We often have XML files that are bilingual e.g. like this (its a Safexpert XML file for translation, by the way):
<Item>
<de>German text</de>
<en>English text</en>
</Item>
Or it could also be like this:
<item language="de">German text</item>
<item language="en">English text</item>
Yes, we know this link and the method described there: https://multifarious.filkin.com/2015/11/22/a-little-learning/. We also know, that it is possible to save the XML file as a bilingual Excel file.
The problem is that
- Some of the English/target language elements already contain translations that need to be preserved.
- We need to re-import the XML file after translation.
So, none of the above workarounds works.
We need it like that way, that the text from the <de></de> element is taken as source language and the translation is written into the <en></en> element.
I can't imagine why Trados is not able to handle these bilingual XML files. You are able to do it with Excel, so why is it not also possible with XML?
Please provide a filetype for translating bilingual XML.