file"
Click "Start import"
Trados 2007 [UP]
Open TRANSLATOR'S WORKBENCH and select "File > New" (In TRADOS 2007: open SYNERGY and select "Create Translation Memory")
Select "File > Import > OK"
Select TMX and select "TMX" as "Files of type"
Select TMX file and select "OK"
Trados Studio 2015, 2017, 2019 [UP]
Open TRADOS and click the TRANSLATION MEMORIES view
Click OPEN TRANSLATION MEMORY
Select the TMX file or import the TMX file to an existing translation memory
Trados Studio 2021, 2022 [UP]
Download and install the "Trados Compatibility and Migration Power Pack" from your AppStore
Restart Trados
Go to TRANSLATION MEMORIES and click "Upgrade Translation Memories"
Click "Add File-based TMs" and select the TMX file
Click "Finish"
Open the SDLTM created from the TMX file
Wordfast [UP]
Open WORDFast
Select "Select TM" on the TM tab
Select "All Files" under "Files of type"
Select the TMX file and select "OK"
 
TTMEM.com provides TMX translation memories, terminology resources and alignment tools for translators and localization teams. Use these TMX import tips to improve translation consistency, speed up delivery, and reuse validated segments in TMX-compatible CAT tools.
 
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