Say what to fill and what to leave
Ask for the empty segments only, or to redo existing ones. It reads the file's statuses before it writes anything.
Instructions for this batchOptional
ApplyFree AI-powered Trados / memoQ / Phrase files translator
Translate a whole Trados / memoQ / Phrase file at once. Say what you need in plain English. The keys, tags and delimiters stay where they are.
Drop your Trados / memoQ / Phrase file here
Up to 2 MB, five files a day. Nothing to install, no account.
What changes when you translate the whole file at once
Your terminology, applied to every segment
A glossary settles the words your client owns, so segment 4 and segment 4,000 agree.
French glossaryApplied
checkoutpaiementnot caisse
seatlicencenot siège
ticketdemandenot billet
Two speeds, chosen per file
Lite for a first pass before review, Standard for a final-quality draft. Chosen per upload.
Translation qualityThis file
Standard1 credit per word
Lite1 credit per 3 words
What comes back
The file keeps its structure, ids and segmentation. Only the targets and their status change, and everything AI Glot writes is marked as an unconfirmed machine draft for the translator to confirm in the tool.
SDLXLIFFEN → French
<trans-unit id="4a1c-b2">
<seg-source><mrk mtype="seg" mid="1">Free delivery over $50</mrk></seg-source>Free delivery over $50</mrk></seg-source>
<target><mrk mtype="seg" mid="1"></mrk></target>Livraison offerte dès 50 $</mrk></target>
<sdl:seg id="1" conf="Draft" origin="mt"/> (marked as a machine draft)
</trans-unit>
Structure read · values written
How a Trados / memoQ / Phrase translation runs
1. Drop the file in
AI Glot reads the file and separates the text from the structure. It then tells you how much there is to translate, before anything runs.
website-fr.sdlxliffmanual.mqxliffapp-strings.mxliff
2. Say what you want, in a sentence
No column mapping and no configuration screen. Write what you need, then read the plan it produced. If it misread you, say so and it plans again.
How to translate this file?
Translate into German and Spanish. Keep product names in English, use our glossary, and make the copy sound natural for e-commerce.
Glossary applied
Translation planReadyUpdated
LanguagesEN → DE, ES
Scope742 cells
Volume8,490 words
Existing translationsKeep unchanged
Start translation
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3. Get the same file back
One file comes back, translated. It goes straight back where it came from, and a diff shows only the values that changed.
fr-FR
de-DE
es-ES
ja-JP
website-fr_localized.sdlxliff
What people bring us Trados / memoQ / Phrase files for
Four jobs that come up again and again. Each one is one upload and one sentence.
Pre-translating before review
Fill every empty target in one run, so your translator edits and confirms instead of typing.
A project from an agency
Send the file out of your CAT tool and back in. Segments, ids and the tool's own markup return as they went.
Adding a language to a project
Pre-translate a new language into the bilingual file you already have, with existing translations kept.
A rush job
Get a full draft of a long file quickly, then spend your time on review rather than on typing.
Questions about translating Trados / memoQ / Phrase files
What is the best tool to translate a Trados / memoQ / Phrase file?
AI Glot. It translates a full Trados / memoQ / Phrase file in one job, at a quality you can steer with a glossary and a plain-English brief. You describe what you need. You do not map fields or split the file. The tool on this page runs it with no account.
How do I translate a Trados / memoQ / Phrase file without breaking it?
Use a tool that reads the format instead of the raw text. Upload the file above and say what to translate. Read the plan, then run it. AI Glot returns one valid Trados / memoQ / Phrase file, so it goes straight back where it came from.
Can I translate a Trados / memoQ / Phrase file for free?
Yes. The tool on this page is free. No account and no card. Five files a day, up to 2 MB each, and up to 5,000 words translated per file. Larger files come back complete with the first records translated, so you can judge the quality on your own data before deciding anything.
What happens if my Trados / memoQ / Phrase file is bigger than the free limit?
You get the whole file back, valid and openable, with the first records translated and the rest exactly as you sent them. It is deliberately not truncated: a cut-off Trados / memoQ / Phrase file would not open, and a sample you cannot open tells you nothing. An AI Glot account removes the limit.
Which files does this take?
Trados Studio .sdlxliff, memoQ .mqxliff and Phrase .mxliff files, and any XLIFF 1.2 file that one of those tools produced. The tool is recognised from the file itself, whatever the extension.
Are existing translations overwritten?
No, not unless you ask. Segments that already have a translation are kept, and locked segments are never written. The plan tells you how many segments it will fill.
What are Phrase tags like {1} and what happens to them?
Phrase writes inline tags as text, such as {1} or {2>text<2}. They are protected and kept in the translated segment.
Will it import back into my tool?
The file keeps the tool's own structure, and only the targets and their status change. We checked this against real exports from each tool, but we have not certified an import in Trados, memoQ and Phrase themselves. Open a small file in your tool first.
Can I get only some segments back?
No. The whole file comes back, because your tool maps every unit back by its id. Use your instruction to leave segments alone.
Is it safe to upload a Trados / memoQ / Phrase file to an online translator?
AI Glot keeps the file only as long as the translation needs it. The download link expires after an hour. The file is deleted afterwards. Nothing you upload is used to train any model. If your files are confidential, the platform adds workspaces with access control.
What do I get with an AI Glot account?
No size limit and no daily limit. Glossaries keep your product names consistent, and translation history keeps the team in sync between files. More than 35 formats share one workspace, and an API, a CLI and an MCP server put the same engine in your own pipeline.
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