If you need to send bilingual documents for review to a person who does not have access to SDL Trados Studio, you can (regardless of the original document format from which the SDLXLIFFs were produced) convert SDLXLIFFs to a two-column, bilingual docx review document that includes comments and tracked changes from the SDLXLIFF.

You can then reimport the reviewed documents to update the SDLXLIFFs with the reviewer's changes, including comments and tracked changes made in the Word review document. Note that the reviewer must use .docx format, or the reimport will not work.

To create a review document for a completed translation, in the Projects view, right-click the project, choose Batch Tasks | Export for External Review, and follow the wizard. In the final screen (Settings), the Location field includes a customizable location, which is, by default, set to be a subfolder of the project folder named External Review, and which you are prompted to open when you complete the wizard. You can also change the Layout type between Side-by-side and Top-down. The following screenshot shows a side-by-side review document in Word with a tracked changed and a comment made in SDL Trados Studio. The Segment ID and Segment status are indicated on the left:

To reimport modified review documents, choose Batch Tasks | Update from External Review, and follow the wizard. In the Update from an External Review Document screen, to pair the project files with their respective review documents, choose Add and then Specific Review Document or Review Documents from Folder, as shown in the following screenshot. Click Finish to complete the reimport process.

In the Editor, modified segments in the SDLXLIFF have (by default) Translation Rejected status, and any updated comments and tracked changes are reflected, as in the following screenshot: