Align Documents cannot align XLIFF 2.0 files

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My client sent me 2 xliff files from Articulate. The one with Source and the one with Target. I need to create a TM from them for the new assignment. 
 I tried to align both files using Align function in Trados Studio but I got the error that XLIFF 2.0 is not supported. Then I created SDLFLIXX in a project and tried to align those files, but again it says that XLIFF 2.0 is not supported. 
 My Trados verion: Trados Studio 2022 SR2 - 17.2.9.18688 
 Please, let me know how to proceed. The files are confidential, so I can send only a sample. 
 Thank you! Sotir

Paul · Accepted Answer

Sotir Rangelov ok - here's a revised script: from lxml import etree import os def pretty_print_element(elem, level=0): # Function to add indentation and newlines to an XML element, recursively for all its children i = " " + level*" " if len(elem): if not elem.text or not elem.text.strip(): elem.text = i + " " if not elem.tail or not elem.tail.strip(): elem.tail = i for child in elem: pretty_print_element(child, level+1) if not child.tail or not child.tail.strip(): child.tail = i else: if level and (not elem.tail or not elem.tail.strip()): elem.tail = i # User input for file paths first_file_path = input('Enter the path to the first XLIFF file: ') second_file_path = input('Enter the path to the second XLIFF file: ') output_file_path = os.path.splitext(second_file_path)[0] + '_merged.xliff' # Load the XML content of both files first_tree = etree.parse(first_file_path) second_tree = etree.parse(second_file_path) # Define the XML namespace ns = {'x': 'urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:2.0'} # Get the root of the XML files first_root = first_tree.getroot() second_root = second_tree.getroot() # Iterate through each unit in the first file for first_unit in first_root.xpath('//x:file/x:unit', namespaces=ns): unit_id = first_unit.get('id') # Find the corresponding unit in the second file second_unit = second_root.xpath(f'//x:file/x:unit[@id="{unit_id}"]', namespaces=ns) if second_unit: second_unit = second_unit[0] # Copy section if it exists original_data = first_unit.find('.//x:originalData', ns) if original_data is not None: second_original_data = second_unit.find('.//x:originalData', ns) if second_original_data is None: # If does not exist in the second unit, create it second_original_data = etree.SubElement(second_unit, f'{{{ns["x"]}}}originalData') # Copy all elements for data in original_data: if second_original_data.find(f'.//x:data[@id="{data.get("id")}"]', ns) is None: # Only copy if an element with the same id doesn't already exist second_original_data.append(data) # Get the target node, or create one if it doesn't exist target_node = second_unit.xpath('.//x:segment/x:target', namespaces=ns) if not target_node: segment_node = second_unit.find('.//x:segment', ns) target_node = etree.SubElement(segment_node, f'{{{ns["x"]}}}target') else: target_node = target_node[0] # Remove any existing content in the target node target_node.clear() # Get the source node from the first unit source_node = first_unit.xpath('.//x:segment/x:source', namespaces=ns)[0] # Copy all content from the source node to the target node target_node.text = source_node.text for element in source_node: target_node.append(element) # After updating the XML content but before writing it to a file for element in second_tree.xpath('//x:unit/x:segment/x:target', namespaces=ns): pretty_print_element(element) # Now write the updated and pretty-printed XML to a new file second_tree.write(output_file_path, xml_declaration=True, encoding='UTF-8', pretty_print=True) # Print a success message print(f"The XLIFF files have been merged and saved as: {output_file_path}") The problem was related to the script not handling the section and its elements correctly and we ended up with that error. Now it seems to work fine.

Paul · Answer

Sotir Rangelov 
 A sample would be good.

Paul · Answer

Sotir Rangelov 
 I think you're trying to edit the script itself and all you actually did was cause the path to be printed out in the question that you put in the script. Just run it as I provided it and enter the paths when prompted in the terminal window. I would have recorded it last night but it was late and I needed to be quiet where I was ;-) So just run it like this:

Paul · Answer

Sotir Rangelov 
 I also got a workaround for this bug from the Support team this afternoon... very easy workaround: 
 https://gateway.sdl.com/apex/communityknowledge?articleName=000021850 
 So you have two mechanisms to solve this now. Although I must admit I'm partial to the Python solution myself ;-)

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