json with interpolation and embedded HTML

Question

Hi there,

I am using SDL Trados Studio 2019 SR2 in order to prepare some json files.

Below you can find an example of the sort of json strings I am dealing with:

{
    "banner": {
        "message": "Try again in a few minutes. If you keep seeing this message, contact <a title="Support Team" href="{url}">Support Team</a>."
      },
    "resultsPerPage": "{typeOfResult} per page"
}

As you can see above, there are cases of both embedded HTML (an anchor tag, including an interpolated url) and interpolation ({typeOfResult}).

I can use the embedded content HTML processor to process the embedded HTML but the interpolated variables are parsed as plain text and not protected. If I use the plaintext content processor and define the rules for capturing interpolated variables with regexp, then the embedded html is not processed (and I rather avoid using regexp for that because of translatable attributes like title or alt).

Any suggestions on how to successfully parsed this sort of json files so both the embedded HTML and the interpolated variables are protected?

Thanks!

Evzen Polenka · Answer

I'm afraid you would need to preprocess the JSON first using some script which encapsulates the variables into a custom tags, which would be then defined as non-translatable. And you would need to postprocess the translated files using another script which would remove these custom tags, of course. I think you could perhaps even exploit a "var" tag for this purpose - I believe that Studio marks the "var" tag content as non-translatable already (not sure, I don't have a machine with Studio right now).

Daniel Hug · Answer

Alvaro Mira 
 Did you try the Data protection suite? 
 
 https://appstore.sdl.com/language/app/sdl-data-protection-suite/936/ 
 I just tested with a plain text file, but I am sure it works on every file type. You protext the specified content after the files are imported. 
 Daniel

Paul Filkin · Answer

Alvaro Mira 
 Did you try looking at the appstore json parser? This has options for handling embedded content that might be useful for you.

Daniel Hug · Answer

Alvaro Mira 
 You don't have to do this manually for every project. You can define your custom batch task and instead of running the "Prepare" task you run "Prepare my best Vue files" (or whichever name you fancy). At least with Cleanup Task that worked fine for me. 
 Daniel

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