TM cleaner

Find and fix the problems that make a translation memory worse: duplicates, empty or broken units, stray spaces and inconsistent translations. Review every change before you download.

Your files never leave your computer. Cleaning runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded.

How it works

1. Drop your TMX

Any TMX export, with any number of languages. It's read in your browser.

2. Review what was found

Pick what to remove or fix, filter by user or date, choose between conflicting translations, and keep any unit you want.

3. Download the clean file

Only what you chose changes. Header, properties and dates stay exactly as they were, so your CAT tool imports it cleanly.

Frequently asked questions

Is the TM cleaner free?

Yes, with no sign-up and no file-size fees. Files up to 500 MB work on a computer.

Is my translation memory uploaded?

No. Everything runs in your browser, so the TM never reaches our server. That matters for memories covered by an NDA.

Will Trados or memoQ still import the cleaned file?

Yes. The cleaner only cuts the units you removed and the spaces you fixed. Everything else, including the header, attributes, properties and dates, is kept byte for byte.

How does it decide which duplicate to keep?

You choose: the first one, the last one, or the most recently changed. Any unit can also be kept by hand in the review list.

Can I remove a translator's or an MT engine's units?

Yes. Filter by the user who created or changed the unit, by date, by properties such as client or project, or by units that look machine-translated.

Does it work with multilingual TMX files?

Yes. Every language is checked against the source, and a bad translation can be removed from one language without touching the others.

Can I clean an XLIFF or SDLXLIFF file?

Yes. Drop it here and the cleaner builds a TMX memory from its segments, then runs the same checks. You download a clean TMX; the XLIFF itself isn't changed, because removing units from a project file would break it in your CAT tool.

Guides

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