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Problem using external hard drive to transfer updated TMs from mainframe to laptop - Wordfast 5
Thread poster: Jack Dunwell
Jack Dunwell France Local time: 06:18 French to English + ...
Jul 2, 2019
I have transferred 5 TMs to use on holiday onto a Toshiba 3.0 Hard drive When I try to load them onto laptop via Wordfast they don't show What might I be doing wrong? Please!?
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Tony M France Local time: 06:18 Member French to English + ...
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Load?
Jul 3, 2019
What do you mean when you say 'load'? Do you mean "set them for use in Wordfast by accessing them directly from the Ext HD"? It's not really a brilliant idea to work in W/F with TMs on an external drive, so maybe you'd do better to copy the files directly onto the laptop and use them from there?
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Jack Dunwell France Local time: 06:18 French to English + ...
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Thanks Tony....Hard drive
Jul 3, 2019
So an external hard drive is not a good idea to work between 2 computers? I thought it would be a better way than just Dropbox, giving back-up AND inter-operability....so not ......OK I'll try copying onto laptop. Jack
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Philippe Locquet Portugal Local time: 05:18 English to French + ...
Use remote solutions
Jul 4, 2019
fourth wrote:
I thought it would be a better way than just Dropbox, giving back-up AND inter-operability....so not
Hi Jack,
For the use case you describe, Wordfast already gives you steady options for doing this. You can use two different systems:
1_Use Wordfast Anywhere as a TM and Glossary remote hosting service: Convert your TMs to TMX or wftm and upload them there. As long as you have an internet connection, your TMs and glossaries will be updated as you work. This allows many computers with WFPro5 or 3 installs to share the same TMs and glossaries. It's free a long as you have a valid license for Pro 5 or 3. See my tutorial on this here: https://youtu.be/S7QCHNpRtKo
2_Use Wordfast Server Before I describe further, note that WF Server needs to run on Windows. It won't run on Mac, unless you're using a Virtual Machine. WF Server will behave like Wordfast Anywhere but without the size limits. It also allows that you can run it without an internet access if it's installed on the same machine as WF Pro 5. Here's a use case: _Laptop 1 has WFPRO 5 and WF Server installed on it. Pro 5 reads and write on the TMs and Glossaries from WF Server on the same machine. _At home a desktop computer runs a licensed version of Pro 5 _The Pro 5 on desktop is made to connect to the TMs stored on the laptop where WF server is installed.
In effect, this means that while on the go, you translate on your laptop and your TMs and glossaries are updated and when you get back home, from your desktop you will be able to access and update the TMs and glossaries that are on your laptop. This helps for situations where you won't get internet connection.
Off course if you always have internet coverage, you can make this use real-time.
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