Export/Import of keywords between Elements and Lightroom

I am wish to import the Pictures I have in my Element 11 catalogs into the Lightroom 5 catalogs. I have applied keywords/tagging to my Pictures in Elements and wish to import the same keywords/tags to the Pictures after they have been imported to Lightroom.
Is this possible? I the help files for Lightroom I find the following guidance:"To import keywords into the catalog, choose Metadata > Import Keywords, navigate to and select the text file or catalog file containing keywords" However I am not able to locate the text/cataloge file for Elements containing this info.
I would very much appreciate any help on this as I have several thousend Pictures which I wish to transfer.
Regards
Sigurvin Olafsson (Norway)

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