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Knowledge Base / one2edit™ v4 Admins – Essential Workshops / Populate your one2edit™ Translation Memory

Import a TMX file

Created on 23rd March 2026 at 12:02 by Jamie O'Connell



The Translation Memory (TM) is a database containing translation units. A translation unit is a segment of text that is matched with translations of itself in other languages (e.g. a piece of text in English that is matched with its German, French, Spanish, etc. translations).

A TM grows over time as new translations are added to it. This leads to more content for the automated pre-translation of documents. The overall result of this is your translation process becoming more efficient.

One way to add content to the Translation Memory of your one2edit™ Language Set is to import these translation units via a TMX (Translation Memory eXchange) file.

This lesson will guide you through the process of importing a TMX file to one2edit™.

NOTE: Ideally, your TMX file will contain only two languages. If you are importing multiple languages, it is best-practice to import each target language separately in conjunction with a common source language.

Step 1: Open the Language-Set Translation Memory

In order to import a TMX file to a Language Set, you will first need to open the Translation Memory for that Language Set.

To do this:

  • Open the Language Sets dialog via Settings > Language Sets in the main navigation menu.
  • Choose Open Set TM from the Set's option menu.

NOTE: You must ensure that your Language Set contains all required languages. If a language used in your TMX file is missing from the Language Set, the translation units for that language cannot be imported.

NOTE: Each Language Set in one2edit™ contains its own Translation Memory. Please ensure that you are importing the TMX file to the correct Language Set.

NOTE: You must create your own Language Sets. If no Language Sets can be found, please refer to the lessons about creating Language Sets.

Step 2: Import your TMX File

Once you have opened the Language-Set Translation Memory view, simply drag-and-drop your TMX file into the browser.

NOTE: Please ensure that the TMX encoding is UTF-8. If not, please set-up your translation software to export UTF-8 and then re-export the TMX file.

NOTE: one2edit™ supports the ISO 639 codes for languages.

This opens the Translation Memory Import dialog.

  1. Here you can see a sample of the translation units being imported from the TMX file. The translation units are displayed side-by-side, with one language in each column.
  2. The languages being imported are shown in the drop-down menus at the top. These are set by the language codes in the TMX file.
  3. If the translations look correct, click Save to write them to your Translation Memory. This will close the import dialog.

NOTE: Clicking Cancel will cancel the import, and nothing will have been added to this Translation Memory

NOTE: It is possible to change the language that is assigned to each text column. All languages from your Language Set will be available in the drop-down menu. You must ensure that the correct language is selected for each column.

NOTE: Not all of the translations are shown in this dialog. Only a small sample is shown for verification purposes. However, all translations from the TMX file will be imported when the Save button is clicked.

Step 3: Check your Translation-Memory Import

You can now check your imported translation units.

  1. Languages: Select the two languages that were in your TMX file (the source and target languages) from the drop-down menus.
    • Clicking the X beside a language name will remove the language from the current view. It will not remove the language from your Translation Memory.
  2. Search: To search for specific words or text segments, you can use the search field in the upper-left corner. The Search is performed on the text in the left-most column.
  3. Browse Pages: Translation Memories can become very large, and are displayed in pages for performance reasons. The arrows at the top are used to page through long Translation Memories.
  4. Edit a Segment: Click the pencil button beside a segment of text to edit it within the Translation Memory. See the next step for more details.
  5. Delete a Translation: Click the trashcan button next to a text segment to delete it from your translation memory. This action is final and can not be undone.
    • Only the segment from that specific language will be deleted. Any matches in other languages will remain intact.
  6. Action Menu: The action menu in the lower-right corner has two options:
    • Clear All: Clicking Clear All will delete ALL content from this Translation Memory. This action is final and cannot be undone. For this reason, the Clear All command should be used with caution.
    • Export: Click to export the contents of your translation memory to a TMX (Translation Memory eXchange) file.

NOTE: A warning message will be displayed if Clear All is clicked. You will need to confirm your decision twice in order to delete all content from the Translation-Memory.

Step 4: Editing a Translation

  1. To edit the content of a segment in the Translation Memory, click on the pencil icon beside the segment. This opens an editor window.
  2. Click Save to save your changes to the Translation Memory.

NOTE: one2edit™ is not a full-featured CAT tool. If you wish to do wholesale editing of your Translation Memory, please check online for a tool.




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