Timeline inside timeline: how to relink to original clips?

Hello. One of our editors has started huge project in FCP 7 from organizing every shoot day in separated timelines. Then he has started editing using these timelines like a source clips, so, finally we have "master edit" made using 10+ timelines, instead of source clips. Now I need to export an EDL file (master or source EDL - doesn't matter), and I can't: EDL file contain links to the timelines, used for edit, but not to the source files. Is there is a quick way how to relink enclosed timeline (cutted like normal source clip) in to the source clips, which were used in this enclosed timeline?
Thanks in advance,
Dmytro

Ahhh...thanks for the further explaination.
OK...did they build the main sequence out of the other timelines in that they appear as 10 solid, separate things? Or did he use them as source clips and cut several times? If the former, then it should be easier, just open the nests and copy and paste the original clips to replace the nests. If the latter...whoo-boy.
Talk to the client like this: Explain the issue with how he cut the sequence, how it is presenting a problem. Now, he can either pay your hourly rate to fix the issue so that you can online properly (which you'll be only so happy to do!), or you can offer that he fix it and save a few bucks. Up to them.
Or you can do it your way too...online each of the sequences separately...again, explaining that you'll be happy to do that, but also explain the time and storage involved in doing that.

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