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Re: Multilingual XML addon not segmenting after full stops.

Hello again, 

For some reason I am unable to post or reply in the AppStore Application forums, therefore sadly I have to create a new thread here. Sorry about that!

@Paul:

Forum post by Paul responding to Johanna Golembiewski about the issue with normal segmentation rules in CDATA section and API in Trados.
The Multilingual XML file type was recommended to us by the support team as a way to be able to translate the XML files we are working with, which do not specify a language but instead work with fields named TEXT and TRANSLATION. When I attempted to get a translation to work with the default XML file type, I could not get the translation fields to populate properly, Trados would instead translate the text field, leaving the translation field empty. When attempting to re-import the xml into the system it would understandably state that the fields are empty. 

This is what the language mapping looks like with the addin: 
Trados Studio project settings showing language mapping for Multilingual XML with English and German languages.

And here is a snippet from the XML. 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<XML_ELEMENT CF_TYPE='struct'>
<VARIABLES CF_TYPE='array'>
</VARIABLES>
<COURSEID><![CDATA[100183]]></COURSEID>
<LINKS CF_TYPE='array'>
<LINK CF_TYPE='struct'>
<DESCRIPTION CF_TYPE='struct'>
<TEXT><![CDATA[]]></TEXT>
<TRANSLATION><![CDATA[]]></TRANSLATION>
</DESCRIPTION>
<TITLE CF_TYPE='struct'>
<TEXT><![CDATA[Group, Steam Specialties and Watson-Marlow colleagues]]></TEXT>
<TRANSLATION><![CDATA[]]></TRANSLATION>
</TITLE>
<ID><![CDATA[11946]]></ID>
<URL><![CDATA[https://spiraxsarco.sharepoint.com/sites/SSE_Sustainability]]></URL>
</LINK>
<LINK CF_TYPE='struct'>
<DESCRIPTION CF_TYPE='struct'>
<TEXT><![CDATA[]]></TEXT>
<TRANSLATION><![CDATA[]]></TRANSLATION>
</DESCRIPTION>
<TITLE CF_TYPE='struct'>
<TEXT><![CDATA[Chromalox colleagues]]></TEXT>
<TRANSLATION><![CDATA[]]></TRANSLATION>
</TITLE>
<ID><![CDATA[11947]]></ID>
<URL><![CDATA[https://chromalox.sharepoint.com/sites/SSE_Sustainability]]></URL>
</LINK>
<LINK CF_TYPE='struct'>
<DESCRIPTION CF_TYPE='struct'>
<TEXT><![CDATA[]]></TEXT>
<TRANSLATION><![CDATA[]]></TRANSLATION>
</DESCRIPTION>
<TITLE CF_TYPE='struct'>
<TEXT><![CDATA[Thermocoax colleagues]]></TEXT>
<TRANSLATION><![CDATA[]]></TRANSLATION>
</TITLE>
<ID><![CDATA[11948]]></ID>
<URL><![CDATA[https://31520thermocoaxsas.sharepoint.com/sites/SSE_Sustainability]]></URL>
</LINK>
<LINK CF_TYPE='struct'>
<DESCRIPTION CF_TYPE='struct'>
<TEXT><![CDATA[]]></TEXT>
<TRANSLATION><![CDATA[]]></TRANSLATION>
</DESCRIPTION>
<TITLE CF_TYPE='struct'>
<TEXT><![CDATA[External]]></TEXT>
<TRANSLATION><![CDATA[]]></TRANSLATION>
</TITLE>
<ID><![CDATA[11949]]></ID>
<URL><![CDATA[https://www.spiraxsarcoengineering.com/sustainability/one-planet]]></URL>
</LINK>
<LINK CF_TYPE='struct'>
<DESCRIPTION CF_TYPE='struct'>
<TEXT><![CDATA[]]></TEXT>
<TRANSLATION><![CDATA[]]></TRANSLATION>
</DESCRIPTION>
<TITLE CF_TYPE='struct'>
<TEXT><![CDATA[Goals]]></TEXT>
<TRANSLATION><![CDATA[]]></TRANSLATION>
</TITLE>
<ID><![CDATA[11913]]></ID>
<URL><![CDATA[https://sdgs.un.org/goals]]></URL>
</LINK>
</LINKS>
<CONTENTS>
<CONTENT CF_TYPE='query'>
<COURSEMAPPING><![CDATA[Title]]></COURSEMAPPING>
<ELEMENTMAPPING><![CDATA[]]></ELEMENTMAPPING>
<ID><![CDATA[xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx]]></ID>
<LASTMODIFIED><![CDATA[2022-01-12 06:56:04.927]]></LASTMODIFIED>
<LEARNINGOBJECTMAPPING><![CDATA[]]></LEARNINGOBJECTMAPPING>
<MODULEMAPPING><![CDATA[]]></MODULEMAPPING>
<PAGEMAPPING><![CDATA[]]></PAGEMAPPING>
<TEXT><![CDATA[Introducing Sustainability (de-DE)]]></TEXT>
<TRANSLATION><![CDATA[]]></TRANSLATION>
<TYPE><![CDATA[metadataTitle]]></TYPE>
</CONTENT>
<CONTENT CF_TYPE='query'>
<COURSEMAPPING><![CDATA[Description]]></COURSEMAPPING>
<ELEMENTMAPPING><![CDATA[]]></ELEMENTMAPPING>
<ID><![CDATA[xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx]]></ID>
<LASTMODIFIED><![CDATA[2022-01-12 06:56:04.927]]></LASTMODIFIED>
<LEARNINGOBJECTMAPPING><![CDATA[]]></LEARNINGOBJECTMAPPING>
<MODULEMAPPING><![CDATA[]]></MODULEMAPPING>
<PAGEMAPPING><![CDATA[]]></PAGEMAPPING>
<TEXT><![CDATA[This course will introduce colleagues to sustainability and some related concepts, explain why sustainability is important to our business, and provide an overview of our Group One Planet strategy so that everyone can understand their role in implementing the strategy, communicate it to their teams and other stakeholders, and make a contribution to delivering our One Planet goals and objectives. You must correctly answer 80% of the questions in order to successfully complete the course.]]></TEXT>
<TRANSLATION><![CDATA[]]></TRANSLATION>
<TYPE><![CDATA[metadataDescription]]></TYPE>
</CONTENT>
<CONTENT CF_TYPE='query'>
<COURSEMAPPING><![CDATA[]]></COURSEMAPPING>
<ELEMENTMAPPING><![CDATA[]]></ELEMENTMAPPING>
<ID><![CDATA[200195]]></ID>
<LASTMODIFIED><![CDATA[]]></LASTMODIFIED>
<LEARNINGOBJECTMAPPING><![CDATA[]]></LEARNINGOBJECTMAPPING>



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[edited by: Trados AI at 5:24 AM (GMT 0) on 29 Feb 2024]