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  • Target Language abbreviation list

    Michael Bailey
    • Under Review
    • 0 Comments
    I frequently have to compile a table of abbreviations used in the target language version to compare against the list ot abbreviations supplied in the source text version. Naturally there is not always a one-to-one mapping - and not everything is rendered...

  • Save target fail-safe test during the project preparation stage

    Former Member
    Former Member
    • Under Review
    • 2 Comments
    Based on the fact that 90% of our support cases are based on issues with saving target file, I think it would make sense to automatically try to save the target file during the project preparation stage. Simply one of the 10(?) steps that are completed...

  • Automatic Word/Translation Count Update

    Alireza Nadry
    • Under Review
    • 0 Comments
    When you make changes to the translation file (e.g. merging or splitting segments), you need to go to Batch Tasks and select Translation Count option to update the word count. I think it would be much better that the app itself recalculate the word count...

  • Machine translation for an individual segment

    Sonja Braun
    • Under Review
    • 0 Comments
    It would be nice to have a shortcut to apply MT for a specific single segment.

  • Make hyperlink tag text editable in target segment

    Marta Osiecka
    • Idea Delivered
    • 2 Comments
    The text of the link tag should be editable so that the address in target segment could differ from the address in the source segment (e.g. source refers to English website while translation should have a link to the translated page). Also, we should...

  • Status Not translated after Split segment

    Ulrike Michiels
    • Under Review
    • 0 Comments
    After Splitting a Segment, the Segment appears in Draft mode. It would be great if it appeared in mode Not translated. Or if I could at least define which Status I want after Splitting.

  • Parse po files when MSGSTR is empty

    Michael Bauer
    • Idea Delivered
    • 2 Comments
    Currently the default for po files is that there is no parsing, which results in very long chunks at times depending on how the devs in a project have prepared the text e.g. #: /path/12345 msgctxt "string356" msgid "" "A very long sentence. Followed...

  • Alternative handling of <g> elements in XLIFF 1.2 and XLIFF 2.0 File Type

    Naoko Jones
    • Not Considering
    • 0 Comments
    Dear Community, We handle a lot of e-learning content from Articulate suite of products. Unfortunately, embedded HTML tags are represented as <g> tags, all of which become inline tags in SDLXLIFF. I understand the parser behavior is based on the specification...

  • Verification window should also show segment number

    Martin Peters
    • Under Review
    • 0 Comments
    The verification messages list should also have a column showing the segment numbers. Not just for sorting purposes, but also to avoid wasting time. For example, if based on the segment number I can see that two subsequent segments have issues, then I...

  • Maximise preview window with one click

    James Knight
    • Under Review
    • 0 Comments
    I use the Preview a lot and have it pulled out on a separate screen. Every time I use it I have to resize it by dragging each edge. Would be useful to have a maximise button at top right - like all other Windows windows