Where can I find a reference document about the SDLXLIFF format?

Walter Blaser

Hello my dear friend Walter,

I did a quick search and found the following link, which you may have already found but just in case not...

Understanding sdlxliff files

I hope you will find something there that leads you to what you're looking for!

All the very best!

Ali

Hi Ali

I looked through this post, but didn't find what I was looking for.
The OASIS specification suggested by Jesse however is a step forward.

Thanks and stay healthy.
Walter

Hi Ali

I looked through this post, but didn't find what I was looking for.
The OASIS specification suggested by Jesse however is a step forward.

Thanks and stay healthy.
Walter

Walter Blaser

Hi Walter,

I'm glad Jesse Good was able to give you a useful link to the information you need.

Out of interest, what are you planning to do with it?

You stay safe too!

All the best,

Ali

Dear Ali

I am trying to fix the problem discussed here:
https://community.sdl.com/product-groups/translationproductivity/f/studio/27173/failed-to-save-target-content-because-illustration-was-moved-between-paragraphs/85739#85739

without the need to go back to the source file and do a pretranslate or Perfect Match. Patching the SDLXLIFF file would at least help to continue working on the project.

Walter Blaser

Dear Walter,

Wow! Good luck with that! Years ago, I used to patch up TTX files that had been cut short due to a TagEditor crash. I did it by carefully copying the missing content across from the untranslated TTX file (by opening them both in Notepad I think) but I wouldn't attempt to do it with an SDLXLIFF. Too complex and my brain isn't up to it these days 

All the best,

Ali 

Done the same in the past.

In principle you can do the same with sdlxliff, using the file from the source folder.

In case of Walters problem the idea is to locate the offending merged segment and replace the translation unit (which is now one) with the two translation units from the untouched source file. This has good chances to work.

Jerzy Czopik 

Hello, my dear friend Jerzy,

In what software would you open the SDLXLIFF? I have just tried it and it looks surprisingly OK in good old Wordpad... 

All the best,

Ali

Hi Ali

Notepad++. It looks weird, but if you open two instances of N++ on two screens, it is feasible.

Hi Jerzy,

Ah, I did try Notepad++ but it rendered as a very long single line string at the top, then a long vertical column of unintelligible text with no breaks followed by a very long single line string at the bottom. 

I guess once you're used to it, that doesn't present a problem...

Very interesting!

Thanks,

Ali