XPath for ST4 file: Parsel rules don't react as expected?!

Hi, I have an xml file created in Schema ST4, which has the following structure:

Screenshot of XML code highlighting the procedural-instructions and instruction tags within a text module.

I am not an expert of Xpath, but I have understood enough having been able to use them since quite long time.

1) I would expect to get the text of all instruction tags with theses paths...
//instruction (always translate)
//* (never translate)

But I receive nothing...

Trados Studio interface showing translation rules for XML paths with a preview window displaying file path on user's desktop.

... only if I add all the parent/ancestor elements of instruction I get my instruction texts...

Close-up of Trados Studio translation rules with a focus on the instruction tag path and a preview of the text to be translated.

2)  I would expect to get the text of all instruction tags with theses paths...
//tms/tmsnode/content/texmodule/procedural-instructions/instructions/instruction (always translate)
//* (never translate)

Trados Studio XPath configuration with a floating preview window showing the file path and partial content of the XML file.

But this does not deliver any results neither. I checked the expression online on a XPath Tester and it works fine. I would need this one to exclude some parts from translation, but I don't understand why i doesnt work.

Thnx in advance.
Burim



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[edited by: Trados AI at 4:19 AM (GMT 0) on 5 Mar 2024]
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