Importing/exporting layers in CS3

Hi everyone,
I'm working on a multi-language project at the moment. I'm using an English language file as a source (alas, not prepared by myself), and exported an .inx file, then converted it to ttx for the translators. The translated .ttx file is then converted back into .inx, which works like a dream in normal circumstances.
Now, my problem is, that I have three different translated files (three languages to add to the source English). Each of them opens beautifully as an individual Indy file, but now I need to collect all languages into single file, so that each language is on its own layer, with editable text and movable elements.
Since the document is almost 150 pages long (with similar projects coming up) and almost all texts are in separate text frames, duplicating the source layer and copypasting the translations into is NOT an option ;)
Is there
a) any way to import layers (and their contents) from one document to another,
or
b) any way to merge the .ttx files so that they would provide me with a four-layered, four-language document?
I know that the latter sounds a bit desparate, but I'd be willing to try even that one out as well (at the risk of royally f***ing up the tags), since I know that any extra work I put in now trying to find a solution will save me oodles of hours in the future.
Any suggestons, anyone?
Yours,
Tiina R

so you have 3 new INX files based on original INX file - where only texts was replaced ?
how much time do you have for this task ?
I have some partially tested idea for joining INDD files ... can you ZIP/RAR your INX files and post it somewhere for testing ?
robin
www.adobescripts.com

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