I open the XML file. It asks source and target language. Then open process, window is blank. No source cells in the left
I open the XML file. It asks source and target language. Then open process, window is blank. No source cells in the left
Thanks for sending me the file.
It's actually a very good example of how NOT to prepare XML for translators, but you can still handle it... albeit with a few small problems to overcome.


So that gets you access to all the translatable text. However, there is a problem because the text is also full of variables (& for example) and control characters (\r\n). Not insurmountable but it is a pain because you cannot use the embedded content processor for content coming from an attribute. You can also see it comes from the attribute because of the TAG document structure here:

So you can either just work around this carefully as you translate, or you'll have to use something like the Data Protection Suite from the appstore to protect these characters as you work.
So in some ways a very simple problem as everything is in one attribute, but in other ways it's been made a little complex because of the additional content that as been placed in there.
I put the filetype I created here... might give you ahead start.
I also used an old XML filetype for this so it should be ok for whatever version of Trados Studio you have... unless you're using a really ancient one!
Paul Filkin | RWS Group
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Thanks for sending me the file.
It's actually a very good example of how NOT to prepare XML for translators, but you can still handle it... albeit with a few small problems to overcome.


So that gets you access to all the translatable text. However, there is a problem because the text is also full of variables (& for example) and control characters (\r\n). Not insurmountable but it is a pain because you cannot use the embedded content processor for content coming from an attribute. You can also see it comes from the attribute because of the TAG document structure here:

So you can either just work around this carefully as you translate, or you'll have to use something like the Data Protection Suite from the appstore to protect these characters as you work.
So in some ways a very simple problem as everything is in one attribute, but in other ways it's been made a little complex because of the additional content that as been placed in there.
I put the filetype I created here... might give you ahead start.
I also used an old XML filetype for this so it should be ok for whatever version of Trados Studio you have... unless you're using a really ancient one!
Paul Filkin | RWS Group
________________________
Design your own training!
You've done the courses and still need to go a little further, or still not clear?
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