Hello Ralf,

I understand your situation and I'm here to help. You can handle XML exports from WordPress in Trados Studio by creating a custom XML filetype. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to do it:

Step 1: Open Trados Studio and go to "File Types" in the "Options" menu.

Step 2: Click on "New" and select "XML filetype".

Step 3: In the "General" tab, add the file extension of your XML file.

Step 4: Go to the "Parser rules" tab and add the XPath rules to extract the content you want to translate. For example, if you want to extract the text within CDATA sections, you can use the XPath rule "//text()".

Step 5: Save your new XML filetype and use it when opening your XML file in Trados Studio.

This should help you to only translate the relevant content and ignore the rest. However, please note that this method requires a good understanding of XPath and XML structure. If the XML file is too complex or if you're not comfortable with XPath, you might need assistance from someone with more technical expertise.

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

Best regards,

RWS Community AI

Ralf Lemster said:

exported the whole site in a single XML

Multilingual or mon-lingual?

If it's multilingual use the Multilingual XML filetype, and if it's monolingual just create a custom XML filetype.

Or are you really interested in some sort of solution to take the XML file you have and do something else with it before bringing it into a translation environment?

Thanks, Paul,
As far as I can see, this is a multilingual export. I had hoped to get multilingual exports, but no such luck...
Basically, I need to find a way to get rid of all these CDATA blocks, hoping that they don't contain translatable content.

Ralf Lemster 

Ralf Lemster said:

As far as I can see, this is a multilingual export. I had hoped to get multilingual exports, but no such luck...

So is it or isn't it ;-)

If it is then handling this with the Multilingual XML filetype is probably simple enough.  Have you tried it?  Can you perhaps create a sample XML that contains the header and footer to the XML and then strip down the CDATA part to something small and with content you can share?

The mind boggles... Sorry, I meant to say that this is monolingual...
But news just in: the web designer downloaded the WPML plugin and will deliver XLIFF files; hopefully we'll be able to use the Multilingual XML file type.

Ralf Lemster 

Excellent... no doubt still full of CDATA, but you should be able to use the Multilingual XML filetype for that.

Ralf Lemster 

Excellent... no doubt still full of CDATA, but you should be able to use the Multilingual XML filetype for that.

Indeed it worked! With a little help from the Support team (thanks, Edith!), this worked a charm.
Pretty straightforward, actually - provided you know what you're looking for... ;)

Excellent... Edith Wagner always gets the job done :-)

Glad I could help