Hello,

I understand you're encountering an issue where the detected language does not match the expected language by the project. Here are the steps to resolve this:

Step 1: Open the file that's causing the issue in a text editor. This could be Notepad or any other text editor you prefer.

Step 2: Look for the <file> element in the file's XML. This is where the target language is specified.

Step 3: Within this <file> element, you should see an attribute that looks something like target-language="de-de". This is the attribute that's causing the issue.

Step 4: Remove this attribute entirely. This will allow tasks to be created for any language, not just the one specified in the attribute.

Step 5: Save the changes to the file and try to import it into your project again.

Please note that the value of the target-language attribute can be any language code, not just "de-de". The important thing is to remove this attribute to prevent it from restricting the languages that tasks can be created for.

I hope this helps! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

Best regards,

RWS Community AI

I didn't tell you which filetype I was using.  It's also not appropriate for me to edit the source file at all. How would this change your reply if the files were XML and also if they were XLIFF?

Hello,

I apologize for the misunderstanding. If you're working with XML or XLIFF files, you should not manually edit the source files as it can lead to other issues. Instead, you should adjust the settings in Trados Studio.

Here are the steps to follow:

Step 1: Open Trados Studio and go to the "Project Settings" or "Options" (for single file translations).

Step 2: Navigate to "File Types" and select the file type you're working with (XML or XLIFF).

Step 3: For XML files, go to the "Parser Rules" and ensure the correct rules are set for your file. For XLIFF files, check the "Processing" settings to ensure the correct target language is set.

Step 4: If the settings are correct and you're still experiencing issues, it might be due to the language codes used in your files. Trados Studio uses IETF language tags, and if your files use different language codes, this could be causing the mismatch.

Step 5: In this case, you can create a custom language mapping in Trados Studio. Go to "Tools" > "Options" > "Editor" > "Languages" and add a new mapping that matches the language codes in your files to the IETF language tags used by Trados Studio.

Please note that these steps should help resolve the language mismatch issue without needing to edit the source files. If you continue to experience issues, please let me know.

Best regards,

RWS Community AI

Hello,

I apologize for the misunderstanding. If you're working with XML or XLIFF files, you should not manually edit the source files as it can lead to other issues. Instead, you should adjust the settings in Trados Studio.

Here are the steps to follow:

Step 1: Open Trados Studio and go to the "Project Settings" or "Options" (for single file translations).

Step 2: Navigate to "File Types" and select the file type you're working with (XML or XLIFF).

Step 3: For XML files, go to the "Parser Rules" and ensure the correct rules are set for your file. For XLIFF files, check the "Processing" settings to ensure the correct target language is set.

Step 4: If the settings are correct and you're still experiencing issues, it might be due to the language codes used in your files. Trados Studio uses IETF language tags, and if your files use different language codes, this could be causing the mismatch.

Step 5: In this case, you can create a custom language mapping in Trados Studio. Go to "Tools" > "Options" > "Editor" > "Languages" and add a new mapping that matches the language codes in your files to the IETF language tags used by Trados Studio.

Please note that these steps should help resolve the language mismatch issue without needing to edit the source files. If you continue to experience issues, please let me know.

Best regards,

RWS Community AI

 Ana Boardman-Hsue 

A good example of where insufficient information can "coerce" the AI into hallucinating a little.  I'd be surprised if either of these answers helped you.

My best guess based on what you have said is that you are trying to create a project with an XLIFF file that is already based on predefined languages   Studio will always check these languages in the XLIFF and if you are creating a single file project it will read them and use them to define the languages of your project. For example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xliff version="1.2" xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2">
  <file source-language="en-US" target-language="pt-BR" datatype="plaintext" original="joke.txt">
    <body>
      <trans-unit id="1">
        <source>Why did the multilingual book go to school?</source>
        <target>Por que o livro multilíngue foi para a escola?</target>
      </trans-unit>
      <trans-unit id="2">
        <source>To improve its accent!</source>
        <target>Para melhorar seu sotaque!</target>
      </trans-unit>
    </body>
  </file>
</xliff>

In a single file project I'd see this when I open it, with the en-US and pt-BR languages recognised:

If I create a Studio project instead where I may have different target languages already defined I might see this:

My project is expecting en-GB to fr-FR and de-DE so the languages of the XLIFF don't match.

Does any of this help you?  It helps to provide a bit more context when writing a question and maybe even the AI would provide a better reply :-)