Opening xlf files in Studio - sometimes it works, sometimes not. What could it be?

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Dear all, 
 We regularly translate xlf files for one customer. But sometimes we are just not able to open them in Studio Professional 2022. 
 We get all kinds of error messages, like: 
 - hexadecimal value 0x02 is not valid 
 - the element named "xliff" is an unvalid child for the XliffProvider element 
 Does anybody have an idea what could be the problem?

Paul · Accepted Answer

Hanno Willemsen 
 
 Hanno Willemsen said: will we be able to open the files do you think? 
 Well... I tried this. FIrst I removed all these references with this regex: 
 xhtml:style=" [ ^ " ] + ? " 
 I just deleted everything this found. There were 48 references in the file I tested. Then it still failed... this time because there were invalid characters in the XLIFF. This was the test... but Studio reported something similar: 
 
 I can remove these with this expression: 
 \u0002 
 They look like this in the file: 
 
 There were only 4 so I replaced with a space. Then I get this problem: 
 
 But... Studio can still open it and I could copy source to target and save the target file. So I guess if you are diligent and can remove all the flaws in the files then yes... you will be able to handle them in Studio.

Paul · Answer

Hanno Willemsen 
 Hanno Willemsen said: - hexadecimal value 0x02 is not valid 
 - the element named "xliff" is an unvalid child for the XliffProvider element 
 Does anybody have an idea what could be the problem? 
 Your XLIFF files on the basis of this explanation! 
 Can you share one that doesn't work?

Paul · Answer

Hanno Willemsen Thanks for sending me the files. As far as I can see the problems in both files seem to come from the use of the xhtml:style attribute in the "g" element. Your files have things like this: < source > < g id = " orkz5RjWv9Gr0yP1 " ctype = " x-html-P " > < g id = " nI4PrtI72CLqVcqf " ctype = " x-html-SPAN " xhtml:style = " color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 30px; " > Klik op de balk hieronder om naar het < g id = " Jxucshm1a6IDxDKD " ctype = " x-html-STRONG " > volgende hoofdstuk te gaan. Non-XLIFF attributes like xhtml:style can technically be placed within tags, as you've done in your example, according to the XLIFF 1.2 specification as long as the namespace is declared... and your files do that too. The specification does not explicitly forbid this kind of usage. But, this practice can lead to complications since some XLIFF parsers and tools won't understand or correctly handle this attribute. Seeing errors if the XLIFF parser strictly adheres to the specification and does not recognize xhtml:style is not unexpected and Studio certainly will stick to the rules. I also tested in a validation tool and see this: If it is absolutely necessary to include this non-standard attribute in your XLIFF file, the location you have placed it in is technically correct, as per the XLIFF 1.2 specification. However, for broad compatibility and adherence to best practices, it's recommended to handle styling via CSS in the actual web application and not embed these details within the XLIFF files.

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