Extract text from SDL translation memories (SLDTM)
To convert SLDTM translation memories to another format, you need Trados Studio or other Database software.
To convert other file formats to the "Translation Memory File" file type, you need software like Trados Studio or a similar tool.
A .SLDTM file is an SDL Translation Memory database primarily used by Trados Studio. It stores bilingual text segments - source sentences and their corresponding translations - so human translators can reuse previous work in future localization projects.
This format is strictly proprietary. Its main disadvantage is that it requires an expensive Trados Studio license to open, edit, or manage the data. Files can quickly exceed 100MB as they accumulate thousands of translation units. Furthermore, .SLDTM files are not directly supported by competing Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) tools like memoQ or Wordfast, making collaboration across different software impossible without conversion.
If you need to share a translation memory, the industry-standard target format is TMX (Translation Memory eXchange). Converting to TMX preserves the translation units in an open XML format that any modern CAT tool can read. If you need subject-matter experts to review the text manually, converting the file to XLSX or CSV is the best approach.
Because .SLDTM is a closed database format (often utilizing a complex SQLite structure), standard online converters fail to process it. Usually, only the original software can properly read or export the data.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SLDTM file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert SLDTM file to TXT, RTF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, PAGES, TEX, LATEX, MD, MARKDOWN, LOG or NFO, you can use Trados Studio or similar software from the "Translation Memory Database" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert PDF, DOC, ASC, TODO, NFO, MEMO, README, DOCX, JPG, TXT, NOTE or RTF files to SLDTM, try Trados Studio or another comparable tool in the "Translation Memory Database" category.
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