Hi,
I'm trying to create a parser rule for a custom XML filetype in Trados Studio. I want to exclude the element <title> when it is a child element of <infopages> and <document>. I have tried creating an Xpath rule but I don't get it to work.
Could you help me please?
Thanks!
I guess this:
//INFOPAGES/DOCUMENT/TITLE
So I did it the other way around and instead of excluding I only included.
Worth noting that your XML is invalid. The ENTITY_PATH has no closing element.
Always helpful to include a sample if you want help like this because on a more complex example we'd have to recreate the file first and this would probably mean you lower the chances of getting help.
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In fact that was nonsense... I didn't read your post properly. Apologies... it is a bit more complicated! Try this:
//TITLE[not(ancestor::DOCUMENT) or not(ancestor::INFOPAGES)]
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I would probably have tried solving it using something like this:
//TITLE
Structure
Always translatable
//INFOPAGES/DOCUMENT/TITLE
Structure
Never translatable
Then it might matter which of these is first in the list of parser rules. I would probably first try putting //INFOPAGES.... above the other one since it's the "exception".
Hi Paul and Michael,
Thanks for the advise! //INFOPAGES/DOCUMENT/TITLE did the trick!
How about if I want to create this kind of rule for translatables but want to show them in a different color in Studio's Editor?
Thanks for taking the time to help me!
No problem, glad to help.
You can color the structure tag itself and give it an abbreviation or short name; these both will appear to the right of the segment during translation and help you identify the context of what you are translating. These settings are made in the "Edit rule" dialog box by clicking on the Edit... button next to Structure info. You can then click Add... and enter the information you want to appear in the right-hand column. In this case, I would just use "Title" for the Name, Code and Identifier field (it's short enough already) and add a description that will appear if I click on the tag and need more information. The color of the structure information is selected under "Color" (Edit button), but you can also customize the color and style of the font itself used in such segments with the Edit button next to formatting.
Hope this helps!
Thank you very much! I had tried that before but for some reason I did not get it to work. But now I did!
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