Migrating keywords from Bridge to LR

I'm finally incorporating LR to my Bridge / ACR / PS workflow.
I have a very detailed keyword tree that I use in Bridge. This tree is organized in a hierarchical manner, and some of the keywords have synonyms or in case of taxonomy, common and latin names separeted by " ;"
I imported the keyword list into LR and also selected the option to import the xmp along with the files.
The problem is that LR is now creating a new keyword for every word I have in the list!
I think one of the issues is that ";"  is an illegal caracter in LR, but I'm not sure how to fix it without having to rewrite the entire thing. Also, is this  the only issue?
Changing the keyword list only will not fix it because I have thousands of images with these keywords already, and it would be impossible to redo them all.
My plan is to fix this and delete everything from the catalog before I import the files again.
Please help!!!
Thanks

Thank you, Michael!
Let me elaborate a little more.
Here is a little part of my keyword tree from a txt file
taxonomy; Species
               Animal
                              Invertebrates
                                             annelida; segmented worms
                                                            earthworms
                                                            leeches
                                                            marine worms
                                             arthropod
                                                            arachnid
                                                                           scorpion; scorpions
                                                                           spider; spiders
                                                            centipede; centipedes; chilopoda
                       crustaceans
                                                                           crab; crabs
                                                                                          porcelain crab; porcellanidae
                                                                           lobster; lobters
                                                                           mantis shrimp; odontodactylidae
                                                                                          peacock mantis; odontodactylidae scyllarus
                                                                           shrimp; shrimps
                                                                                          boxer shrimp; stenopodidae
                                                                                          broken back shrimp; hippolytidae
                                                                                          commensal shrimp; palaemonidae
                                                                                          harlequim shrimp; hymenocera elegans
                                snapping shrimp; alpheidae
1) The reason I need an organized keyword list is for stock photography and for search engine.
2) I usually include all the keywords in the tree manually, because I don;t want to top parent to show in the photo keyword as it is just for organizational purposes.
3) LR is including the keyword and all the parents, that's making a lot of duplication. This is an option on Bridge and I imagine it is also in LR, but I couldn't find it.
How the photo info looks on Bridge:
Animal; aquatic; marine; calf; Central America; Central American; Caribbean; cetaceans; cetacea; conservation; diving; dive; Dominica; female; juvenile; Mammal; mammalia; mammals; Nature; nature reserve; ocean; sea; pod; Sperm whale; shyster macrocephalus; tropical; tropics; Underwater; vertebrates; whale; whales; Wide Angle; Wildlife
The same photo info in LR:
Animal, aquatic, aquatic; marine, calf, Caribbean, Central America, Central America; Central American; Caribbean, Central American, cetacea, cetaceans, cetaceans; cetacea, conservation, dive, diving, diving; dive, Dominica < Central America; Central American; Caribbean, female, juvenile, Mammal, Mammal; mammalia; mammals, mammalia, mammals, marine, Nature < Style, nature reserve, ocean, ocean; sea, pod, sea, shyster macrocephalus, Sperm whale, Sperm whale; physeter macrocephalus, Sperm whale; shyster macrocephalus, tropical, tropical; tropics, tropics, Underwater < Style, vertebrates, whale, whale; whales, whales, Wide Angle, Wildlife
4) It's not a problem that the keywords are being split up, the issue is that LR is splitting up the keyword list.
This is the  Keyword list view as it is in Bridge
As you can see, it still have my tree, but is also including all the words as a separate keyword and I only imported 2 folders so far!
5) In LR there's the concept of Synonimys that is actually more appropriate then using different words for the same item. Is there any way I can get my whole list and redo it using LR synonimys concept?
6) If I do that, how to fix all the photos that I alredy have keyworded?
You suggested to not import the keyword list, but only the images already with the keywords, but than how I will organize the new images?
Sorry for the very long explanation

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