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The behavior in case of the duplicates is based on the options selected in Configuration → Settings → Translation → TM:

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Additionally, the segment is considered a duplicate if the source, target, and context are the same as in an existing TM. In such a case, it will not be imported even if the duplicate settings are set to never modify an existing TM.

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Solution: If you have deleted a TM by mistake, the XTM International Support team can only restore it if the following option was enabled on your account prior to this incident (administrative privileges required!): Configuration → Settings → Translation → TM → Matches - general Save TM in segment history.

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If the deleted TM is only for one or two projects, keep in mind that you can always retrieve it directly from the XTM Project.

Go to Project editor → Files TMX, and generate the file in question. You can then seamlessly use it for reimporting the TM from this project.

The file is generated live from whatever is found in XTM Workbench at a particular time.

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