Excel Parser - target language on a new row instead of new column?

Screenshot of an Excel file showing source text in one column and translated text in a new adjacent column, highlighted in yellow.

Is it possible to make the excel parser write the translated text on a separate row in the same column instead of a new column? Example attached.

To write the translation in a new column seems to be very nice and easy, a very good experience, but most often our developers would like to have the translation on a different row in the same column.



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[edited by: Trados AI at 5:19 AM (GMT 0) on 5 Mar 2024]
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  • You're correct, this is not possible. From the help:

    The localization concept is different from solutions offered by document translation tools. The Excel add-in doesn't translate the whole document. It only extracts the content of a selected column and stores the translations into a different column. In addition it supports processing meta data like IDs, length limitations and other properties.

    Most common use of a database is that each row has a set of data and the columns represent the attributes of the data. Storing a set of data on multiple rows is not recommended.

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