Activating the bilingual Excel processor
When selecting the appropriate file type for processing Excel documents, SDL Trados Studio looks at the document extension and at the order of the processors available in the File Types list. Because bilingual Excel documents have the same extension as regular Excel documents, (*.xlsx), Studio cannot automatically determine if an Excel file contains bilingual content. As a result, bilingual Excel documents are processed with the first Excel file type processor available in the File Types tree of the Project Settings/Options dialog box.
Configuring the bilingual Excel settings
Configure the settings for extracting content from Microsoft Excel files where the source and target text is organized into the columns of a spreadsheet.
Extending your custom bilingual Excel settings
If you are regularly working with bilingual Excel files, consider saving the custom setting that you make to a project's Bilingual Excel file type. Saving your settings enables you to reapply them to any new projects that you create in SDL Trados Studio.
Working with Multilingual Excel Files
By default, the Bilingual Excel file type can handle Excel spreadsheets where the content is organized into columns for one source and one target language. However, you can also use it for spreadsheet content that requires translation into multiple languages. For example, a multilingual Excel sheet may contain an English source column, and three target columns, French, German and Japanese. Any additional columns containing reference information is extracted as comments or document structure information.